Rupak Dua, FIU BME alum, has recently accepted an assistant professor position at Hampton University. See below to read about his experience at FIU and how his journey led him to his success. Where are you from? I am from New Delhi, India. I came to USA in 2007 to pursue a master’s in biomedical […]

Francesca Riccio-Ackerman recalls shadowing neurosurgeons in the operating room at a local hospital. Her head filled with engineering ideas to facilitate the doctors’ work and improve patient outcomes. It was at this moment that she knew she belonged in the biomedical engineering field. Riccio-Ackerman ’18 graduated recently with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering and […]

Brian Castillo is the kind of young professional Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants to see more of. With a BS in biomedical engineering in hand, the 2016 alumnus stepped immediately from the commencement stage into a job with the South Florida division of medical technologies firm Stryker. Today the 25-year-old robotics systems engineer (pictured above) […]