UT Austin BME

BME’s 40 for Forty campaign is live today, April 30, until 10 p.m., and we’re inviting our community to help support undergraduate research in biomedical engineering 🤘

This campaign directly supports BME’s Undergraduate Research Endowment. Your support helps train the next generation of biomedical engineers by funding essential supplies, professional development, and travel opportunities, experiences that help students stand out whether they’re headed to industry, graduate school, or medical school.

How your gift helps:
$25 covers basic lab supplies
$50 provides access to advanced software or databases
$100 supports specialized lab or technical equipment
$500 funds conference travel or specialized training

Make your gift today: https://www.givecampus.com/s/7vr141

Every contribution, at any level, makes a difference. Please consider giving and sharing with your network to help support BME undergraduate researchers today.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin invites you to the Forty Acres on Thursday, April 16th, to celebrate the outstanding career of BME professor and former founding chairman Ken Diller.

A seminar will be hosted from 3-5 pm in the Mulva Auditorium located in the Engineering Education and Research Center. Several speakers will be present, sharing their memories with Professor Diller. He will also join the panel of speakers to share personal comments from his career and experience.

We hope to see you there!

Learn more about Ken Diller: https://bme.utexas.edu/person/kenneth-diller/

This Valentine's season, we ❤️ BME professor Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernández and her work to improve heart health.

Her startup Rhythio Medical has received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for a new technology that could make it easier and less invasive to treat irregular heartbeats.

Their injectable hydrogel-based technology helps doctors deliver electrical therapy to the heart with greater precision. It has the potential to improve treatment for cardiac arrhythmias while reducing the need for more invasive procedures, a promising step toward safer cardiac care.

Learn more: https://cockrell.utexas.edu/news/heart-rhythm-treatment-gets-breakthrough-fda-designation/

Thank you to our friends at Medtronic for visiting campus, and to alumna Kanella Cohen, now an associate clinical specialist, for coming back to the Forty Acres to connect with our students. 💙

Happy holidays from Texas BME! Director of Administration Brittain here to say I love this department and the faculty, staff, and students who make it great. We celebrated with faculty and staff and honored Senior Events Coordinator Laura Jeffries with the 2025 BME Staff Excellence Award last week. From the founding department chair to the newest staff member, we all play a role in making sure BME continues to grow and thrive. We'll see you in the new year!