After a combined ten years of college and graduate school, it is hard to imagine what life might be like outside of academia. During my first visit to the Medical Products Division of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., I learned that it doesn’t have to be that different. That was almost 13 years ago […]
Clemson Bioengineering
PROFESSOR KAZUHIKO ISHIHARA RECOGNIZED WITH THE SAMUEL F. HULBERT AWARD
Professor Kazuhiko Ishihara of the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Tokyo is to receive the Samuel F. Hulbert award at the Bioengineering Award Banquet to follow Clemson’s International Biomaterials Symposium (IBS) April 16, 2018. Internationally known for his work on biomaterials and biointerfaces, Professor Ishihara’s Hulbert Award recognizes his contribution to Clemson bioengineering […]
MEETING CLINICAL NEEDS THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP By Shannon Pierce, Founder, New Ocean Health Solutions
Clemson University, CUBEInC, and Greenville have played a vital role in my professional development. I graduated from Clemson University’s College of Nursing fully equipped to work in cardiac care and engage in strategic conversations with healthcare and business professionals. The hands-on practical skills combined with the scientific background and leadership training continue to benefit and […]
WORKING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF PATIENTS’ LIVES WORLDWIDE: DAN AND AGGIE SIMIONESCU
A tenured professor with the admiration and respect of his colleagues, Dr. Dan Simionescu could be resting on the laurels he continues to amass. However, he and spouse Dr. Aggie Simionescu continue to create projects for themselves in many venues. Aggie and Dan served as editors for the online textbook “Physiologic and Pathologic Angiogenesis—Signaling Mechanisms […]
SMARTSTATE ENDOWED CHAIR IN BIOFABRICATION: DR. BRUCE GAO
According to Dr. Bruce Gao, nature, including every biological system, builds objects generally through two procedures: adding parts together and/or subtracting parts from the whole. For example, our fingers are formed first through adding various cell types together during embryonic development to create a palm-like block, and then the block is carved into fingers through […]
BIOENGINEERING RANKS 4TH IN THE NATION FOR VALUE By Paul Alongi
Clemson University came in fourth among the nation’s 50 best value schools for biomedical engineering, according to a new ranking from bestvalueschools.com. The ranking included a variety of factors, including graduation rate, accreditation date, degree popularity, engineering popularity and net price. Martine LaBerge, chair of the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson, said the ranking underscores that […]
PEDAL POWER: RESEARCH HELPS ANSWER QUESTION ABOUT REHAB FROM ACL TEARS By Clinton Colmenares
CLEMSON, South Carolina — Former Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson famously played in a 2014 game with a torn ACL. This season, he was burning up the NFL record book when the ACL in his other knee snapped, ending his season and breaking the hearts of tens of thousands of fans. The former Clemson University star has […]
A DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR DESCRIBES HER PATH By Hannah Davis
Before bioengineering at Clemson, Julia Brisbane studied piano for 12 years at a magnet school for the arts in Charleston, South Carolina. Math and science classes were not her top priority then, but attending an EMAG!NE event changed everything. EMAG!NE — a program offered by the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences — […]
DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION NAMED
Dr. Angela Alexander-Bryant has been named the department’s Director of Diversity and Inclusion. Here, she describes her goals and some of her strategies to augment diversity of faculty and students and to increase the department’s level of inclusion. Editor What would you like to accomplish in your new role? I would like to increase recruitment […]
Dr. Joseph Singapogu Leads National Institutes of Health Project to Improve Dialysis Treatment
Dr. Joseph Singapogu has designed a simulator and a virtual mentoring system to train nurses and technicians to find a fistula and measure a needle’s motion, force, angle and location.
