Ph.D. Student Sophie Ashbrook Receives Top Score for AHA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Proposal
Sophie Ashbrook, a Ph.D. student from the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), received a top 5% score for her proposal to the American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Fellowship, titled "Investigating the interaction between caveolin-1 and the epidermal...
Department of Biomedical Engineering Hosts Third Annual Diabetes Awareness Day Event
On Friday, Nov. 22, the BME Department hosted its third annual Diabetes Awareness Day event at MMC with support and sponsorship from StartUp FIU, the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM), Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences (NWCNHS),...
Dr. Anuradha Godavarty Presented With 2024 Faculty Award of Excellence
Dr. Anuradha Godavarty, a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received the 2024 Faculty Award of Excellence. With this award, Dr. Godavarty is being recognized for significant achievements in scholarly pursuits, under the category Excellence in...
Dr. Wei-Chiang Lin Receives $104,000 From Florida Cancer Innovation Fund Grant
Dr. Wei-Chiang Lin, an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, was awarded a grant of $104,545 from the Casey DeSantis Florida Cancer Innovation Fund. Dr. Lin and his research team are developing a handheld multimodal skin cancer screening...
Dr. Anthony McGoron Receives High Quality Designation for Molecular Engineering Online Course
Dr. Anthony McGoron, Professor and Undergraduate Program Director in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received the FIU Panther High Quality Course Design designation for the online course BME4311: Molecular Engineering. The course was recognized for...
New Fall Course Announcement!
Attention students! BME 2990: Intro to BME Design (Tue. & Thurs., 2PM-3:15PM), will be the newest course for Fall 2024. This 3-credit elective course is being offered to introduce students to the fundamental concepts and principles of medical device and...
Ph.D. Graduate Dr. Beatriz Herrera Elected as Outstanding Graduate Student
All her life, Beatriz Herrera was surrounded by the medical field and stories from her mother, who was a family doctor and brought Beatriz along with her while she worked. These experiences sparked an interest in medicine and biology for Beatriz from a young age,...
Dr. Oleksii Shandra Receives $758,000 Award From U.S. Department of Defense
Dr. Oleksii Shandra, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, received a $758,808 Virtual Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Research Center Faculty Award from the Department of Defense’s (DoD) U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command. Dr....
Ph.D. Student Ariadna Herrera Receives 2024 Researcher of the Year Award
Ariadna Herrera, a Ph.D. student from the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), received the 2024 Stop Heart Disease "Early Career Researcher of the Year" Award from the Florida Heart Research Foundation (FHRF). Every year, in collaboration with the Florida...
Dr. Anamika Prasad Receives $497,000 From Florida Cancer Innovation Fund Grant
Dr. Anamika Prasad, an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Florida International University (FIU), was awarded a grant of $497,108 from the Casey DeSantis Florida Cancer Innovation Fund. This grant is a testament...
Dr. Jorge Riera Elected To Join the AIMBE College of Fellows
Jorge Riera, Ph.D., associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Florida International University, has been elected to join the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. In this...
Biomedical Engineering Faculty and Researchers Recognized at Inventors Day Reception
On Wednesday, March 13, FIU held the annual Inventors Day Reception, which is an event that recognizes inventors all throughout the university and their awarded patents. Among those recognized were the BME department’s own faculty and student researchers. Awarded...