Meet Brandon Nguyen, Biomedical Engineering's 2020 Outstanding Senior

This year’s departmental convocation ceremonies, switched to a virtual format at the 11th hour due to COVID-19 restrictions, were truly one of a kind. They also celebrated a class that was one of a kind.

Members of the Class of 2020 conducted research on aircraft design, water quality and the science of soundwaves. They built canoes out of concrete. They worked to make mines safer, biomedical devices more efficient, and our campus – and our world – more sustainable. They mentored classmates and competed in national competitions. At the ceremonies, the college honored an outstanding graduating senior from each of its 15 majors.

This year's outstanding senior in biomedical engineering is Brandon Nguyen, who has been published twice: once for his work on a handheld UV florescence spectrophotometer device to analyze petroleum oil samples, and once for his work with simplified white blood cells. Nguyen serves as an Engineering Ambassador for the College of Engineering, a role he's held since 2018. Nguyen has also been working as an undergraduate laboratory research assistant in the Yoon Biosensors Lab since fall 2017, working on paper microfluids and lateral flow immunoassays.