Ph.D. student Kacie Kaile and Dr. Anuradha Godavarty receive patents for smartphone optical imaging technology
Kacie Kaile, a Ph.D. student from the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), and BME faculty Dr. Anuradha Godavarty received two US patents in October for their research regarding smartphone optical imaging technology. These patents will allow them to move...
New Raman spectroscopy microscope installation at the College of Engineering & Computing
On Wednesday, Dec. 7, the new Raman spectroscopy microscope was installed for the BME department. Located in EC 2370, this instrument is used for the nondestructive evaluation of materials by providing a fingerprint of its underlying molecular structure. It uses...
Department of Biomedical Engineering hosts Diabetes Awareness Day Event
By Ingrid Hernandez On Friday, Nov. 18, the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) hosted the first “Diabetes Awareness Day” event at FIU’s Modesto Maidique Campus with support from StartUp FIU team and Dr. Sahar Ajabshir, Assistant Professor in the Department of...
BMES, AEMB and IEEE-EMBS hold annual Evening with Industry event
By Ingrid Hernandez On Thursday, Nov. 17, the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Alpha Eta Mu Beta (AEMB), and the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE-EMBS) hosted the annual “Evening with Industry” event via Zoom. The event was an opportunity for...
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Beatriz Herrera Receives NIMH Predoctoral Fellowship Award to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
FIU Department of Biomedical Engineering PhD candidate, Beatriz Herrera received the NIMH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31 – Diversity). This award supports promising doctoral candidates...
Dr. Anuradha Godavarty receives $2.1M from NIH Research Grant
Biomedical Engineering faculty Dr. Anuradha Godavarty received the National Institute of Health Research Project Grant for her project titled, “Smartphone-based optical scanner to physiologically assess diabetic foot ulcers”. Dr. Godavarty is an Associate Professor...
Biomedical Engineering Faculty Dr. Nikolaos Tsoukias was granted Faculty Award of Excellence in Research and Creative Activities!
The faculty award of excellence in research and creative activities is an award granted to FIU faculty which show exemplary qualities when it comes to their work. For their 2022 award recipient, biomedical engineering faculty, Dr. Nikolaous Tsoukias was granted this...
Congratulations to Valentina Dargam for being selected as the Florida Heart Research Foundation’s 2022 Early Career Stop Heart Disease Researcher of the Year!
Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student, Valentina Dargam, was selected as the 2022 Early Career Stop Heart Disease Researcher of the Year! Valentina will be presented with this prestigious award of $50,000 at this year’s Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the...
Graduate Students Present Their Latest Discoveries and Research
Spring 2022 Graduate Research Day Showcase & CompetitionIf you could make something to solve a biomedical problem, what would it be? With this objective in mind, our graduate student researchers get the stage during our Graduate Research Day Event. Our graduate...
FIU’s Biomedical Engineering Department Presented Its 4th Annual Miami Heart Day Symposium
On Friday, February 18, 2022, as part of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Seminar Series, the Biomedical Engineer Department in collaboration with Florida Heart Research Foundation presented its annual Miami Heart Day Symposium at Florida International University....
24 Units of Blood Donated During the Annual Heart Day Symposium at FIU
February is a great time of year to schedule a blood drive. Why February? Because it coincides with American Heart Month, recognized nationally by the AHA, CDC, and NHLBI. During the month of February, the Department of Biomedical Engineering hosts an annual event...
Biomedical Engineering Faculty Dr. Danziger receives an NSF $480,000 award for research on Non-Invasive Models of Human Brain-Computer-Interface Control of Robots
Understanding nerve activity is something Dr. Zachary Danziger, assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the College of Engineering & Computing, has been researching for years. Through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Danziger, as the...