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

Clyne Named BIOE Interim Chair

Alisa Morss Clyne Named Interim Chair of UMD Bioengineering, effective Aug. 1, 2026.

Read More

View our Fall 2026 Friday Seminars

Fall 2026 Friday Seminars

BIOE at 2026 Capstone Expo

BIOE Students Recognized for Innovative Healthcare Solutions at 2026 Capstone Design Expo

Read more

BIOE Expands to Baltimore

Collaboration between the Fischell Department of Bioengineering and the University of Maryland School of Medicine launches the Edward and Jennifer St. John Center for Translational Engineering and Medicine (CTEM).

Visit the Webpage

BIOE Holds Top 10 Rank

UMD Bioengineering holds the #10 Undergraduate Program public national ranking, reflecting continued excellence in education, innovation, and impact.

Read More
100+

current BIOE Ph.D. students in 2026-2027

No. 15 Among Public Universities

BIOE ranked No. 15 among public university bioengineering programs and No. 30 overall nationwide in the 2026–27 U.S. News rankings.

Learn More
22

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

Advancing Low-cost Cancer Care

Jenna Mueller’s research team received two NIH R01 grants totaling $6.7 million to advance low-cost technologies for cancer care.

Learn More
30

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.

Learn More

News & Events

More NewsView Calendar
Ashleigh Jankowski (left) works alongside two lab members using a micropipette to prepare a sample at a lab bench.

Nov 13, 2026

BIOE Ph.D. Student Secures Funding for Rare Lung Disease...

ResearchHub funding will help Ashleigh Jankowski advance a nanoparticle treatment for LAM.

Read More
student story image
What excites me most about bioengineering work is the possibility for treating complex neurological diseases.

Nov 9, 2026

BIOE M.D.-Ph.D. Student Receives PhRMA Foundation Fellowship to...

Kijung Kwak wears a lab coat and purple gloves while handling a sample inside a biosafety cabinet.

Oct 27, 2026

BIOE Senior Sulayman Khan Elected UMD SGA President

Sulayman Khan smiles in a light gray suit and navy tie, with Clark Hall in the background.

Oct 26, 2026

Mickey Dale Symposium Advances the Future of Organ...

Six symposium speakers and organizers pose together at 4MLK in Baltimore. From left to right: Raphael P. H. Meier, Elias T. Zambidis, Jennifer Dale, Alexandre Loupy, Bruce Dale, and John P. Fisher

Event

BIOE Seminar: Synthetic Reconstitution of Complex Cellular Function
November 13, 2026

Event

M.S. Dissertation Defense Announcement: Elizabeth Everich
November 16, 2026

Event

AABC Commissioning Group Pop-up
November 19, 2026

Event

BIOE Seminar: Multimodal Photoacoustic, OCT, and Fluorescence Retinal Molecular and Cellular Imaging
November 20, 2026

Event

Biocomputational Engineering Info Session @ College Park
November 20, 2026

Event

MAGE's UMD Student Virtual Open House
December 1, 2026

Event

BIOE End of Year Celebration
December 16, 2026