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Ph.D. Student Project Evolves Into New Tool for the Biotech Industry

biomedical engineering

Yanqi Ye

Jan 12, 2018

A ‘Smart’ Insulin Patch May Aid Future Therapies

Yanqi Ye, biomedical engineering student, is exploring ways to use micro-needles in a skin patch prevent and control diabetes and skin cancer. 

Dec 6, 2017

Study Shows Need for Adaptive Powered Knee Prosthesis to Assist Amputees

Study by NC State graduate student shows adaptive robotic prosthesis could be helpful to amputees attempting to adapt to real-world situations, like carrying a backpack. 
Andrea Brandt

Jul 10, 2017

Andrea Brandt

PhD student Andrea Brandt is seeking a prosthesis that can adapt to an amputee's movement, rather than amputees having to adapt to their prostheses. 
Scott looking at petri dish

Dec 11, 2015

Ph.D. Student Project Evolves Into New Tool for the Biotech Industry

When Scott Vu started working on a computer science research project as a teenager, he didn’t realize it would lead him down a path to earning a Ph.D. and launching a company to help the biotechnology industry.