WPI Professor Receives Fulbright Scholarship to Conduct Research on Tissue Engineering in Ireland

Congratulations Kris!

WORCESTER, Mass.– May 12, 2009 – – Kristen L. Billiar, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to work at the National University of Ireland Galway on research and education related to tissue engineering. Billiar, who will be in Ireland for the 2009-10 academic year, is the 14th member of the current WPI faculty to be awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant.

This is exciting news! Kris, Cori, Lucy and Simone will be in Ireland for the next academic year. Read the whole News Release from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.