Biomedical Engineering

Using methods common to plastics manufacturing, properties of silk-based devices can be tuned for strength, flexibility, molecular function and biodegradability.

David Kaplan, Stern Family Professor in Engineering and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, ranks as one of the top translational researchers in biotech according to Nature Biotechnology.

Frank C. Doble Professor Fiorenzo Omenetto was recently recognized by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Tufts Graduate Society of Women Engineers received multiple awards from the Society of Women Engineers during the WE19 annual conference.

Tufts University recently hosted the North Atlantic Engineering Leadership Conference.

Assistant Professor Madeleine Oudin has been named to BMES-CMBE’s 2020 Class of Rising Stars.

Researchers at Tufts have created a novel 3D brain tissue system that better mimics the tumor environment in patients, allowing detailed study of tumor biology.

Researchers at Tufts’ Laboratory for Living Devices link materials like silk and paper with technology, medicine, and diagnostics.

Professor Sergio Fantini and the Diffuse Optical Imaging of Tissue Lab find new ways to non-invasively study biological tissue at greater depths.