What city is known as “the orthopedic capital of the world”? Would you believe it is Warsaw, Ind., population: 13,559? Where? You might ask. North-central Indiana, approximately 40 miles from Fort Wayne, the second largest city in the state (population: 255,000), is where. The DePuy Manufacturing Company, which existed independently for over 100 years before [...]

According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a headache is the most common neurological ailment in the United States. The second most common neurological ailment? Low back pain—a disorder Babak Bazrgari, Ph.D. and his Human Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory are researching within University of Kentucky’s Center for Biomedical Engineering. How prevalent is low [...]

For most of his youth, Dr. David Puleo wanted to be a surgeon; however, upon entering high school, he realized his strong interest in medicine was matched by an equal fascination with technology and engineering concepts. One day, while reading, he came across the words “biomedical engineering.” Intrigued, he began to conduct research and discovered [...]

While studying biotechnology as an undergraduate student in India, Sharath Sundararaj began researching universities that offered graduate programs in biomedical engineering. Intrigued by the material implants research taking place in Dr. David Puleo’s Tissue Implant Interface Lab, Sharath came to the U.S. and graduated with a master’s degree in BME in 2007. He is currently [...]

Cheryl Rabek knew she wanted to attend UK, but she also desired to study biomedical engineering. With no undergraduate BME program available, she asked Dr. David Puleo, Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering, what she should do. He encouraged Cheryl to look into materials engineering, since biomaterials are a key component of BME. Having [...]