The Fischell Department of Bioengineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland

Spring Networking Event

Join the Fischell Department of Bioengineering and BMES-UMD on Tuesday, May 4th, at 5:30 p.m. ET. All are welcome, but you must register by May 3rd.

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National Academy of Inventors

BIOE Professor and Vice President for Research (UMB/UMD) Laurie Locascio was named to the National Academy of Inventors’ Class of 2020 Fellows along with BIOE Advisory Board member Len Pinchuk.

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A War on Metastatic Cancer

BIOE Professor Xiaoming (Shawn) He and a team of researchers are working to address two key questions: what causes cancer to spread, and could strategically targeted therapies halt even the fastest-moving cancers?

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Spring 2021 Seminars

The Spring 2021 Seminar Series schedule is now available online. Additional event details will be published to the website as they are made available.

Spring 2021 Seminar Schedule Past Seminar Series Info

$14.9M

in research expenditures for 2020

Growing Faculty

The Fischell Department of Bioengineering welcomed two new faculty in 2020.

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state-of-the-art laboratories dedicated to bioengineering research

Renowned Research

Three BIOE faculty members received National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grants (R01) in 2018. The awards, which collectively total $5.3 million, will support research in the areas of immunology, optics, and biotherapeutics.

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invention disclosures were filed by Fischell Department of Bioengineering researchers in 2017-18

Interdisciplinary Learning

As freshmen, bioengineering, chemical and biomolecular engineering, and computer science students worked together to launch a start-up company aimed at developing new techniques to diagnose Alzheimer's disease.

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