UTSW and UTD Dedicate Joint Research Facility for Biomedical Engineering

Richard Benson (center left), president of UTD and Dan Podolsky (center right), president of UT Southwestern, cut through the ribbon at the ceremony as UT Dallas and UT Southwestern dedicated the Texas Instruments Biomedical Engineering and Sciences Building in Dallas 

Aiming to train the next generation of researchers and bolster Dallas’ reputation as a hub for the biosciences, UT Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Texas at Dallas dedicated a new bioengineering building. The completed five-story building includes wet and dry laboratories, 3D printing rooms and a metal fabrication shop for prototyping biomedical devices. 

UT Dallas president Richard Benson said the building will attract students for bioscience research and turn out graduates with skills attractive to area companies. Undergraduate, doctoral and postdoctoral students will work in 32 research labs, 16 from each campus. At the research facility, scientists from both schools will collaborate on projects. UT Southwestern’s medical expertise will complement UT Dallas’ research on topics such as pain relief and nanotechnology for medical treatment, Benson said.