Dr. Sharan Ramaswamy Appointed Equity Advisor for The College of Engineering and Computing
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Sharan Ramaswamy has been appointed as the new incoming Equity Advisor for College of Engineering & Computing. Equity Advisors provide diversity guidance to colleges. The Equity Advisor program, which designates one faculty...
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2021 Annual Meeting
This year, the annual meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) was held right in our backyard on October 6-9, 2021. The professional society for bioengineers and biomedical engineers descended upon the city of theme parks, Orlando, Florida, where faculty...
The BME 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Celebration
The day began with a magnificent seminar presented by Dr. Mary P. McDougall, from Texas A&M University, who presented a magnificent seminar entitled ENGINEERING APPROACHES TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY followed by the...
BME Post-Doctoral, Dr. Hooi Hooi Ng, named Florida Heart Researcher of the Year
A postdoctoral associate working collaboratively in FIU’s Biomolecular Sciences Institute has earned the award for her research on calcification of blood vessels.FIU researcher Hooi Hooi Ng has been named the 2021 "Stop Heart Disease" Florida Heart Researcher of the...
Biomedical Engineering Faculty Dr. Tsoukias receives $2.6 million NIH grant for brain disorder research
Nikolaos Tsoukias, PhD, associate professor of biomedical engineering (BME) at Florida International University, has been awarded a $2.6 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) – R01 grant as a principal investigator. The five-year grant aims to examine...
Biomedical Engineering Faculty elected to the level of Senior Member of the Optical Society of America
Please join me in Congratulating Dr. Jessica Ramella-Roman, director of the Medical Photonics Laboratory, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computing for being elected to the level of Senior Member of OSA (Optical Society...
Biomedical Engineering Faculty awarded a new research grant from the Florida Heart Research Foundation
Dr. Joshua Hutcheson, directs the Cardiovascular Matrix Remodeling Laboratory. Dr. Hutcheson is also an active member of the Biomolecular Sciences Institute at FIU. Research in Dr. Hutcheson’s lab includes the discovery of cellular and molecular mechanisms of aortic...
Celebrating the Life and Work of Dr. Domingo Gomez de Gimeranez
[sayit] On Friday, May 7, 2021as part of the “Celebrating Biomedical Engineers” lecture series and through the generous support of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Endowment, the Department of Biomedical Engineering presented a program celebrating the First Cuban...
Biomedical Engineering Faculty Named FIU Top Scholar
Since 2008, select faculty have been recognized with the FIU Top Scholar award for their significant achievements in research, creative activities, and teaching categories. President Mark B. Rosenberg and Provost Kenneth G. Furton are honoring a few faculty members as...
Ranu Jung Receives Honorary Doctorate from Aalborg University, Denmark
Congratulations to Ranu Jung, professor, and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Wallace H. Coulter Eminent Scholar Chair in Biomedical Engineering, for being awarded an honorary doctorate from Aalborg University in Denmark (AAU). Jung brings new...
Inaugural LatinX BME Symposium
A Chance to Spotlight Growing Science CommunityFor attendees and presenters alike, the first ever LatinX Biomedical Engineering (BME) Symposium was a welcome forum to share science, build community, and discuss issues specific to the LatinX experience in BME....
Graduate Research Day Spring 2021
GRADUATE RESEARCH DAY SHOWCASE & COMPETITION On Graduate Research Day student researchers get the stage. It is a day long opportunity for graduate students to gain valuable professional development experience, network with industry partners, present research, and...