At the one-year mark since the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) became an independent department within the Tickle College of Engineering, BME is celebrating record enrollment, high-level faculty hires, and increased national recognition. bit.ly/4AaWPLp

Department Head Dacheng Ren is engineering active biomaterials that inhibit biofilms, a dangerous type of bacterial infection that can form on medical devices like catheters. Learn how by reading the full story below! 🔗 bit.ly/3Sk9Ssu

As the director of festivals & project management at C3 Presents, Shelby Goodsell often jokes that she is a “festival engineer." Though she may not be working the field of her degree, the skills she acquired at UT are used on a regularly. Full Story 🔗 bit.ly/3TGRn1U

Assistant Professors Bryan Good and Colleen Crouch are hunting for early signs of Fontan failure, a lethal condition in adults who received lifesaving heart surgery as infants. Full story below! bit.ly/44IaZoH

On April 27, the Department of Biomedical Engineering held its inaugural awards banquet to celebrate our outstanding faculty, staff, and students! See the full list of honorees at the link below! 👏 🏆 bit.ly/4f0O9xc

Zeanah Professor and BME Department Head Dacheng Ren uses marathon training as a space to think through life, philosophy, and science. He recently completed his first Boston Marathon with a personal-best of 3:12! 🏃‍♂️ Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4eVpwC6

Two biomedical engineering senior design teams in @UTK_TCE partnered with @utknursing to develop low-cost, reusable pediatric pneumothorax chest-tube trainers to help prepare future pediatric nurse practitioners. Full Story 🔗 bit.ly/4oYRuBy

Researchers from @UTBakerSchool and @UTK_TCE are shaping public policies, building workforce pipelines and developing the security frameworks that will define the nation's nuclear future and security. news.utk.edu/2025/12/10/ut-i…

Five TCE faculty members have been named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list for 2025, an honor bestowed upon only one in 1,000 of the world’s scientists and social scientists. Learn more below! bit.ly/3M0ooCq

Big congrats to #EngineeringVols Nafis Arefin and Demitria Poulos! 👏 Arefin is a finalist at the Cardiovascular Implants and Durability Conference, and Poulos was invited to MIT’s prestigious Rising Stars workshop. Learn more at the link below! 🔗 bit.ly/4ompqH1

Originally from Hyderabad, India, Sai Rangoon is far from her Kuchipudi guru. However, her experience with dance continually gives her the confidence and skills to succeed as a biomedical engineer. Learn more about Sai's story at the link below! 🔗 bit.ly/4nz1oas

#EngineeringVol Logan Goodbred wasn’t sure what career path he wanted to pursue when attending the 2023 Fall Engineering Expo. At the Expo, he connected with Siemens Healthineers, leading to a co-op and Goodbred pursuing a career in medical imaging. 🔗 bit.ly/4ghMEuA

Such a wonderful ceremony! Thank you to everyone who joined us! #EngineeringVols

Join us tomorrow as we host two ribbon cutting ceremonies to celebrate the opening of our two new departments: Biomedical Engineering & Applied Engineering. Find out event details at the link below! 🔗 bit.ly/45NhUhO

After combining his passions of electrical engineering and the medical field, #EngineeringVol David Dabkowski designs prosthetics through his involvement in research at the University of Tennessee. Click the link for more about Dabkowski's research! 🔗 bit.ly/41GoJiu

Research Assistant Professor Katrina Easton won the pitch competition at the Scipreneur Challenge for a prosthetic thumb device, EndoThumb, which she is helping develop. 👏 Learn more at the link below! 🔗 bit.ly/3Jy1nFu