Dr. Michael Brown
Dr. Brown was recently promoted to Senior Instructor in the Biomedical Engineering Department.
BME Annual Report 2009-2010
The Biomedical Engineering Department at FIU is leading the State in biomedical engineering education.
Cellular and tissue engineering
The use of a combination of cells, engineering and materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physio-chemical factors to improve or replace biological functions.
Biomaterials and bio-nano technology
Interfaces with biomedical engineering, nanobiotechnology, electrochemistry, BioMEMS, biochemistry, nanomedicine, surface science, and materials science.
Bio-instrumentation, devices and sensors
Bioinstrumentation is the application of electronics and measurement principles and
techniques to develop devices used in diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Bio-imaging and bio-signal processing
Signal processing involves the collection and analysis of data from patients or experiments in an effort to understand and identify individual components of the data set or signal.
Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical engineering (BME) is the application of engineering principles and techniques to the medical field.
FIU researcher and team invent device to aid in detection of breast cancer
A hand-held, 3-D imaging device being developed by FIU researchers shows early promise in improving the diagnosis of breast cancer, a disease that strikes one in eight women. The device will likely have a transformational effect on women’s health, say researchers...