December 1, 2014
For 80% of the world’s diabetics, the diagnosis means debilitation and premature death. Having attracted private investment, Kayla Gainey co-founded Accessible Diagnostics, which will market award-winning technology developed through Creative Inquiry to the world. For her abstract, “Glucosense: a Low-Cost Glucometer System for Resource-Poor Settings,” Kayla, a student of Dr. Delphine Dean, was recognized at […]
November 17, 2014
Although human motion has been studied for centuries, we lack some basic information. To add to our knowledge, Taylor Gambon created an award-winning musculoskeletal model of human cycling motion. In research judged Superior by the Sigma Xi board of directors, Taylor developed a way to estimate the muscle forces and joint reactions created during a […]
November 17, 2014
When Bre Przestrzelski was named an National Science Foundation University Innovation Fellow in 2013, she may not have imagined that one year later she would be interviewed by the President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy in honor of National Entrepreneurship Month. The office conducted interviews with some of last year’s Fellows in conjunction with President […]
November 17, 2014
His six patents place Dr. Frank Alexis, assistant professor at Clemson’s Department of Bioengineering, third on the journal’s list of the five Top Translational Junior Faculty in 2013. The novel drug-delivery strategies he develops decrease toxicity by delivering drugs directly to the part of the body where they are needed. The faculty were ranked by total […]
November 17, 2014
Do stem cells “rescue” cardiomyocytes by sending energy through nanotubes? Dr. Bruce Gao was awarded the NIH R01, given for health-related research and development, for his proposal “Microfabricated coculture model: Myocyte rescue by TNT-transferred mitochondria.” According to Dr. Gao, previous study of stem-cell therapy for heart diseases focused on cardiogenic differentiation—how to induce stem cells […]
November 17, 2014
If you have ever torn a rotator cuff, you would probably recognize the value of a surgical tool designed by a team of undergraduate bioengineering students. A panel including inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame chose the team of Ryan Gedney, Charles Laughlin, Nicholas Marais and Taylor Pate as finalists for their creativity and […]
September 25, 2014
Dr. Alexey Vertegel, Associate Professor and CEO of VRM Labs, is commercializing a novel Clemson technology for manufacturing cost-effective natural food preservatives for applications in pet food and animal feed industries. Dr. Naren Vyavahare, Hunter Endowed Chair and co-founder of ConnecTiss LLC, is developing a cosmeceutical product to prevent elastin degeneration to reduce signs […]
September 1, 2014
By Mike Gara, Technology Management Officer Clemson University Biomedical Engineering Innovation Campus (CUBEInC) is located in Greenville SC. This 30,000 sq.ft. state of the art laboratory facility was created for the purpose of bringing together Clemson scientists and engineers with physicians and other healthcare givers to solve today’s most pressing medical problems. In addition to […]
September 1, 2014
by Paul Alongi A Clemson University department that helped pioneer the use of engineering principles to understand and treat disease is celebrating 50 years of awarding graduate degrees while helping prime the Upstate for what could be a boom in the medical-technology industry. The university’s bioengineering department has played a central role in the foundation […]
August 29, 2014
Of the numerous exciting events Spring semester brings, Clemson bioengineers and community members annually look forward to Clemson Bioengineering Senior Design Symposium. The department partners with Greenville Health System Medical School to hold the symposium, at which senior teams present devices they have developed over several semesters. Designs presented at often go on to take national […]
