Jessica Molina – Highlighting Women in BME
What is your name and where are you from? My name is Jessica Molina and I am from Cuban descent, born in Miami, Florida. What degree are you pursuing? I am pursing a 4-year degree in biomedical engineering on a pre-med track. Why did you decide to study biomedical...
Irene Cabanas – Highlighting Women in BME
What is your name and where are you from? Irene Cabanas born in Miami What degree are you pursuing? BS in Biomedical Engineering Why did you decide to study biomedical engineering? I had a neighbor who was a doctor and I was really inspired by the stories he would...
Denise Hsu – Highlighting Women in BME
What is your name and where are you from? My name is Denise Hsu and I’m originally from Taiwan. I’ve also lived in California, Singapore, Shanghai, and Pennsylvania. What degree are you pursuing? I’m pursuing a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering Why did you decide to...
Diana Caduff – Highlighting Women in BME
What is your name and where are you from? My name is Diana Caduff. I was born in Switzerland and my mother is Colombian. I’ve moved around my entires life but settled in Miami 9 years ago. Which degree did you pursue from FIU? I obtained my degree in Biomedical...
CEC 3MT Competition Finalists
Congratulations to Maedeh Mozneb (Presentation title: Healing Broken Hearts: A Comprehensive Drug Screening Model for Cardiac Diseasea) and Ricardo Siu (Presentation title: Bio-electrical Inspiration) on earning 2/3 spots for the 3MT (3 Minute Thesis) college level...
Graduate Research Day 2019
On Friday, March 1st, a record-breaking total of 39 graduate students presented their research in their respective fields. Thirty-one students, both masters and Ph.D., presented their research as a poster presentation, and 8 students (Ph.D.) participated oral...
FIU Women in Research: Ranu Jung, ADVANCE News
What do jawless fish, electronic circuitry, and mathematical formulas have in common? They’re all related to biomedical engineering, and specifically, to the research of FIU professor Ranu Jung, Wallace H. Coulter Eminent Scholars Chair of Biomedical...
Passion for travel inspires student’s ophthalmology research
Biomedical engineering doctoral student Zahra Nafar has always had a drive to see the world. While following her passion for traveling, she discovered another love, ophthalmology. “I basically travel to see different natural scenes. And, I love painting. I mostly...
Heart Day 2019
On Friday, February 15, our department hosted its second annual Heart Day. Heart Day is the capstone event of Miami Heart Month, also hosted by our department. During this event, we are bringing awareness to cardiovascular disease through the presentation of the Miami...
NIBIB celebrates exceptional women grantees for the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science
History of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) is celebrating the hard work of some exceptional women grantees at NIBIB in acknowledgement of the United Nations (UN) "International...
CMRL at Motivational Edge
CMRL members are proud to collaborate with the Motivational Edge, a non-profit organization in Allapattah that provides after school programs for the youth. Once a month, the organization opens up its campus doors for a Family Fun Sunday, where CMRL members volunteer...
Manu Platt on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
On February 8th, our department hosted a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion seminar. Manu Platt, Ph.D., associate professor from Georgia Tech and Emory University presented a lecture titled "The Danger of Acting Now". His lecture addressed the fear of waiting for the...