Health and Medicine

Improving Patient Care and Outcomes

Materials science and engineering play a crucial role in improving health and medicine by developing advanced materials and technologies that enhance biomaterials, biological sensors, drug delivery systems, medical implants, diagnostic tools, pharmaceuticals and tissue engineering, ultimately improving patient care and outcomes. This area of research often employs high-performance computing techniques to assemble, build and image soft materials. 

Faculty in this Area

Professor and Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering; Director of Materials Research Laboratory
Associate Professor
Associate Professor and Racheff Faculty Scholar, Carle Illinois College of Medicine Affiliate
Professor and Willett Faculty Scholar
Associate Professor and Racheff Faculty Scholar, Carle Illinois College of Medicine Affiliate
James Economy Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor