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Texas Biomedical Engineering professor Nicholas Peppas stands in front of a bookcase.

The Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to biomedical engineering professor Nicholas Peppas.

Professor Tom Yankeelov stands with a student in front of a screen showing computational models of breast cancer research.

Can mathematics help physicians make better decisions for cancer patients? A new study led by professor Tom Yankeelov, Director of the Center for Computational Oncology at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, suggests the answer is, “yes.”

Originally published by the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences.

The exterior of The Department of Biomedical Engineering building at UT Austin.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin is ranked as one the nation’s top ten undergraduate biomedical engineering programs. The Cockrell School of Engineering finished 11th in the nation in the 2025-2026 U.S. News & World Report undergraduate engineering rankings (No. 6 among public universities and No. 1 in Texas).

Published by the Cockrell School of Engineering

Professor Nicholas Peppas stands at a podium.

AIChE’s Regenerative Engineering Society (RES) has chosen Nicholas A. Peppas as the recipient of its Cato T. Laurencin Regenerative Engineering Society Founder’s Award for 2025. First presented in 2023, the award honors the founder and pioneer of the field of Regenerative Engineering, Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D., K.C.S.L., and recognizes individuals for leadership in the science and practice of convergence research as applied to regenerative engineering and medicine.

Published by the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering.

 

UT Austin Biomedical Engineering Professor Nuttada Panpradist stands with Nigerian researchers holding HIVDR tests.

Years after envisioning a smarter, more accessible approach to HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) testing, Nuttada Panpradist’s research continues to transform lives while coming full circle to the country that first sparked her mission.

Texas BME professor Nicholas Peppas

Drug delivery luminary and Texas Engineer Nicholas Peppas has won the Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine from Northwestern University’s International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN).

Published by the Cockrell School of Engineering

Texas BME graduate Gabriela Nomura receiving Outstanding Scholar Leader award on stage

The best undergraduate researcher they’d ever seen, a natural leader, someone who cares deeply about others. These are just a few superlatives that professors used to describe Gabriela Nomura. This year’s Outstanding Scholar-Leader just finished her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, and she plans to become a combination physician and engineer.

Published by the Cockrell School of Engineering

A group of biomedical engineering graduate students work in a lab.

The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Biomedical Engineering graduate program ranked No. 19 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 graduate engineering program rankings, released on Tuesday.

Texas biomedical engineers giving presentation in front of screen

Rausch and his students have partnered with the Science Mill for the past three years to provide workshops for kids in the Hill Country. This year’s workshop earlier this month focused on the most vital and complex organ: the heart.

Published by the Cockrell School of Engineering

FRI Biobricks and Microbe Hackers stream students work in the lab.

Graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin have a new opportunity to revolutionize how medicines are developed and delivered.