Bioengineering

Students in Knight Campus Dalton Lab
Department of Bioengineering

Research, Innovation, Impact

Join an interdisciplinary, entrepreneurial, and innovation-driven bioengineering program that will not only help advance your career, but produce societal impact.

At the Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, teams of world-class bioengineers are tackling everything from cartilage regeneration therapies to next-generation neural interfaces to advanced biofabrication to novel protein design.

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1pm Thursday, September 25
3:30pm Monday, October 6
4pm Tuesday, October 21
11am Wednesday, November 4 

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A PhD Program with a Purpose

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Research That Fuels the Impact Cycle

Cutting-edge research that aims to serve society through translation of new discoveries and technologies.

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Accelerate Your Career

High impact trainings and mentorship on science communication and entrepreneurship that launch, and accelerate, your professional development.

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Research Tools to Make Your Future

World-class facilities for fabrication, prototyping and analysis to help you transform your research ideas into real-world solutions and products.

Innovation Translation

Joint PhD Program Focused on Translation

An innovative joint PhD training program leverages the combined strengths at the University of Oregon Knight Campus and Oregon State University.

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From Lab Bench to Capitol Hill

3rd year Bioengineering PhD Candidate Lia Strait recently travelled to Capitol Hill to advocate for science policy.

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New Faculty Join the Knight Campus

Sara Keller and David Peeler will join the Department of Bioengineering in early 2026

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Knight Campus BioE News

Knight Campus Ph.D. candidate Rose Hulsey-Vincent has been awarded a competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) to support her research on the neural basis of song in canary birds.

The Department of Bioengineering’s New Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program offers mentorship, DEI-focused professional development, and momentum for rising scientists

Calin Plesa, assistant professor of bioengineering, is recognized for his accomplishments as a nationally and internationally recognized leader in synthetic biology, gene synthesis, and protein engineering, and in particular, his role as co-founder, platform architect, and scientific advisor of SynPlexity, Inc.

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