The Biomedical Engineering Presents a Heart Day Symposium
FIU's Biomedical Engineering Department just celebrated “Heart Day Symposium” to highlight ongoing research on cardiovascular disease For the third consecutive year and as part of the Wallace H Coulter Foundation Seminar Series, the Biomedical Engineer Department...
3 Minute Thesis Competition at FIU
Sana Nasim, a BME Graduate Student, Won Second Place at the 3MT Competition at FIU In just three minutes Sana was able to expose and describe, to non-biomedical experts, her research on how pigment cells in the aortic valve play a key role in heart diseases. She...
Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Project Expo Fall 2019
Creativity, Innovation and Hard Work Took the lead in the Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Project Showcase Ten different innovative ideas that could change the lives of thousands, were presented by the Biomedical Engineering undergraduates...
Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Project Showcase Fall 2019
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRCongratulations Seniors!As senior Biomedical Engineering students at Florida International University, you have come to the end of an incredible journey.Your Senior Design Projects are a reflection of your efforts and your capstone...
BME 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Day
Through the generous support of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation the Department of Biomedical Engineering hosted the 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Day on Friday, Oct 4th, 2019. The keynote speaker Dr. Scott Beardsley, Associate Professor at the...
Department of Defense Awards Dr. Ranu Jung and Her Team $6 Million to Expand Testing of Pioneering Prosthetic Hand System
September 30, 2019 - Ranu Jung, Ph.D., WH Coulter Eminent Scholar Chair & Professor in Florida International University’s Biomedical Engineering Department, received a four year ~6M grant from the Department of Defense Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program....
10th Annual Undergraduate Research Day
The 10 th Annual Undergraduate Research Day will be held on October 4 th , 2019. The event features lecture “Timing matters: Sensorimotor dysfunction and individually targeted strategies to improve goal- directed movement” by keynote speaker Scott Beardsley, Ph.D.,...
Anil Thota, Ranu Jung and Sathaykumar Kutaegowdanahalli Awarded Patent for Multi-Lead, Multi-Electrode Management System
Anil Thota, Ranu Jung and Sathaykumar Kutaegowdanahalli of the Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory in the department of Biomedical Engineering were awarded paptent US10,384,057B2: Multi-lead multi-electrode management system. This patent describes a new anchoring...
Danziger receives NIH Award for Developing Advanced Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces
August 14, 2019 -Zachary Danziger, Ph.D., assistant professor in Florida International University’s Biomedical Engineering Department, received a five-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) of the National Institutes...
10th 2019 Summer Research Internship Program Symposium Presentations
Six Biomedical Engineering labs hosted thirteen high school students over the summer. Every year the BME faculty open their laboratories and participate in this program. They partner the high school students with undergraduate and graduate students and offer the...
Dr. Jessica Ramella-Roman and Colleagues Awarded Patent for Non-invasively Measuring Temperature Distribution in the Eye
On July 16, 2019, Dr. Jessica Ramella-Roman, director of the Medical Photonics Laboratory, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computing and in the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and colleagues Dr. Herbert Wertheim,...
Ranu Jung and graduate student iian Black granted new patent
On May 14th, Dr. Ranu Jung and graduate student iian Black were granted a new patent. Patent #US10286207B2 is a new, simple-to-use self-closing microchannel array design. Patent abstract: Devices and methods for implanting neural interface technology in mammals are...