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PhD student William Frantz is developing microscopic droplets designed to help doctors track radiation therapy in real time. His finalist pitch at the 2025 LVC competition highlighted how the technology could one day make cancer treatment more precise and less harmful, particularly for pediatric patients.

BME professor Won Park is co-advising a research project building high performing optical microresonators to open the door for new sensor technologies. In the future, the microresonators could be used for compact microlasers, advanced chemical and biological sensors and even tools for quantum metrology and networking.

Researchers, including BME faculty member Wyatt Shields at CU ������ý���� have created tiny, microorganism-inspired particles that can change their shape and self-propel, much like living things, in response to electrical fields in hopes these microrobots can deliver medications inside the human body, particularly in areas that are hard for drugs to reach on their own.

Roughly 6.8 million people donate blood in the United States, helping save millions of lives, according to the American Red Cross. But just like groceries sitting on store shelves, red blood cells age over time. That's why BME Associate Professor Xiaoyun Ding and medical collaborators at CU Anschutz have created a chip device to help give blood centers and hospitals a reliable way to monitor the quality of red blood cells after weeks in storage.

CU ������ý���� and partners secure up to $39M ARPA-H contract to develop revolutionary joint-healing solutions for millions

The national nonprofit AISES — Advancing Indigenous People in STEM — has ranked CU ������ý���� among its “Top 200 Colleges for Indigenous Students” in the 2025–2026 list, recognizing the university’s strong support and community for Indigenous students

Six students and researchers from the Biomedical Engineering Program (BME) presented their work on joint damage, arthritis, heart problems, and tissue defects at this year’s Biomedical Engineering Society 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Jacob Segil, a research professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU ������ý����, collaborated with Dr. Omer Mei Dan from the Department of Orthopedics at University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine to create a redesigned surgical instrument called the CAP-LIFT cannula. The technology completely transforms arthroscopic procedures in the hip region, making them safer and more efficient than ever before.

The Biomedical Engineering Career Symposium returned for its fourth consecutive year, this time with an expanded and more methodical approach.

Assistant Professor Nicole Xu has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering. The award provides some of the nation’s most promising early career scientists and engineers flexible funding to test novel ideas and lead research that drives real-world impact.