Pratikkumar Shah, Ph.D. Student wins Junior Research Investigator Award
January 2015 - FIU Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student, Pratikkumar Shah won the Junior Research Investigator Award ($500 in cash)- 2015 from the Society of Personalized Nano-Medicine (SPNM). The conference was held in Miami this past January and the competition was...
FIU and AEMB After Graduation Mentoring Event
Please come out and join other BME Alumni at our After Graduation Mentoring Event on May 1st at 6pm in EC 2300.
First Edition Encyclopedia Edited by Ranu Jung
The first edition of the Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience was published in March 2015 by Springer. Professor Ranu Jung co-edited this four volume work with Professor Dieter Jaeger from Emory University. This major reference work also includes entries by Dr....
Mini-symposium highlights light-based technologies
Using lasers to heal scars caused by third-degree burns or past surgeries. Redesigning microscopes in order to place them inside people for imaging and treatment purposes. Using spectrometers to determine the pH level of the milk that will be sold in supermarkets....
Vinay Bhardwaj, Ph.D. Student, Wins Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant and Dissertation Year Fellowship
One of FIU’s biomedical engineering’s brightest students, Vinay Bhardwaj, was recently awarded the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award and the Dissertation Year Fellowship Scholarship. Teaching in a newly opened BME lab equipped with a state-of-the-art 3D...
Anthony McGoron, Professor of Biomedical Engineering recently elected as a new fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
AIMBE fellows represent the top two percent of medical and biological engineers in the field. The newly inducted fellows were elected through a rigorous process with extensive peer review, followed by a vote of current fellows. This year’s induction will take place at...
Lecture Series: “Extending the Use of Functional Neuronal Assays for In Vitro Biocompatibility Assessment”
Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Lecture Series Presents “Extending the Use of Functional Neuronal Assays for In Vitro Biocompatibility Assessment” Dr. Joseph J. Pancrazio Chair and Professor, George Mason University Friday, January 23, 2015 Lecture: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM...
Follow Up: BME 1008 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
Last month, BME 1008 finished another outstanding semester! Since the University began allowing students to pick their majors in their freshman year, BME 1008 has been the focus of a department-wide effort to help students gain an understanding of what a degree in...
FIU Researcher Wins Young Investigator Award
FIU Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student, Yinchen Song, was selected as one of the thirteen winners of the Young Investigator Awards (YIA) among nearly 200 participants in the BRAIN Grand Challenge Conference held in Washington, D.C. This award was open to students,...
Sharan Ramaswamy receives U.S. Patent for Flow-Stretch-Flexure Bioreactor
Sharan Ramaswamy, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and his co-inventor team received a U.S. patent for their novel bioreactor for use in mechanobiological studies of engineered tissues. Ramaswamy’s bioreactor is designed for dynamically culturing...
4th Annual Graduate Research Day
On November 7th, the department of Biomedical Engineering at FIU hosted the 4th Annual Graduate Research Day as part of the Wallace H. Coulter Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series. The event featured the research of several of FIU BME’s outstanding...
BME 1008 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Increases Credit Hours
After Florida International University began allowing students to pick their majors during their freshman year, BME 1008 was inaugurated to help students understand what a degree in biomedical engineering truly entails. Initially offered by Jorge Riera and Shuliang...