2026 Bioengineering Symposium Schedule
9:00 AM: Public Registration and poster setup
9:30 AM: Welcome Remarks and Department Overview
10:00 AM: Keynote Address: Shelly Payton, Department Chair, Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
Title: TBD
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: TBD
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: TBD
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
