EnMed leadership and faculty recently joined biomedical engineering students, faculty and industry professionals at the 2021 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting in Orlando Oct. 6-9, where they shared more about the opportunities at EnMed. “Up to one-third of all undergraduate biomedical engineering students are interested in attending medical school,” said Dr. Michael Moreno, […]
Texas A&M University to establish Intercollegiate School of Engineering Medicine
EnMed leads the world in training “physicianeers” as medical inventors by offering medical doctorates and master’s degrees in engineering simultaneously Texas A&M University President M. Katherine Banks has announced approval to establish the Intercollegiate School of Engineering Medicine effective Sept. 1, 2021. The new school will be the organizational home of the EnMed initiative, which […]
Houston ISD town hall generates early interest in EnMed
Engineering Medicine’s (EnMed) leadership and two current first-year students, Ramya Varadarajan and Robby Loving, recently met with more than 100 high-achieving students from Houston Independent School District (HISD) in an exclusive informational town hall to learn more about EnMed and potential scholarship opportunities through the Craig and Galen Brown Foundation. “EnMed represents one of the […]
EnMed faculty, Caira Surgical awarded NSF Small Business Technology Transfer grant
Two members of the Engineering Medicine (EnMed) faculty recently collaborated with a medical technology startup, Caira Surgical, to gain a $256,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer grant. Dr. Andrew Robbins, research assistant professor for EnMed, and Dr. Michael Moreno, associate professor in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical […]
Pettigrew joins group of world-renowned scientists on Excellence in Science and Technology Panel
As COVID-19 began to spread rapidly in spring 2020, a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), including face masks, soon followed. Currently, N95 respirators are the most protective available face coverings for health care workers, but most individuals have to try on several different sizes to determine the most effective fit for them.