Department of
Bioengineering

Brittany Weida was recognized by the Illinois Annual Fund as an outstanding student for her accomplishments in Bioengineering through a scholarship offered by a generous donation from William Kinkead (MechSE, 19020). Brittany recently walked across the stage at graduation but is not slowing down or taking a break from Bioengineering this summer. Brittany, and her fellow teammates from her Senior Design Team, are starting a company and building a device to help those with knee injuries and hope to market the device soon after. Brittany will remain on campus as a PhD student in Bioengineering starting Fall 2012.

Stephen A. Boppart, a Bliss Professor of Engineering with appointments in the departments of electrical and computer engineering, of bioengineering, and of internal medicine at Illinois, has been awarded the Hans Sigrist Prize, an international prize presented annually to a distinguished scientist in a selected field. The 2012 award was competitively selected to honor outstanding research in the field of diagnostic laser medicine.

The Mavis scholarship is awarded to graduate students based on their academic performance, research accomplishments, and interest in engineering education. The Mavis Scholarship is funded through a bequest of Frederic T. and Edith F. Mavis. Dr. Frederic T. Mavis received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering at the University of Illinois. He was dean of engineering at the University of Maryland from 1957 until 1967.

Real-time, 3-D microscopic tissue imaging could be a revolution for medical fields such as cancer diagnosis, minimally invasive surgery and ophthalmology. University of Illinois researchers have developed a technique to computationally correct for aberrations in optical tomography, bringing the future of medical imaging into focus.