All News
The national nonprofit AISES — Advancing Indigenous People in STEM — has ranked CU Boulder among its “Top 200 Colleges for Indigenous Students” in the 2025–2026 list, recognizing the university’s strong support and community for Indigenous students
Six students and researchers from the Biomedical Engineering Program (BME) presented their work on joint damage, arthritis, heart problems, and tissue defects at this year’s Biomedical Engineering Society 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Jacob Segil, a research professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder, collaborated with Dr. Omer Mei Dan from the Department of Orthopedics at University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine to create a redesigned surgical instrument called the CAP-LIFT cannula. The technology completely transforms arthroscopic procedures in the hip region, making them safer and more efficient than ever before.
The Biomedical Engineering Career Symposium returned for its fourth consecutive year, this time with an expanded and more methodical approach.
Assistant Professor Nicole Xu has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering. The award provides some of the nation’s most promising early career scientists and engineers flexible funding to test novel ideas and lead research that drives real-world impact.
Darwin Quiroz is exploring new frontiers in miniature lasers with major biomedical applications.
Quiroz, a physics PhD student in the lab of BME Professor Juliet Gopinath in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, and also co-advised by Professor Victor Bright from Paul M. Rady in Mechanical Engineering, is co-first author of a new study that demonstrates how a fluid-based optical device known as an electrowetting prism can be used to steer lasers at high speeds for advanced imaging applications.
Burn your hand on a hot stove and, almost instantly, immune cells within the wound begin producing inflammatory compounds to help clear out dead tissue and fight off infection. But for those who suffer serious burns, the immune response can cause prolonged inflammation, increasing risk of scarring, disfigurement and disability. A team of CU Boulder scientists hopes to minimize such long-term damage by suspending that cellular immune response until the body, or care providers, are better equipped to deal with it.
The project, like something straight out of a health sci-fi movie, combines RNA-based gene therapy with tiny microrobots for drug transport to help treat acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
The Biomedical Engineering Program (BME) at CU Boulder is welcoming three new faculty members this fall semester. From responsive biomaterials and pedagogical research to quantum imaging, these talented scientists and engineers bring a wealth of knowledge and passion to our teaching and research missions.
The College of Engineering and Applied Science honored the ribbon cutting ceremony of the newly named Campos Student Center in recognition of a $5 million investment for student success from Marco Campos and the Campos Foundation. BME alum Srishti Jerath (BioMedEngr’25) weighs in on the importance of the center and how important the investment will be for its future.