Doctoral Student Anil Thota Won The College of Business Datathon
A Machine Vision AI Powered Wearable Device For Maintaining Social Distancing and Contact Tracing First Place Winners – $1,000 ScholarshipAnil Thota and Maojun ZhaoPresentation Topic: COVID-Defender – Machine Vision AI Powered Wearable Device for Maintaining...
On Becoming a Biomedical Engineer
High School student, Alejandro Jackson, shared his experience of the BME Summer Research InternshipThe Biomedical Engineering Department at FIU offers high school students the opportunity to apply for a Summer Research Internship to engage in BME study. In the summer...
Dr. Subrata Saha, courtesy professor in CEC BME, awarded Fellow of Sigma Xi distinction
Congratulations to Subrata Saha, courtesy professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University and affiliate professor at the University of Washington, on being awarded Fellow of Sigma Xi distinction as part of the inaugural cohort...
Ranu Jung Ph.D., Professor, and Chair of the BME Department was welcomed as a member of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society
Ranu Jung Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the BME Department, was anonymously nominated to be part of the recognized scientific community, Sigma Xi. Dr. Jung was appointed with full membership and had an induction ceremony through an online meeting where she pledged to...
Former Ph.D. Student iian Black Granted New Patent on his Dissertation Research: “Directional-Specific Extraneural Recording Device”
Never give up. Always believe in yourself.iian Black graduated with his Doctorate Degree in December of 2019 after successfully presenting his dissertation work, which described a device he had been working on for more than three years during his Biomedical Engineer...
BME Associate Professor, Sharan Ramaswamy, Ph.D., was awarded an NSF Partnership for Innovation – Technology Translation Grant
Sharan Ramaswamy, Ph.D., received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships for Innovation – Technology Translation (PFI-TT) grant. According to NSF, the PFI-TT grant offers researchers the opportunity to transform new knowledge into societal benefits through...
Jessica Molina Wins Outstanding BME Undergraduate Student for the Spring 2020 Class
During her time here at FIU, Jessica Molina has grown into an academically-driven leader in STEM. An early-childhood diagnosis of a rare disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, drove her passion for STEM and, ultimately, her motivation to contribute to the scientific...
Students and Faculty Serving the Community During COVID-19 Crisis
FIU Biomedical Engineering Students and Faculty Serving the Community During COVID-19 CrisisThe world is going through difficult times and our duty as biomedical engineers is to help others with our knowledge when they need us the most. Supporting President...
From Graduation to a Full-Time Career
Our former BME undergrad student, Jose Solis, has accepted a position with international aluminum leader, Novelis Jose Solis graduated in the Fall of 2019 as a proud Biomedical Engineer. Now he will join Novelis, the metals flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group,...
Senior Design Award Ceremony – Spring 2020 at FIU
A Different but Amazing Senior Design Award Ceremony Due to the current situation, this semester’s Senior Design Expo was completely different from the past years and was even more challenging for our students. Each group had to submit their reports, posters and oral...
Dr. Norman R. Weldon Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student Summer Research Internship
Norman-Weldon Scholarship – Summer 2024 at FIU The FIU Biomedical Engineering Department has established an award for undergraduate students to participate in faculty research during the summer. The award is intended to support students interested in pursuing a career...
Graduate Research Day Spring 2020
Graduate Students innovative work was presented at the Graduate Research Day Spring 2020On Friday, March 6, a total of 34 Masters and Ph.D. students presented their research to their peers, professors, guest speakers and a few selected judges. Ph.D. students (with a...