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Biomedical Engineering
95%
Of Ph.D. students are fully funded
2,000+
Texas Biomedical Engineering alumni around the world
81%
Of undergraduate students participate in research
SHARED RESOURCES EMAIL DIRECTORY
Your one stop shop for various needs
NAME | PURPOSE | |
BME Building Reservations |
bme-building-reservations@utexas.edu |
Inquiries regarding room reservations in BME |
BME Human Resources |
Student and research staff employment processing; visas. |
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BME Faculty Account Management |
bme-faculty-accounts@utexas.edu | Research grant and faculty endowment account needs |
BME Purchasing |
bme-purchasing@utexas.edu |
Research lab and Senior Design purchasing; subscriptions and annual dues. |
BME Travel & Entertainment |
bme-travel-entertainment@utexas.edu | Research travel and entertainment processing, conference registration via Procard; assign RTAs, reimbursement, and lab coffee order requests to Group 00379 BME Travel & Entertainment Processors. |
BME Accounts Payable |
bme-ap@utexas.edu | Payments |
BME Events |
bme-events@utexas.edu |
Departmental event related needs; assign seminar and faculty recruitment related reimbursement requests to Group 00379 BME Travel & Entertainment Processors with “SEMINAR” or “FAC RECRU” in description. |
BME Building Management |
bme-building-management@utexas.edu | Inquiries regarding the BME building |
BME Fellowships |
bme-fellowships@utexas.edu | Inquiries regarding graduate student fellowships managed at the department level (NIH T32, NIH F31, AHA, Whitehall) |
STAFF EMAIL DIRECTORY
Name |
Title |
Phone |
Office |
Carlos Alonso | Faculty Accounts Coordinator | 512.471.5102 | BME 3.308AB |
Dennis Campa | Purchasing Coordinator | 512.471.7576 | BME 3.308AC |
Victoria Carter | Human Resources Coordinator | 512.232.6166 | BME 3.308AJ |
Chase Dawkins | Academic Advising Coordinator | 512.471.4254 |
BME 3.308AE |
Gavyn Davila | Desktop Support Specialist | TRECS-help@austin.utexas.edu | BME 3.314B |
Financial Analyst |
512.471.4094 |
BME 3.110A |
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Joshua Kleinstreuer | Communications Coordinator | 512.232.8594 |
BME 3.308AA |
Jenny Kondo | Graduate Program Administrator | 512.471.4254 |
BME 3.308AF |
George McSweeney | Accounts Payable Coordinator | 512.471.7576 |
BME 3.308AC |
Tonda Mitchell | Technical Shop Coordinator | 512-471-8155 | BME 3.314C |
Meghan Papsycki | Research Coordinator | 512.471.4005 | BME 4.202S |
Director of Administration |
512.471.6705 |
BME 3.110C |
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Gilbert Velasquez | Systems Administrator | TRECS-help@austin.utexas.edu | BME 3.314B |
Laura Wence | Senior Events Coordinator | 512.471.4791 | BME 3.308AK |
Eric Zilligen | Building Manager | 512.471.7974 | BME 3.314A |
Upcoming Events
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Tuesday, May 13
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Biomaterials
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Biosensors and Instrumentation
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Cell and Tissue Engineering
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Computational Biomedical Engineering
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Neuroengineering
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