Clemson Bioengineering

Industry-University partnership for better-engineered drugs

In August, 2017, Dr. Sarah Harcum was chosen to lead a Clemson team in an effort to better engineer Chinese hamster cell lines to produce vaccines and drugs for diseases such as cancer. Harcum’s team is part of a multiuniversity award to Johns Hopkins and three other universities that along with industrial partners, form a […]

Deciding Which Kind of Engineer to Be: Austin Hensley Shares his Process

What made you choose the Master’s of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering? One of the most enticing aspects of the MEng program for me was its length: two semesters at 15 credit hours per semester to earn a whole degree is an incredible deal. That in itself made the MEng seem like a great way to […]

$11 Million NIH Grant Creates New Center for Musculoskeletal Research

With an $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Center for Biomedical Research Excellence, Clemson University has launched the South Carolina Center for Translational Research Improving Musculoskeletal Health, or SC-TRIMH, a new research center that will bring together scientists from across South Carolina to change the way musculoskeletal disorders are diagnosed, treated and […]

Martine LaBerge honored as fellow by the Biomedical Engineering Society

Martine LaBerge, chair of the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson and executive director of the Clemson University Biomedical Engineering Innovation Campus, or CUBEInC, in Greenville,  is one of the newest Fellows in the Biomedical Engineering Society, an honor recognizing her for exceptional achievements and experience in biomedical engineering. LaBerge was elected Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering […]

Award to Drs. Mercuri and Ye funds study of detection and treatment of sports injuries

Clemson’s Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute awarded assistant professors Dr. Jeremy Mercuri and Dr. Tong Ye a seed grant to determine the effectiveness of nonlinear optical microscopy to identify early degenerative damage to knee cartilage. Their labs will also determine the effectiveness of mesenchymal stem cells to promote knee cartilage health in patients undergoing […]

The Story of Ryan A. Borem, M.S. U.S. Army Combat Veteran; NSF Graduate Research Fellow; Ph.D. Candidate/Lab Manager, Laboratory of Orthopaedic Tissue Regeneration & Orthobiologics OrthO-X

We are an award-winning department with much to be thankful for, and not a few of us would include Ryan Borem, whose generosity is an example to all. Jenny Bourne, editor How did you choose Clemson? My family moved to the Clemson area from Los Angeles, CA, before I graduated from high school. However, when […]

Tanner Rathbone

Tanner Rathbone, PhD student in Dr. Renee Cottle’s lab, represented Clemson with a poster presentation at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy 21st Annual Meeting in Chicago in May 2018. Tanner’s abstract was published in the Molecular Therapy ASGCT 21st Annual Meeting Abstracts. Molecular Therapy. 2018;26: 369-370

Four Clemson Bioengineering Senior Design Teams Receive National Design Awards in The NIH-Venturewell Design Competition

In a tour de force, four undergraduate bioengineering design teams received honors in the 2018 VentureWell and National Institutes of Health “Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams” (DEBUT) competition. Partnering with national and international clinical and industry collaborators, Clemson’s bioengineering design programs develop innovative solutions in healthcare. Jenny Bourne, editor 2018 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams […]

Going to work at a startup

Because most graduates choose to work in well-established companies, startups remain an intriguing unknown. Diaxamed, a startup medical device company with a focus on the research and development of arteriovenous access systems, employs a number of Clemson graduates in Greenville, SC. Two, Mr. Joshua Davidson BS Mechanical Engineering ’17 and Dr. Kayla Wilson PhD Bioengineering […]