Department of Bioengineering

By modeling friction and tread design, bioengineers Kurt Beschorner and Seyed Moghaddam are working toward a safer shoe.
William Federspiel
Researchers hope the device will be a bridge to transplant or recovery in children with acute and chronic lung failure, allowing the children to move around and avoid being bedridden.
Each year, the United States experiences an extreme shortage of organ donations. Pitt researchers aim to change that.
Cui in a gray jacket and black shirt
Young adults are more susceptible to addiction, especially to drugs like cocaine. Using a new high-resolution sensor, bioengineer Xinyan Cui plans to figure out why.
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Ervin Sejdić, an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering, was recently named an...