2026 Bioengineering Symposium Schedule
9:00 AM: Public Registration and poster setup
9:30 AM: Welcome Remarks and Department Overview
Schedule and outline of the day: Jeffrey Halpern
Welcome statement from the college: Cyndee Gruden, Dean
Overview and accomplishments of the department: Niva Gupta, Chair
Center for Integrated Bioengineering and Biomedical Research: Rick Cote
Bio-Inspired On-demand Strategies for Engineering Nanostructured Sensors: Jeffrey Halpern
10:00 AM: Keynote Address: Shelly Peyton, Department Chair, Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
Title: How lessons from tissue engineering can help us solve grand challenges in cancer
10:50 AM: Break
11:10 AM: Invited Talk: Mark Blenner, Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Career Development Associate Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware
Title: Turning trash into treasure: using systems and synthetic biology to enable a circular economy
12:00 PM: Lunch and Poster Session
2:30 PM: Plenary Talk: Christopher Voigt, Daniel I.C. Wang Professor and Head, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Engineered Bacteria in the Field
3:20 PM: Alumni Spotlight by Emma Roberge ’22, Lonza
Title: From UNH to Biotech: An Early-Career Perspective
3:50 PM: Concluding Remarks and Poster Awards:
Best Innovative Scholar Group
Best UG Researcher
Best Grad Researcher
Best Post Doc
The 2026 Bioengineering Symposium will take place on Tuesday, May 5, 2026
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Kingsbury Hall, Room S145
