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Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center, UMN

Moving medical technology from idea to commercialization. Contact the Earl E. Bakken MDC with Questions, Ideas and Requests at [email protected]

Accelerating medical technology from idea to commercialization.

09/02/2026

Congratulations to Former Director, William Durfee, on receiving the 2026 ASME Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award!

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07/24/2026

Congratulations to our Bakken team members, Sarah Dingli, Paul Rothweiler, and Arthur G. Erdman, for their publication of "Lymphocyte dynamics after CAR-T therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma."

Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjh.70502

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06/16/2026

Please join me in welcoming Eric Little to the Bakken Medical Devices Center as our new Business Development and Medical Device Engineer! 🎉

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05/29/2026

Congratulations to our Associate Director of BMDC and 2025-2026 Innovation Fellow, Matthew Johnson, Ph.D for being elected a new member of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows! 👏

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05/28/2026

This week we say Bye Bye Work, Hello Retirement to one of our own. Thank you for everything Paul Rothweiler!

"A fantastic mentor, an excellent coworker, and a wonderful friend. He will be enormously missed, but those guitars of his won't play themselves. Enjoy!" - Ali Kahlert

05/18/2026

Join us in congratulating Dr. Ali Kahlert on her new role as the Anatomical 3D Artist & Human Factors Device Designer of the Bakken MDC!

Ali recently completed her PhD and is transitioning from her role as a doctoral candidate into this exciting new staff position. Her work has consistently demonstrated a unique combination of scientific rigor, creativity, and technical expertise.

05/05/2026

What a pair! Thank you for repping the BMDC and all your amazing research at the DMD 2026 Conference.

As part of the BMDC's UGRA program, Sophia Steblay and Kresten Atkins worked to design, build and test a low profile (non-gag reflex), flexible, oropharyngeal scope with a high definition camera, to allow healthcare providers to see structures deep in the mouth and throat to visually identify cancers.

There paper based on this research will be published in the DMD Conference Proceedings next month.

Pictured: Sophia Steblay (ME Class of '25) and Cyndee Stull (Assistant Professor School of Dentistry & Project Clinical Lead).
Kresten Atkins (not pictured)

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05/01/2026

The BMDC Garage Band had the pleasure of playing at the College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota's Plumb Bob Friday Festival. Thank you for having us and thank you to all those who sang along!

Band members left to right:
Paul Rothweiler (Chemistry & Human Physiology Class of '83 & '84)
Sophia Steblay (ME Class of '25 and BMDC UGRA)
Don Weirens (Business)
Arthur Erdman (ME Professor)
David Nedrelow (Orthodontic Resident Class of '26)

04/21/2026

*UPDATED* Happy DMD 2026! Here is the schedule for today. Please go to the https://dmd.umn.edu/agenda for more information.

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04/14/2026

We are officially ONE week away from DMD 2026!

Thank you again to all of our wonderful sponsors for all of your support. See you next week 👀

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Address

420 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN
55455

Telephone

+16126264066

Website

https://bmdc.umn.edu/

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