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Contributing innovative ideas impacting science, medicine, business, education, engineering
and the arts, UC researchers are literally transforming the way we live, work and learn.
university of cincinnati
Department of Biomedical, Chemical
& Environmental Engineering
Facts & Figures
• UC and its affiliates generated $405 million in research funding in 2012.
• 87% of UC’s 2012 research dollars came from federal funding sources.
• UC stands among the nation’s top 25 public research universities.
• Cooperative education (CO-OP) was invented at the University of Cincinnati in 1906.
• U.S. News & World Report ranks UC’s co-op program fourth nationally.
• Students can choose either industry or a research track co-op position.
• Local, national, and international co-op positions are available.
• UC has been named as one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate
education for the sixth straight year by the Princeton Review.
• Forbes Magazine named UC among the world’s most beautiful college campuses.
research areas
Biomedical Engineering
college of
engineering & applied Science
Programs oF study
Research Firsts
degrees oFFered
Aerospace engineering
BS
Architectural engineering
BS
Biomedical engineering
BS
Meng*
MS
PhD
Chemical engineering
BS
Meng
MS
PhD
Civil engineering
BS
Meng
MS
PhD
2012 Technology Transfer
Computer engineering
BS
Meng
MS
Invention Disclosures
Computer Science
BS
Meng
MS
• The first antihistamine, Benadryl, was invented by George Rieveschl, a UC graduate
and researcher.
• The first oral polio vaccine was developed by Albert Sabin, a UC researcher.
• UC scientists developed the first safe anti-knock gasoline.
Patent Applications
Start-up Activity Patents Issued Royalty Income 123
Computer Science & engineering
75
6
20
$541,510
UC Biomedical
Engineer
receives Top
Bioengineering
Award
UC biomedical engineering professor David Butler, PhD, has
been named the recipient of the 2012 H.R. Lissner Medal,
given by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME), for his contributions to the field of biomedical
engineering.
The award recognizes Butler’s achievements in
bioengineering spanning his research contributions,
development of new methods of measurement, innovative
equipment design and instrumentation, as well as his
educational impact in the training of bioengineers and
service to the bioengineering community and ASME.
Butler’s research interests include functional tissue
engineering and orthopaedic biomechanics.
MS
PhD
Construction Management
BS
electrical engineering
BS
electrical engineering Technology
BS
Meng
MS
PhD
MS
PhD
Meng
MS
PhD
Meng
MS
PhD
Meng
MS
PhD
Meng
MS
PhD
MS
PhD
engineering Mechanics
Faculty research highlighted in
chemical & engineering news
Dr. Chia-Chi Ho and her research group
showed they could steer the movement of
cells by placing them in a tissue culture
dish containing both a cell-resistant printed
polymer background as well as unmodified
portions. The locations of the unmodified
portions were strictly defined with respect to
shape and spacing, allowing the researchers
to essentially direct the path that would be
taken by the cells. The shape of the unmodified
islands also served to encourage forward
movement. Recently, the Ho group expanded
on this theory, and used similarly designed
dishes to separate a cell mixture. They found
that after 72 hours two different groups of cells
separated on the plate. They hope to expand
this to areas in which cell motility plays a role,
such as cancer metastasis and wound healing.
environmental engineering
BS
environmental Science
Fire & Safety engineering Technology
BS
Materials Science
Mechanical engineering
BS
Mechanical engineering Technology
BS
Metallurgical engineering
PhD
*Masters of Engineering
FAST FACTS
• ACCEND™ Accelerated ENgineering Degree – Students can earn both a bachelor’s and
master’s degree in as few as five years by completing an accelerated degree program.
• Recent biomedical engineering graduates have won top awards for their device that
effectively diagnoses strokes.
• Our civil engineering department houses one of the nation’s largest facilities that tests
the ability of buildings and bridges towithstand high winds and earthquakes.
• One of our alums is credited with designing the Pentium processor.
• The environmental engineering program has analytical facilities that allow thorough
characterization of environmental samples.
• The mechanical engineering program is home to UC and Procter & Gamble’s cuttingedge computer simulation center.
primary funding agencies
Medical Imaging
Regenerative Medicine
Medical Devices
CDC | USAID | NASA
Chemical Engineering
State of Ohio/Ohio Coal
U.S. EPA | NSF | NIH | DoE
Medical Technologies
Industrial & Environmental Separations
Renewable & Alternative Energy Technologies
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
U.S. Navy | U.S. Army
Environmental Engineering
Air Quality
Water Quality
Hydrology
Sustainability
UC
researchers have developed and tested
a solar-powered nano filter that is able
to remove harmful carcinogens and antibiotics
from water sources – lakes and rivers – at a
significantly higher rate than the currently used
filtering technology made of activated carbon.
In the journal “Nano Letters,” Vikram Kapoor,
environmental engineering doctoral student, and
David Wendell, assistant professor of environmental
engineering, report on their development and
testing of the new filter made of two bacterial
proteins that was able to absorb 64 percent of antibiotics in surface waters vs. about 40 percent
absorbed by the currently used filtering technology made of activated carbon. One of the more
exciting aspects of their filter is the ability to reuse the antibiotics that are captured.
R
esearch by the Dionysiou Research Group,
headed by environmental engineering
professor Dr. Dion Dionysiou, in the development
of a biosensor for a cyanotoxin was recently
MWCNT array published in “Advanced Functional Materials.” Cyanotoxins are toxins produced by cyanobacteria
and their presence in drinking water sources
are of particular concern. Microcystins (MCs) are
the most frequently reported cyanotoxins. The
Dionysiou Group developed a multi-walled carbon
nanotube (MWCNT)-based electrochemical
biosensor to monitor one of the most commonly occurring congeners in drinking water well below the
1 μg L-1 limit established by the World Health Organization.
200µm
Three faculty members in Chemical Engineering were honored by the University for their recent patents:
Dr. Anastasious Angelopoulos — multifunctional nanocoatings and process for fabricating same,
Dr. Rakesh Govind — purification process applicable to acidic metal-bearing waste waters, and
Dr. Peter Smirniotis — sulfur tolerant highly durable carbon dioxide sorbents.