UTEP Biomedical Engineering Professor_01 (IMAGE) University of Texas at El Paso Caption Thomas Boland, Ph.D., UTEP professor of biomedical engineering and a bioprinting pioneer known widely as the grandfather of modern inkjet bioprinting, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Credit UTEP Marketing and Communications Usage Restrictions None License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.