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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

January 18, 2022

Researcher bioengineers heart valve scaffolding

From left: The leaflet scaffold, tissue-engineered leaflet and trilayered structure of leaflet tissue. A Mizzou Engineer is developing biodegradable heart valve scaffolds that can replace damaged valves, and grow and function as native tissue valves. Soumen Jana Soumen Jana, an assistant professor of biomedical, biological and chemical engineering, is designing scaffold that mimics the make-up [...]

Janese Heavin

May 11, 2021

Improving health by improving water filtration

A research team led by Mizzou Engineers recently published an article on how to potentially remove arsenic from ground water more efficiently with less expense for household use. Professor Baolin Deng, with lead author Zhengyang “Philip” Wang, an MU doctorial graduate, produced a proof-of-concept over-the-counter water filter that uses a new mass re-equilibrium process to […]

Michael Zweifel

In the Department of Biomedical, Biological and Chemical Engineering, our faculty and students work side by side every day on cutting-edge research with vital, real-world applications. Undergraduates have the opportunity to get involved with research as early as their freshman year. Our graduate students have developed skills through research projects that lead to careers in academia, start-up companies, and leading organizations including Amazon, Google, PepsiCo, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Below are just a few projects our outstanding faculty and students are currently working on.

Biomedical Engineering

Soft materials and wearable/implantable bioelectronics and biosensors (Zhang)
- Skin-interfaced bioelectronics and biosensors
- Brain-interfaced microsystem
- Soft materials-complex colloidal systems
Biological Optics (Yao)
- Optical Polarization Tractography
- Pupillary Light Reflex
Biophotonics and biosensing (Grant, Yao, Gu and Tan):
- Medical imaging (CT, tissue optics, OCT, photoacoustics, ultrasound).
- Biosensing and Bioimaging (FRET, molecular rotor, optical resonator, single-molecule sensing, delayed fluorescence).
Membrane transport and signaling (Gillis, Lee, Gu and Ding):
- Cell electrophysiology and sensing (ion channels, Ca sensing, exocytosis, bioMEMS, neuronal-glial interaction, 2-p microscopy).
- Cell mechanics (properties of astrocytes, AFM).

Bioprocess Engineering

Biomass-based products and food engineering (Hsieh, Jacoby and Tan):
- Biofoams and biofuels.
- Food process development.

Bioenvironmental Engineering

Sustainability science (Hall)
- Sustainable Cities
- Integrating stakeholder knowledge in water resources planning
- Developing meaningful models of social-ecological systems
Water quality (Thompson, ASM and ARS faculty):
- Nonpoint source modeling.
- Waste management and waste water treatment.
Partnership with USDA Agricultural Research Service:
- Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit.

Chemical Engineering

Materials for adsorption, transport, separations, catalysis, and other energy-related applications (Hammond)
- Plasma-facing materials
- Nuclear materials
- Zeolites and similar porous and catalytic materials