Author: Daniel Maxenberger | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2023 Over the course of the 2023 Spring grant term, I continued to work in the lab of my honors mentor, Dr. Christopher Nelson, researching the possible polarization of macrophages using...
Tissue Engineering in Tumor Innervation Research
Author: Hailey Hoog | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2023 My name is Hailey Hoog and I just wrapped up my junior year as an honors biomedical engineering major within the College of Engineering. This was my second semester, but first funded semester,...
Mapping Gene Function
Author: Juliana Renales | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2023 Over the course of 2023 spring semester, I worked with my mentor, Dr. Chris Nelson from Biomedical Engineering, to establish an analysis pipeline to map gene expression in muscle injuries....
Public Health in a Foreign Land
Author: Max Green | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Summer 2023 Academics Public health and the practice of medicine is surprisingly dependent on the region it is happening in. As someone who wants to spend the rest of my life working towards improving the...
A Summer Full of Daylight
Author: Isabella McGill | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Summer 2023 Over the summer, I spent six weeks studying abroad in multiple different countries through one program. The program is known as DIS, and I studied in Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Berlin. I...
Presenting at the Biomedical Engineering Society conference in Seattle
Author: Gabrielle Bulliard | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2023 On October 14th, 2023, I presented my research on evaluating genetic mutations and promoters for hemophilia B gene therapy at the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting in Seattle,...
When in Rome
Author: Thomas Needy | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Summer 2023 In choosing my study abroad program, I knew that I wanted to experience something different from my normal life as a student in Biomedical Engineering. This desire, combined with my love of...
Expanding Perspectives: Insights from the Society for Biomaterials Conference
Author: Devin Gerber | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2023 Devin Gerber is an honors biomedical engineering senior from Wichita, Kansas. She works in Dr. Song’s therapeutic testbed engineering lab. Her research focuses specifically on modeling the...
From Washington County Arkansas to Washington County Tennessee: Applying my Biomedical Engineering Pre-Medicine Education at the University of Arkansas to Shadowing a Medically Underserved Region in Northeast Tennessee
Author: Abigael Villenueve | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Summer 2023 I am Abigael Villeneuve, a rising sophomore Biomedical Engineering major on the pre-med path. This summer I participated in the Medical Horizons program through East Tennessee State...
Brainstorming, Baseball, and Baltimore: An Honors College Student’s Experience at the ASEE Annual Convention
Author: Jacquelynn Horsey | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Summer 2023 I’m Jacquelynn Horsey, a senior pursuing an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering. As a student in the Honors College, I was given the opportunity to apply for and receive a...