School Notes: School of Engineering & Applied Science
May/June 2018

Professor earns diversity award

Anjelica Gonzalez, the Donna L. Dubinsky Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the 2018 Diversity Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). The BMES Diversity Award honors an individual, project, organization, or institution for outstanding contributions to improving gender and racial diversity in biomedical engineering. It is given for a broad range of activities, including research, education, and service that improve diversity in the biomedical engineering industry and/or academia. Gonzalez will deliver a plenary lecture at the BMES 2018 annual meeting in Atlanta later this year.

NAE membership for professor

W. Mark Saltzman, Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Saltzman, who was cited for “contributions in drug delivery, biomaterials, and tissue engineering that have led to improved patient treatments,” will be formally inducted at the NAE’s annual meeting in Washington, DC, in September. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering.”

Khushi Baby wins global health challenge

Khushi Baby, a company behind a potentially life-saving device that originated at the Center for Engineering Innovation & Design (CEID), won the $250,000 grand prize in Johnson & Johnson’s GenH Challenge for Maternal and Child Health. The challenge invited participants from around the world to submit globally relevant solutions to undergoing health challenges. Khushi Baby, currently based in India, devised a system that includes a necklace with a computer chip inside that stores up to two years of vaccination records for young children. Health workers can scan the chip for the information and make updates.