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We're excited to share our Spring '26 BME seminar series featuring university leaders and invited speakers presenting translational research in biomechanics, biomaterials, tissue engineering, novel diagnostics and therapeutics, and biomedical innovation go.osu.edu/DCsy

Thrilled to welcome Ravi Bellamkonda as the next president of Ohio State! His commitment to educational excellence, AI‑driven learning, and groundbreaking biomedical engineering research and innovation reflects the values of Ohio State BME. Excited for the future!

Ohio State BME alum Mihir Joshi ’25, an NSF GRFP recipient, is now pursuing graduate research in UCLA Bioengineering, where he works on AI agents that can reason over biosignals like EEG, ECG, and speech. Learn more: go.osu.edu/DEqH

and pathology images to improve how diseases are identified and understood Learn more about Chen and his research: go.osu.edu/DEg7

BME's close proximity to a top medical center gives our graduate students opportunities to engage in translational research that drives real clinical impact James Chen, a PhD student in Khalid Niazi's lab is leveraging those connections with clinicians in his research using AI..

Congratulations, Katelyn @SwindleReilly for being honored with the Society for Biomaterials’ 2026 Mid-Career Award! This award highlights her outstanding research accomplishments in biomaterials and her meaningful service to the SFB community. More: go.osu.edu/DEV4

Congrats to Alexander Winkle, a PhD candidate in BME for being awarded a 2026 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship to support his research on the role of specific proteins in heart failure and arrhythmia More: go.osu.edu/DEQN

Join us for the next Seminar Series presentation of the semester by Mitchel R. Stacy, PhD, Associate Professor at The Ohio State University, College of Medicine. More: go.osu.edu/DChB 🗓️3.2 🕑10:30-11:30 📍Fontana Labs 2020 / Zoom

More than 70 students spent the better part of their weekend exploring how to make organ transplantation safer and more efficient during BioHack, the annual hackathon hosted by Ohio State’s Biomedical Engineering Society chapter Learn more: go.osu.edu/DEG7

Happy Engineers Week (EWeek)! Celebrate EWeek with BME by contributing to our Wall of Impact this week Share the difference you hope to make—or are already making—in the world as an engineer 📍 Stop by Fontana 2124 to participate.

Over the past two years, undergraduate student Kae Li had a great experience interning with Pfizer in the Biotherapeutics and Pharmaceutical Sciences department. Read more about her experience and the impact it had on her academic and career journey: go.osu.edu/DD7H

Join us for our next Seminar Series presentation by Joshua D. Hutcheson, PhD, from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at FIU, and Director of the Center for Innovation in Cardiovascular Health. More: go.osu.edu/DCcN 🗓️2.23 🕑10:30-11:30 📍Fontana Labs 2020 / Zoom

university center with a robust graduate program and international reputation, laying the groundwork for our present-day department. Thank you for your dedication and safe travels Dr. Cornhill You can find his obituary here: dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/for…

We are saddened to report the passing of the former director of The Ohio State University Biomedical Engineering Center, Dr. John Frederick Cornhill. Dr. Cornhill was a true visionary that took BME at Ohio State from a strong cluster of dedicated faculty to a...

An interdisciplinary team led by Assistant Professor Landon Locke (BME) is pioneering new magnesium alloys for biodegradable implants that could transform orthopedic care for patients needing medical implants to repair broken bones Learn more: go.osu.edu/DDnx

around the world With strong collaborations across the university, in the medical center, and with local businesses and Nationwide Children's Hospital, BME at Ohio State is solving real-world health problems to improve people's lives More: go.osu.edu/DDpv

New rankings place Ohio State University at 12th in the nation for research and development, 6th in industry research‼️ We are proud to be part of a university that competes with the best of the best in doing research that changes lives and creates economic growth in Ohio and...

Join us for our next Seminar Series presentation by Assistant Professor María Coronel, PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. More: go.osu.edu/DChA 🗓️2.16 🕑10:30-11:30 📍Fontana Labs 2020 / Zoom

We're excited to announce an extra special BME Seminar Series presentation next week by Exec Vice President & Provost, and Professor of biomedical engineering, @ravibell, PhD from The Ohio State University More: go.osu.edu/DCcK 🗓️2.9 🕑10:30-11:30 📍Fontana 2020 / Zoom

Join us for a student seminar series presentation by Ezinwanne Onuoha this Wednesday from 3-4pm Her talk will highlight three AI-driven strategies that collectively advance annotation-efficient and structure-aware image processing for DCE-MRI and related modalities.

Poster Presentation Winners 1st Place: Tabo Mkandawire 2nd Place: Teague Svendsen 3rd Place: Megumi Fukuda Thank you to Alexander Mian and Liam Porteus for organizing this year's EHIRS, and a big thanks to our keynote speakers and judges. More: go.osu.edu/DDJe

Congratulations to the presentation award winners! Podium Presentation Winners 1st Place: Samuel Wales-McGrath 2nd Place: Leah Danish 3rd Place: Manami Fujii ...

On Saturday, our award‑winning BMES student chapter hosted its annual Engineering in Healthcare: Industry and Research Symposium. The event featured keynote presentations from Kyle VanKoevering, MD, and Jim Sonnett, PhD, along with outstanding student poster and podium sessions..