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BME Professor Honored As U-M Innovator

The Department of Biomedical Engineering Founding Chair, Professor Charles Cain, received recognition as one of the top innovators at The University of Michigan. Dr. Cain, along with his some of his colleagues in BME, is being honored for an invention that uses ultrasound technology to destroy prostate cancer tumors. The technique uses tightly focused ultrasound pulses to shred and liquefy tumors without damaging surrounding tissues. The process has been equated to using thousands of micro-scalpels to destroy diseased tissue.

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Three BME faculty members received grants from NIH and NSF for recent proposals. The recipients include Zhen Xu Ph.D, Cheri Deng Ph.D, and Kate Barald Ph.D. See the faculty news section for more information and the titles of each grant.

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Rebecca Schewe-Mott was awarded the BME Translational Fellowship. Rebecca is a third year PhD student who works with Professor Keith Cook. Her area of specialization is Biomechanics (BioFluids) and her research topic is the Optimization of the BioLung ® Artificial Lung Fiber Bundle. Her research involves creating new artificial lung designs using computational and experimental methods with the goal of developing thoracic artificial lungs as a bridge to lung transplantation.

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