Biomedical Engineering at the University of Reading

14/09/2023

We have a new page: https://www.facebook.com/BioMedEngReadingUni
and a new Instagram channel: https://www.instagram.com/uor_biomedicalengineering

We actively post current news and events from our students, researchers and staff to the above channels. Please follow us if you are interested in what we are up to. Thank you.

30/07/2020

👋🏼Current student? Interested in helping shape the Autumn Term Teaching? Provide your real time crucial feedback and development ideas to academics in this exciting new role! Work will be done virtually between 24 Aug-18Sept🖥️Apply by 9th Aug -> https://bit.ly/2PbHnsM

03/07/2020

Last week, we held our hugely successful online PhD Symposium. Spread across 3 days, we had fantastic engagement from PhD researchers and our wider community across all disciplines. Based on audience feedback we had awards for presentations, and 3 Researchers of the Year:

Researcher of the Year for Biomedical Engineering - Udeni Jayasinghe for her work on clothing-mounted sensors.

Researcher of the Year for Biomedical Sciences - Renato Gaspar, for his work on plant flavonoids.

Researcher of the Year for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Donald Zulu - wild yam expert!

Our congratulations to the prize winners and to all who participated!

13/08/2019

PhD studentship with Dr. Evangelos Delivopoulos, Dr. Nandini Vasudevan, and Prof. Slawomir Nasuto in Reading BiomedEng Apply now!

EPSRC-funded PhD studentship in Neural Engineering exploring oestrogen as a neuroprotective treatment for stroke and other neurodegenerative conditions. Supervisory team: Dr. Evangelos Delivopoulos, Dr. Nandini Vasudevan, and Prof. Slawomir Nasuto from Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Sciences at the University of Reading
Application deadline: 31 August. Apply now! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BTW011/epsrc-phd-studentship-in-neural-engineering

08/11/2018

Maitreyee Wairagkar's PhD research in Biological Sciences at the University of Reading aims to help people with disabilities to communicate by controlling computers directly with their thoughts.

Read Maitreyee's story at http://ow.ly/A6Rk30muOMZ

07/11/2018

Dr Faustina Hwang, Associate Professor of Digital Health, designs innovative technologies that support health and well-being, ensuring that technology is usable by everyone, of any age or ability.

"I knew when I entered engineering as an undergraduate that I wanted to pursue a career in a medically-related field. As I continued, my appreciation grew for the breadth of opportunities that an engineering degree offers for helping to address biomedical challenges."

Read Faustina’s full story: http://ow.ly/NJ4030iP7Qu

06/11/2018

This November, we’re giving the Big Assembly an engineering spin to help young people take their ideas, passions and dreams and turn them into engineering careers.

05/11/2018

Parents want their children to have a future that makes a positive difference to society, according to new research released to mark the start of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week.