Dialectra mockup application on a smartphone.

Two Aggie students receive recognition for their innovation, Dialectra, an electrolyte sensor paired with a smartphone application that creates a personalized database to help peritoneal dialysis patients make informed lifestyle and treatment adjustments.

A collection of five images with text that reads, Congratulations to the winners of the Artistic Engineering contest!; Images on the top row include (from left) an artistic depiction of hands hovering over a heart, brain and gear; and three hands coming together toward the center of the image. Images on the bottom row include (from left) a large DNA strand, a microscope photo of small circular tumor cells, and a bone fusing together.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering chose its winners for the second annual Artistic Engineering Contest.

Dr. Vanderlei S. Bagnato

Dr. Vanderlei S. Bagnato will join the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University.