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New features on ingestible capsule will deliver targeted drugs to better treat IBD, Crohn’s disease
Latest iteration of medical device features dissolving microneedles for drug delivery; external magnetic control  More »

Bill Weigand, Former ChBE Faculty Member, Dies at 84
Bill Weigand, who had served as a professor at the University of Maryland, where he retired, has passed away.  More »

Maryland Engineers Awarded Grants to Address Humanity's Grand Challenges
Twelve projects led by or involving Maryland Engineering faculty have been awarded funding through the Grand Challenges Grants Program, the largest and most comprehensive program of its kind ever introduced at the University of Maryland.  More »

Standing with our Asian-American Community
The Clark School community stands united with our Asian, Asian-American and Pacific Islanders colleagues.  More »

Symptoms all in your head—or in your gut? Maybe a little of both.
UMD researchers are building an ingestible capsule that can monitor and model gut microbiome serotonin activity and help demystify the “gut-brain axis.”  More »

Rapidly evolving ‘smart marble’ sensors hold promise for monitoring pharmaceutical industry bioreactors and beyond
Size of the neutrally buoyant bPods has dropped from ‘baseball’ to ‘golf ball’ to ‘cherry’ in just three years.  More »

Brain and Behavior Initiative Hosts 3rd Annual Seed Grant Symposium

NSF Awards $1M Grant to UMD Researchers
The interdisciplinary project will explore the molecular connection between the gut and the nervous system.  More »

Ghodssi Receives Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Award
The award recognizes exceptionally influential research accomplishments by Clark School faculty.  More »

Biofilm treatment device receives TEDCO MII funding; paper published in IEEE TBME
In latest development, the researchers have miniaturized the platform and are able to control it through wireless signals.  More »

‘Smart Marbles’ hold promise for better outcomes from bioreactors
The marbles, or 'bPods,' will contain microsystems that can “eavesdrop on biology” during fermentation, cell or culture-growing processes.  More »

Ghodssi, Bentley receive NSF EAGER grant to develop ingestible capsules for medical diagnosis
"Gut-Nav" capsules will be designed to detect problems in the gastro-intestinal tract, including pancreatic cancer and inflammatory bowel disease screening.  More »

Four Clark School Professors Named Distinguished University Professor
In 2016, four of the 10 Distinguished University Professors named by the University of Maryland are Clark School professors.  More »

BioE Researchers Develop Nano-guided Cell Networks as Conveyors of Molecular Communication
BioE Professor and Founding Chair William Bentley’s research group publishes Nature Communications paper.   More »

University of Maryland Breaks Ground for A. James Clark Hall
New building to serve as hub for human health innovation in the state of Maryland  More »

Hu, Leite Named Outstanding Engineer and Scientist of the Year (VIDEO)
Materials Science professors receive awards from the Md. Academy of Sciences and Md. Science Center.  More »

UMD Researchers Bridge Gap between Microelectronics, Biological Systems
“Electronic modulation of biochemical signal generation” published in Nature Nanotechnology  More »

International research partnership leads to major publication on controlling living cells with artificial cells
Research could lead to medical therapies carried out by nonliving, artificial cells.  More »

Bentley Receives ACS BIOT’s Marvin J. Johnson Award
American Chemical Society recognizes professor for contributions to the field of biotechnology.  More »

White Receives E. Robert Kent Outstanding Teaching Award for Junior Faculty
Professor honored at 2013 winter commencement.  More »

Clark School Engineers Recently Awarded Grants
Clark School-affiliated professors receive research funding  More »

Bentley Discusses Alternatives to Animal Testing in PRiSM
Lab-on-a-chip devices could reduce or eliminate need.  More »

Maryland Exchange with Italian University Boosts Research on Artificial Cells
Bioengineering grad student part of international effort to use messages sent by synthetic cells to guide natural cell activity.  More »

Rubloff Co-Authors Major DoE Report on Emerging Energy Technologies
Publication focuses on opportunities in mesoscale science.  More »

Preventing Costly, Life-Threatening Catheter Infections
Deutsch Foundation-sponsored Clark School research offers multi-pronged attack on major medical problem.  More »

Bacteria Programmed to Re-Create UMD Logo
Feat part of larger body of Clark School research into preventing infections.  More »

Stopping Bacterial Infections Without Antibiotics
Nanofactories Could Be Next Big Step in Antimicrobial Treatment  More »

Rubloff Group Research Selected for Highlights in Chemical Technology.
Paper covers advances in lab-on-a-chip technology.  More »

Berlin Takes 2nd in Dean's M.S. Thesis Competition
New award honors outstanding research, scholarship.  More »

Bentley Featured in CNN Story on Bioterrorism
UMD Bioengineering Department responds to report detailing nation's vulnerability  More »

Ghodssi Named Herbert Rabin Distinguished Professor
Dr. Reza Ghodssi is recognized for sustained and influential scientific and scholarly work.  More »

New Bioengineering Wing Unveiled
$7.6M, 7,400-square-foot addition to Kim Building serves as new department home.  More »

New Advance in Biochip Research
Microfactories for drug research are one step closer to reality.  More »

$600K Gift Creates Hong Ji Fellowship
Donation to benefit international bioengineering graduate students, Great Expectations campaign.  More »

Bentley Named Fischell Distinguished Professor
Professorship, part of Fischell endowment, recognizes scientific and scholarly work.  More »

Ghodssi, Rubloff part of $2 million NSF grant
Cellular and biomolecular engineering research to focus on biofunctionalized devices.  More »

Rubloff, Bentley quoted in Business Gazette's 'nanofactories' story
Nanocenter faculty explain how cell-like factories in the body may prevent and cure illnesses.  More »

"Side Effects May Not Include?"
Clark School shows in vivo "nanofactories" can make and deliver targeted drugs.  More »

$1 Million For Nano-Bio Initiative
Deutsch Foudation will fund Clark School bioengineering research on the nanoscale.  More »

Crabs help detect dangerous nano particles
A substance in crabs can aid in detecting small quantities of explosives, chemicals, and other hazardous materials.  More »