Video: “Your dreams have a lot of power”
2026 BME Graduate Mark Lucas launches a start-up inspired by his late mother’s illness.
BME Senior Design Projects Conference- May 1
Senior Design allows senior engineering students to apply their undergraduate training to real world challenges.
Advice from the Field – Executive Women Share Networking Advice
To support and inspire graduate women in science and engineering as they prepare to enter the workforce, BTEC (Bioengineering Technology & Entrepreneurship Center) hosted an expert panel discussion and networking event. BTEC partnered with GWISE (Graduate Women in Science and Engineering) at BU, and NEWISE (New England Women in Science Executives) to create a panel […]
Sofie Finkelstein, M.S. Candidate
Sofie Finkelstein came to her undergraduate studies at North Carolina State University planning to work in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. But about halfway through, she encountered something that redirected her entire trajectory: a lab focused on women’s health and engineering reproductive organs. “I hadn’t really considered there were engineers performing research in this area,” […]
Nina Pierce, B.S. Candidate
From Performing Arts to Biomedical Engineering Nina Pierce didn’t follow the typical path to biomedical engineering. While her peers were coding or competing in robotics, she spent her early years singing, playing piano, and performing in theatre. Yet she was always drawn to patterns and logical puzzles—the kind of analytical thinking that seemed at odds with […]
Megan Bell, M.S. Candidate, Stangl Lab
Megan Bell always had a clear interest in biomedical engineering, but not necessarily the specific direction she would pursue. Her undergraduate degree at the University of Rochester focused on biomechanics, a natural fit for someone drawn to the field. But one class changed everything – a neuroengineering course taught by Dr. Laurel Carney. Rather than […]
Ezira Wolle Yimer, Ph.D. Candidate, Khalil Lab
In his graduate school program, Ezira Yimer’s doctoral work centers on the HT-Evolver, a high-throughput evolution system for cellular and molecular engineering. But his path to this platform wasn’t straightforward. Before landing on tool development, Ezira worked for a startup focused on microbiome therapeutics, and explored ways to evolve receptors to influence the microbiome environment. […]
Zoe Garman, PhD Candidate, Grinstaff Lab
When Zoe Garman started her undergraduate studies, she didn’t set out to become a biomedical engineer. Like many talented students with strong math and science skills, she was quietly steered in that direction. But what transformed her from a student following a well-worn path into a researcher genuinely excited about her work was a simple […]