The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is part of the College of Engineering and Computing at FIU and is a prime resource for biomedical engineering education, training, research, and technology development. BME is an ever-evolving field that uses and applies engineering principles to the study of biology and medicine in order to improve health care.
Located in Miami, Florida, Florida International University, a Top 100 public university that is designated a Carnegie Highest Research (R1) and Carnegie Community Engaged institution is committed to high-quality teaching, state-of-the-art research and creative activity, and collaborative engagement with the local and global communities. The Department of Biomedical Engineering is ranked among the Top 50 schools (#43) providing the best value to students nationally, #1 for bachelor’s degrees awarded to Hispanics, #3 in bachelor’s degrees awarded to African-Americans, and #26 most popular biomedical engineering programs nationwide. We are preparing a diverse community of biomedical engineers and are engaged in translation of research to health care applications through discovery, innovation, entrepreneurship, and community engagement. The biomedical engineering faculty includes 1 National Academy of Inventor Fellow, 3 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellows, 1 SPIE Fellow, 1 American Heart Association Fellow, and 1 NAI Senior Member.
The 11th Annual Undergraduate Research Day
The innovative researches of 27 undergraduate students, and a panel discussion with the BME alumni were part of the Annual FIU Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Research Day. […]
The National Science Foundation granted an I-Corps award to professor and CURE program director, Dr. Joshua Hutcheson, and Ph.D. student Valentina Dargam for their work on “AI-based Heart Sound Screening for Early-Stage Heart Disease.”. […]
Dr. Ranu Jung named a 2020 Biomedical Engineering Society Fellow
Ranu Jung, professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Wallace H. Coulter Eminent Scholars Chair in Biomedical Engineering, has been named a Fellow by the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES).
Doctoral Student Anil Thota Won The College of Business Datathon
An AI powered wearable device, a plan to supply personal protection equipment and a solution to optimize class scheduling took the top prizes in the FIU ATOM COVID-19 Datathon, held from July 24 to August 2, 2020. […]
Dr. Sharan Ramaswamy Awarded an NSF Partnership for Innovation
Sharan Ramaswamy, Ph.D., received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships for Innovation – Technology Translation (PFI-TT) grant. According to NSF, the PFI-TT grant. […]
Anibal Morales selected as the BME Outstanding Bachelor’s Degree Graduate
FIU is an Opportunity Provider.Anibal Morales, driven by his grandfather’s cardiovascular condition, felt enormously interested in heart transplants […]
The Department of Biomedical Engineering is changing people’s lives through translational research. Research conducted within the department is clustered into three major areas: Basic Research in Tissue Engineering Model Systems, Diagnostic Bio-Imaging and Sensor Systems, and Therapeutic and Reparative Neurotechnology. These three areas are served by technological advancements in bio-imaging and bio-signal processing, bioinstrumentation, biomaterials, bio-nanotechnology, biophotonics, cellular and tissue engineering, computational modeling, devices and sensors, and neural engineering.