About BME Connect
The bridge between class, lab, and industry.
Bridging UC Davis students with industry professionals, research opportunities, and academic support, from their first year through graduation.
Students need a bridge between coursework, research, and industry. These three worlds rarely talk to each other on their own. BME Connect brings those worlds together, giving students a clear path from the classroom to the lab to industry.
How we're organized
Faculty Advisor
Advised by Professor Fadi Fathallah from the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, connecting our programming to active faculty research and departmental priorities.
Meet our advisorMembers
UC Davis students in any bio-related major, from first-years to graduating seniors. Members get access to every program we run.
Become a memberTo help students understand and participate in the process through which biomedical discoveries become real-world healthcare solutions.
We do that by providing exposure to technology translation, entrepreneurship, commercialization, and the broader biomedical innovation ecosystem.
Students often graduate with strong scientific and engineering knowledge but little exposure to how biomedical innovations actually reach patients: technology translation, intellectual property, regulatory pathways, startup formation, and venture funding. BME Connect exists to close that gap.
See what we actually run
From speaker series to lab shadowing, explore the three programs that bring our mission to life.