Biomedical Engineering Development Fund

UB Chemical and Biological Engineering professor Eli Ruckenstein.

Through this fund, we aim to address society’s most pressing health problems and engineer a healthier future.

At the Department of Biomedical Engineering, we strive to improve the health and well-being of humans through education, research, and technology development at the intersection of engineering and health.

Spanning both the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, we provide students with in-depth knowledge and the opportunity to participate in hands-on laboratory research in a fast-growing, multifaceted industry. Together, we are enabling our students to become the thought leaders of tomorrow through an applied educational experience.

We focus on the research and development of groundbreaking medical devices and therapies addressing society’s most urgent health concerns, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer.

Our accomplished faculty are highly engaged in cutting-edge multidisciplinary research, bringing their expertise into the classroom to ensure that students are on the forefront of this dynamic field. Our research laboratories allow faculty to work with state-of-the-art equipment and technology to achieve leading research results.

Make a Difference Now

Other Engineering and Applied Sciences Funds

News from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

  • Giving the world a helping hand: Students design 3D printed prosthetics
    7/31/20

    A group of engineering undergraduate students put their knowledge, creativity and resources to use and created a UB chapter of e-NABLE – an online global community who use 3D printers to make free and low-cost prosthetic upper limb devices for adults and children in need.

  • UB team earns IELTS USA Best Practices Award
    3/30/20

    Ensuring that all graduate students, both domestic and international, are ready to contribute to the job market is one of the core values of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The school's efforts were recently recognized with the Best Practices in International Enrollment Management Award from IELTS.

  • Research rolls on despite COVID
    9/25/20

    A university-wide team led by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development began making plans to reopen labs, studios and other learning environments weeks after the pandemic forced their closure in March.

  • Crassidis elected Fellow of ASME
    8/26/20

    John Crassidis, Samuel P. Capen Chair Professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

  • Seven UB students win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
    4/17/20

    Six School of Engineering and Applied Sciences students are among seven from UB to receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. The fellowships — which provide students freedom and funding — are one of the most competitive for graduate students in the U.S.

  • UB team to improve wood stoves, save energy
    10/22/20

    UB engineers Paul DesJardin and Joseph Mollendorf are collaborators on a $2.5 million project funded by the Department of Energy to develop and test low-emission, high-efficiency residential wood-fueled heaters.

  • UB engineering alum Still gives $10K to student emergency fund
    3/31/20

    Civil engineering alumnus Stephen Still has donated $10,000 to UB’s student emergency funds, to help students with limited access to food, housing, technology and other critical resources.