Welcome to Penn State Bioengineering!
"This webpage is designed to highlight the many activities of the department and intercollege graduate degree program in bioengineering. Our goal is to provide students with a world class education in integrating biology and engineering, to engage in cutting-edge research and design, and to reach out to academia, industry, and medical schools to help shape future directions in bioengineering applications to healthcare.
We encourage you to explore this website to learn about the activities of bioengineering students and faculty at Penn State. We hope you refer back here often for news events, updates, scheduling information, and helpful materials for students, researchers, industry contacts and funding agencies."
Herbert H. Lipowsky, Ph.D.
Chair, Bioengineering
Latest News
Fall 2009: Faculty employment opportunity
The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a tenure track position in the Department of Bioengineering at its University Park campus. Applicants are expected to have a Ph.D. in bioengineering, biomedical engineering, biophysics, or a related discipline. Post-doctoral research and/or teaching experience is highly desirable. More information can be found here.
October 15, 2009: The Institute of Biological Engineering announces the 2009-2010 Bioethics Essay Contest for undergraduate and graduate students on the topic: "In the context of synthetic biology, how should the public's concerns regarding safety and ethics be heard and integrated?" More information can be found here.
March 20: Bioengineering Lab featured in Penn State Live
The Molecular Biomechanics Lab under Dr. William Hancock was featured in a recent online article at Penn State Live. More information can be found here.
October 1: The Bioengineering website gets a new look!
The Bioengineering website has been completely redone. This fresh new look is combined with up-to-date and easy-to-find information; all to help you quickly find out about all of the cutting-edge education, research and service activities and opportunities offered by Penn State Bioengineering.
July 9-13: Biorheology conference hosted at Penn State
The Department of Bioengineering welcomes to Penn State the 13th International Congress of Biorheology and 6th International Conference on Clinical Hemorheology [include picture from Biorheology home page). We look forward to this exciting assembly of researchers from around the world to discuss the role of fluid and solid mechanics in cardiovascular health and disease. Full Story
June 24: Bioengineering student project heads to national contest
It was a challenging task from the start: devise a way for one-armed diabetic patients to draw blood, check their glucose level and inject the right amount of insulin. A group of six bioengineering students took on the task as part of their senior capstone design project this past spring. Now the team's project heads to Washington, D.C., on June 27 as one of only 10 finalists at a design competition during the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America's (RESNA) 2008 annual conference. Full Story
June 1: BBSI at Penn State
The department of bioengineering welcomes the students of the Biomaterials and Bionanotechnology Summer Institute (BBSI). These students are conducting summer research at the interface of biology and materials in research labs in Bioengineering, Materials Science, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Chemistry, and at Hershey medical center. For more information click here.
Feature Story
Jhanvi Dangaria recently graduated from the Mechanobiology Lab and accepted a job at Boston Scientific where she will work on endothelial cell interactions with cardiovascular stents.
Important Links
Institute for Biomedical Engineering at Penn State Hershey
Graduate Application
Undergraduate Student Handbook
Graduate Student Handbook
Undergraduate and Graduate Courses in Bioengineering
Seminars
Current Events
Fall 2009
We are currently looking for qualified applicants for faculty positions in multiple research areas. Please follow this link for more information
Fall 2009
The Institute of Biological Engineering announces the 2009-2010 Bioethics Essay Contest for undergraduate and graduate students on the topic: "In the context of synthetic biology, how should the public's concerns regarding safety and ethics be heard and integrated?" More information can be found here.
October 1-4
Bioengineers travel to the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall meeting in St. Louis.
July 9 - 13
The Department of Bioengineering welcomes to Penn State the 13th International Congress of Biorheology and Clinical Hemorheology.
June 1
The department of bioengineering welcomes the students of the Biomaterials and Bionanotechnology Summer Institute (BBSI)