University of Tennessee Biomedical Engineering

09/02/2026

At the one-year mark of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) becoming an independent academic department within the Tickle College of Engineering, BME is celebrating record enrollment, high-level faculty hires, and increased national recognition. Learn more at the link below!

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UT BME celebrates record enrollment, high-level faculty hires, and increased national recognition at the one-year mark.

08/17/2026

Department Head Dacheng Ren is engineering active biomaterials that inhibit biofilms, a dangerous type of bacterial infection that can form on medical devices like catheters. Learn how by reading the full story below!

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08/06/2026

As the director of festivals & project management at C3 Presents, Shelby Goodsell (BS/BME, ’18) often jokes that she is a “festival engineer." Though she may not be working in a field directly correlated to her degree in biomedical engineering, many of the analytical skills she acquired while studying at UT are used on a regular basis.

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Biomedical engineering alumna Shelby Goodsell uses the skills she gained at UT in her job directing music festivals for C3 Presents.

07/27/2026

Assistant Professors Bryan Good and Colleen Crouch are hunting for early signs of Fontan failure, a lethal condition in adults who received lifesaving heart surgery as infants.

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Assistant Professors Bryan Good and Colleen Crouch are hunting for early signs of the lethal condition Fontan failure.

07/08/2026

On April 27, the Department of Biomedical Engineering held its inaugural awards banquet to celebrate our outstanding faculty, staff, and students! See the full list of honorees at the link below! 👏 🏆

On April 27, 2026 the BME held its inaugural awards banquet to celebrate their outstanding faculty, staff, and students.

07/03/2026

Zeanah Professor and Department of Biomedical Engineering Head Dacheng Ren finds some of his best ideas on the run—using marathon training as a space to think through life, philosophy, and science. He recently completed his first Boston Marathon with a personal-best 3:12, reflecting the same discipline and focus he brings to leadership and research.

Beyond running, Ren values hobbies that create breathing room outside of work—an approach he says supports work-life balance and even fuels creativity.

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BME Department Head Dacheng Ren recently completed his first Boston Marathon in a personal best time. Running is just one hobby that helps Ren find inspiration and joy outside of work.

07/01/2026

Two biomedical engineering senior design teams in the University of Tennessee Tickle College of Engineering partnered with the University of Tennessee College of Nursing to develop low-cost, reusable pediatric pneumothorax chest-tube trainers to help prepare future pediatric nurse practitioners.

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05/13/2026

11/05/2025

Congratulations to Nafis Arefin and Demitria Poulos, who were both selected to attend prestigious national conferences!

Arefin submitted a research abstract to the Cardiovascular Implants and Durability Conference in Pacific Grove, California, where he was chosen as one of six finalists in the student competition.

Poulos was invited to the Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering workshop at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a highly selective event for female graduate students and PhD holders pursuing careers in academia.

Both Arefin and Poulos are in the final year of their PhD studies at UT. Learn more about their work at the link below!

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11/03/2025

Originally from Hyderabad, India, Sai Rangoon is far from her Kuchipudi guru. However, her experience with dance continually gives her the confidence and skills to succeed as a biomedical engineer. Now in her final year at UT, Rangoon is working a co-op at Siemens Healthineers and serving as the treasurer of UT’s chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society. Learn more about Sai's story at the link below!

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