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The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) congratulates Christopher Noll for receiving the 2013 USC Outstanding Academic Advisor Award. The award, now on its 6th year, is given to the advisor who best exemplifies service to students in the areas of counseling and advocacy, mentoring, providing information and connecting students to the campus community.

Two undergraduate Biomedical Engineers – and two groups of Biomedical Engineers - were recognized at the 2013 Annual Undergraduate Viterbi Awards.

Congratulations to Kirk K. Shung!Dr. Shung was named Dean’s Professor in Biomedical Engineering. The Dean's Professorship is an endowed professorship appointment in the Viterbi School of Engineering. The BME department celebrated this wonderful event on May 6, 2013.

Professor Norberto Grzywacz, Department Chair of Biomedical Engineering, wins Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award.

Congratulations to undergraduate Stephanie Fong! Stephanie, a sophomore in Biomedical Engineering (Mechanical emphasis, was awarded the Whitaker International Scholarship to study at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, in Fall 2013.

Congratulations to Sushmita Allam for winning the 2013 Center for Applied Mathematical Science (CAMS) Prize for Excellence in Research.

After 20 years of research, Mark Humayun gains FDA approval for his artificial retina.

"Junk" RNA segments seem to play highly significant roles in gene expression, says a new Journal of Computational Biology paper authored by USC Viterbi graduate student Jing Zhang

How can a researcher manipulate a fragile cell four ten-thousandths of an inch in diameter without injuring it? The USC Ultrasonic Transducer Resource Center has devised a way

Ted Berger's lab creates a large-scale computational model of brain memory encoding

Communications pioneer and mathematical genius Solomon Golomb receives the nation’s top honor for scientists

Michael Khoo's group's findings indicate that autonomic nervous system dysfunction is part of the disease

The third annual Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC) promises to be the best ever - and most lucrative

From prosthetics to PTSD, Viterbi researchers advance the future of veterans’ care

NIH awards USC team $1 million for fetal pacemaker - Professor Loeb collaborates with Keck School on 20 mm long prototype.

Program director Krishna Nayak speaks about the Body Engineering Los Angeles GK-12 Program, which partners graduate students in science and engineering disciplines with K-12 teachers to improve science education and the skills of graduate students.