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 […]

THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY BIOENGINEERING SENIOR DESIGN PROGRAM: INNOVATION IN EDUCATION By Dr. John DesJardins

When the undergraduate program in bioengineering was established in 2007, the Senior Design Program was a mere twinkle in the eye of Dr. John DesJardins, now Hambright Professor in the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Science. By fall semester 2011, the program was established in its current form; to date, approximately 500 BIOE seniors […]

SENIOR DESIGN PROGRAM EXPANDS TO MUSC

Clemson Bioengineering senior design program just went state-wide. Following on years of successful partnerships with upstate healthcare institutions, the program recently expanded its partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). “We are in our 7th year of partnering with clinicians to identify and design solutions to critical healthcare needs,” said Dr. John DesJardins, […]

Senior Design Symposium: Clemson Bioengineering Students Rock!

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 […]

South Carolina Medical Device Alliance to Invent, Advance and Bring Products to Market

South Carolina Research Authority has been awarded approximately $750,000 in federal grant funding by the U.S. Economic Development Administration as part of the 2018 Regional Innovation Strategies Competition. The grant will fund the creation of the South Carolina Medical Device Alliance to invent and develop products and bring them to market. The alliance is a […]

South Carolina Medical Device Alliance to Invent, Advance and Bring Products to Market

<South Carolina Medical Device Alliance to Invent, Advance and Bring Products to Market South Carolina Research Authority has been awarded approximately $750,000 in federal grant funding by the U.S. Economic Development Administration as part of the 2018 Regional Innovation Strategies Competition. The grant will fund the creation of the South Carolina Medical Device Alliance to […]

CUBEInC and Economic Development

 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 […]

Student News

Student bioengineering team wins national competition for U-Sert medical technology Four recent Clemson University graduates will collect a national award this month for creating medical technology designed to help nurses monitor babies for urinary tract infections. Reagan Hamm, Allie Beiter, Maddie Thomas and Anna Wichmann were students last academic year when they developed the U-Sert, […]

Clemson News 2023

Harmonizing with nature: Clemson University and partners share up to $13.6 million to solve maritime challenge Clemson University is leading an international team that is trying an innovative tack to solve an age-old maritime challenge, and researchers said the solution involves working with nature instead of fighting it. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) […]