Jun 06, 2023
Artificial intelligence has the potential to benefit society in myriad ways from health and the economy to education and public safety. But it can be just as harmful, especially in areas such as hiring and criminal justice where the cost of making the wrong decision can be immense. That is one of...Tulane Biomedical Engineering (BME) welcomes adjunct professor Mr. Brian Layman. Brian began interacting with the department in 2018 to discuss new internship opportunities for undergraduate students. Mr. Layman’s work at the New Orleans VA Medical Center developed during years of work with...
The Tulane University Biomedical Engineering Senior Research Conference this past January was an impressive showcase of the hard work and innovation of seniors. 18 research students presented their individual research projects in which they tackled a range of challenging topics in Biomedical...
As part of the School of Science and Engineering’s K–12 Outreach, BME affiliates have been regularly participating in Girls in STEM at Tulane (GiST) and Boys at Tulane in STEM (BATS). These programs are hosted each semester and invite local 5–7th graders to Tulane’s campus to experience a day of...
Class of 2023 Team Design seniors created pediatric rolling chairs for their service learning. These were distributed to children at Ochsner.
Chandler Brock and Michael Yang both have a common interest in health equity and expanding access to resources and information that will help improve the health of individuals in the long run. It’s a goal each has worked towards in their own way throughout their time at Tulane. As the...
Hillary Smith (SSE '22) was a Xavier 3+2 student who majored in Biomedical Engineering. She graduated in 2022 with a bachelor's degree from both Tulane and Xavier Universities thanks to her involvement in the partnership between the institutions. She encourages others to participate in the program...
Seeking a cultural shift from his Boston upbringing, Matthew Geis decided New Orleans would be a wonderful place to experience something new. He wasn’t certain at first what he wanted to study at Tulane but had undertaken a range of engineering projects with his father, which guided him toward...
At the 2023 Unified Commencement Ceremony, four Tulane University faculty members will receive university-wide teaching awards: the Suzanne and Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellows Awards and the Tulane President’s Awards for Excellence in Professional and Graduate Teaching. The Weiss Fellows for...
Tulane University’s Office of Sustainability has partnered with local startup Glass Half Full to expand glass recycling at residence halls across the uptown campus. The partnership with the recycling startup, which was founded by Tulanians, has expanded from one pilot project to eight collection...
River-Coastal Science and Engineering Postdoc and researcher Dr. Qiang Sun recently received the Associate Dean’s Research Award at the Tulane Research, Innovation and Creativity Summit for his poster on “Contributions of sea-level components to High Tide Flooding along the continental U.S....
