biomedical engineering

Chinyere Omeife

July 27, 2026

Biomedical engineering major melds innovation and medicine

Chinyere Omeife credits Mizzou Engineering with helping her develop the problem-solving skills she uses daily in her summer internship with healthcare company Solventum.

Graphic depiction of ribosome models

July 12, 2026

Engineering cells like we engineer machines

Roseanna N. Zia studies how ribosomes transform matter into life and how that capability can build the next generation of life-saving medicines, materials and biodefense technology.

Ashlyn Ohlms, Nique Fajors and Diego Ochoa

June 8, 2026

‘Instead of waiting for opportunities, take the initiative’

Mechanical engineering undergrads Diego Ochoa and Ashlyn Ohlms won the Entrepreneurship Alliance competition with a medical device born of insight, ambition and collaboration.

James Stannard

April 19, 2026

Sterilizing surgical implants with neutrons could reduce infections

Mizzou researchers have created a new way to kill bacteria that gets trapped within surgical implants.

Sonia Norouzi Esfahany

April 14, 2026

Cross-campus collaboration leads to materials breakthrough

Mizzou researchers have introduced a novel bioadhesive material platform that will enable next-generation devices with shape memory behavior.

Nicole Hashemi and Raghu Kannan

April 12, 2026

Hashemi, Kannan inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows

Election is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top 2% of engineers in these fields.

Mizzou IMPACT teams competition teams members

March 30, 2026

Black and Gold engineers make IMPACT in national competition

Mizzou teams dominate the field at the National Medical Device Make-A-Thon, engineering solutions to address issues in neonatal intensive care.

Mujtaba Rafique Ghoto and Christopher O’Bryan

Feb. 9, 2026

3D-printed brain models could revolutionize medical research

Doctors and medical students could one day train on models that look and feel like the real thing, giving them more chances to practice safely before working with patients.

Dylan Filby, Piyush Poudel, Carly Torbit

Jan. 4, 2026

Applying knowledge and skills to support vet students’ learning

Biological and biomedical engineering students collaborated with the College of Veterinary Medicine to build an accurate, realistic and practical model of a feline skull.

Sam Byerly

Dec. 14, 2025

Sam Byerly discovers a world of possibilities at Mizzou

The senior computer science and statistics student made the most of his University of Missouri career by following his interests wherever they led.