News 2017 Faculty News Ki Chon awarded $2.2 million from NIH Martin Han receives grants for research on neural implants for hearing loss David M. Pierce receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award Highlighting New Faculty Guoan Zheng receives National Science Foundation Grant Ki Chon awarded patent for “Physiological parameter monitoring with a mobile communication device” Syam Nukavarapu awarded patent for “Gradient Porous Scaffolds” Student News BME graduate students Ohan S. Manoukian and Donyeil Hoy awarded NSF-2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Senior design team attends Rice 360 Design Competition in Houston Nehal Kapadia Awarded AAMI Foundation Scholarship