At UVM, we leverage a rare proximity of our Larner College of Medicine, medical center, engineering building, and new STEM Center, all within a couple of minutes’ walk. Location creates opportunity. Our burgeoning biomedical engineering programs prepare students for one of the fastest growing corners of the field. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 23 percent increase in the number of biomedical engineering jobs between 2014 and 2024. UVM students and faculty are working together to create new biomaterials capable of healing punctured lungs and treating cancer, and applying sensor technology to study body mechanics with the goal of better rehabilitation and outcomes for joint replacement patients.
Senior Claudia Benito Alston ’17 gained experience in the college’s FabLab, and has put her 3D-printing skills to work with faculty from engineering and medicine. She’s been part of a team of researchers creating a new method, using bioprinting, for treating mastectomy patients.