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One of the first graduates of Virginia Tech’s biomedical engineering program, Leah Thomas invented a garment to alleviate pain in lymphedema patients. Photo by Don Petersen
Jul 28, 2022

‘Brainy’ couture: Biomed grad designs high-tech fashion

Leah Thomas became a fashion designer to cap off her undergraduate degree in Virginia Tech‘s biomedical engineering program. A member of the university’s first cohort of 40 undergraduate biomedical engineering students who graduated in spring 2022, Thomas designed a dress and headpiece fitted with biosensors for a biotech couture fashion show. She collaborated with another […]

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