Welcome to Bioengineering
Harvey Borovetz, Chair. As we prepare to celebrate our 10 year anniversary, many exciting things are happening in our department, more than could possibly fit on this one webpage. Just for samplers, three NIH T32 predoctoral training grants have been awarded to our faculty, Michael Sacks', "Biomechanics in Regenerative Medicine." Sanjeev Shroff's "Cardiovascular Bioengineering," and Alan Russell's "Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration." The research by our growing faculty spans a broad range across 6 tracks for more than 150 graduate students, and 3 concentrations within which each of our 155 undergraduates participates in a research internship and senior design project. It's all so much more than can fit here... so please please browse the site to find out more, or look through our newsletter.
What's Happening
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago were able to control heart muscle function in a new way... more 
Dr. Harvey Borovetz and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh developing pediatric heart pump. more
"Two BioE faculty, Professors Michael Sacks and Steve Badylak, receive 2008 Chancellor Distinguished Research Awards." more
“Dr. Tim Maul selected to the 2006 Inaugural Class of Hartwell Fellows.”
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"A graduate student encounters a life-renewing machine, inspiring her to build a similar creation. Future bioengineering prospects are tantalizing, and advances in the Swanson School of Engineering are helping to make them possible, along with many other innovations stimulated by support from Pitt enthusiasts." more
"A patch designed to help damaged cardiac tissue recover from a heart attack has been successful in early animal testing and is moving toward potential human use, researchers report." more
Pitt ranked in top 7 public universities with Berkeley, UCLA, Illinois, Michigan, UNC, and Wisconsin
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BioE Professors Borovetz and Shroff receive 2007 Carnegie Science Center Awards
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