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...
Dr. Jessica Ramella-Roman Elected as a Fellow Member of Optica Society
Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) faculty Dr. Jessica Ramella-Roman has been elected to join the Optica Society (formerly OSA) as a Fellow member. Dr. Ramella-Roman is an Associate Professor for the BME department, and her work and research interests are in...
Biomedical Engineering Department Presents Seventh Annual Heart Day Symposium
This year’s Heart Day Symposium was a success! On Friday, Feb. 16, the Biomedical Engineering Department presented the seventh annual Heart Day Symposium at FIU. The event was an opportunity for students and faculty from around the country to have discussions on...
Junior Daniela Alvarado Presents at FURA Posters at the Capitol Event
Biomedical Engineering junior researcher Daniela Alvarado presented her research titled “Decellularized Elastin-Rich Valve for the Treatment of Critical Congenital Valve Disease (CCVD) in Children” at the Florida Undergraduate Research Association's (FURA) Posters at...