Department News

UK researchers explore use of nanoparticles to improve cancer therapy

Researchers at the University of Kentucky are exploring new ways to use nanoparticles in combination with other materials as an innovative approach to cancer therapy.The paper titled “Iron Oxide Nanozymes Enhanced by Ascorbic Acid for Macrophage-Based Cancer Therapy” was published earlier this year in Nanoscale, a high-impact journal in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. candidates place first and second at 3-Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition

Pegah Safavi and Fatemeh Hamedia took home top honors in the 3MT and Pre-3MT competitions.

Yang wins competitive travel award from NIBIB

Xiaoyue Yang, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scholar in the  F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Immunoengineering, has won a competitive National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Scholars Scientific Conference Travel Award.

2024 Halcomb Fellowship in Medicine and Engineering announcement

Faezah Akbari, a doctoral candidate in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named the 14th Halcomb Fellow. Akbari seeks to develop a novel technology to improve brain imaging in neonatal infants.

UK announces first SPIE student chapter

Pigman College of Engineering welcomes 10 new faculty members.

This fall, the University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering welcomed 10 new faculty members.

Guoqiang Yu: 2024-25 University Research Professor Q&A

Guoqiang Yu, Ph.D., a professor in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering in the University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.

Markey Research Day highlights breadth, depth of cancer research

Graduate student Ibrahim Imam took second place in the basic science poster presentations.

2 UK engineering students awarded 2024-25 Goldwater Scholarship

Asa O’Neal, in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Harrison Yang, in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering, are 2024-25 recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

Tong, Yang and Yi winners in NIH TARGETED Challenge

Sheng Tong, associate professor, Xiaoyue Yang, post-doctoral scholar and Zhongchao Yi, graduate student in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering awarded $75,000 for winning proposal in NIH Targeted Genome Editor Delivery (TARGETED) Challenge.