Welcome to the Institute of Biological Engineering
The Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) was established to encourage inquiry and interest in biological engineering.
The 21st century presents global challenges in the environment, resources, energy, health, and sustainability. The Institute of Biological Engineering supports the community of scientists and engineers that are addressing these problems through biological systems analysis and design. We do this through enhancing and promoting biological engineering in the broadest manner through research, education, and professional development.
The emerging discipline of biological engineering lies at the interfaces of biological sciences, engineering sciences, mathematics and computational sciences. It applies biological systems to enhance of the quality and diversity of life.
Congratulations to the 2013 IBE Conference Award Winners!
- Eric McLamore – Annual Meeting Co-Chair
- Liju Yang – Annual Meeting Co-Chair
- Praveen Kolar – Chair, Bioethics Essay Competition
- Melissa Moss – Poster Session Competition Chair
- Mark Eiteman – Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Biological Engineering
- Lisa Wilken – outgoing Councilor-at-Large
- Soonjo Kwon - outgoing Councilor-at-Large
- Praveen Kolar - outgoing Councilor-at-Large
- Mark Haidekker - outgoing Councilor-at-Large
- Bill Batchelor – Past President
- Jessica Calkins – outgoing Graduate Councilor-at-Large
- Max Song – outgoing Undergraduate Councilor-at-Large
- Guigen Zhang, Chair, 2013 BioBusiness Nexus Session
- Tom Richard – Chair, 2013 iGem North American Jamboree
- Stefan Zauscher – Outstanding Session Chair Organizer
- Darlene Taylor – Outstanding Session Chair Organizer
- Ronald Sims: Immediate Past President
Bioethics Essay Competition
- First Place: Ariel Isser, University of Maryland
- Second Place: Renee Mitchell, University of Maryland
- Third Place: Kristina Dziki, University of Maryland
- Honorable Mention: Ryan Putman, Utah State University
Poster Competition:
Undergraduate
- Grand Prize: Ryan Putman, Asif Rahman, Charles Barentine, Andrea Halling, Brian Smith, Federico Rodriguez, Elizabeth Martinez, Thomas Harris, Cameron Copeland, Cody Tramp, Joshua Ellis, Charles Miller: Utah State University; Kathleen Miller, Logan High School; Swetha Chandrasekar, Cooper Union; Jamal Abdinor, University of Utah
- First Place: Anne Elise Creamer, Lauren McPhillips, M. Todd Walter: Cornell University
- Second Place: Grace Justinvil, Stephanie Burrs, Diana Vanegas, Eric McLamore: University of Florida
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Third Place: Ben Clarkson, Becca Evans, Betsy Gammon, Meredith Nakano, Caroline Vrana, Laurie Heyer, A. Malcolm Campbell: Davidson College
Caleb Carr, David Carr, Eddie Miles, Jerrad Morton, Sachith Polpitaya, Kamay Trueblood, Todd Eckdahl, Jeffrey Poet: Missouri Western State University
- Grand Prize: Kandy Napan, Whitney Morgan, Jixun Zhan, Thomas Anderson, Jon Takemoto: Utah State University
- First Place: Asif Rahman, Ronald Sims, Charles Miller: Utah State University
- Second Place: Hadi Nazem-Bokaee, Ryan Senger: Virginia Tech
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Third Place: Joshua Ellis, Neal Hengge, Ronald Sims and Charles Miller: Utah State University
- Engineered cell-cell communication within DNA messaging
- Monica Ortiz, Drew Endy
2013 Election Results
Thank you for casting your vote to determine your newest 2013 IBE Council members. The winners are:
President-Elect
Marshall Porterfield
Secretary
Ben J. Stuart
Undergraduate Councilor
Ryan Putman
Graduate Councilor
Asif Rahman
Councilors at Large
Sabrina Jedlicka
Jeff Catchmark
Prem Parajuli
Jixun Zhan
Guigen Zhang
How to Get Involved in IBE
There are many ways to stay involved in IBE:
- Join a community and meet other IBE members interested in your area of research
- Join a committee and help shape the path for IBE for everything from membership to student activities
- Submit to the Journal of Biological Engineering
- Become a member
- Submit an abstract to or attend the annual meeting