What do jawless fish, electronic circuitry, and mathematical formulas have in common? They’re all related to biomedical engineering, and specifically, to the research of FIU professor Ranu Jung, Wallace H. Coulter Eminent Scholars Chair of Biomedical...
Biomedical engineering doctoral student Zahra Nafar has always had a drive to see the world. While following her passion for traveling, she discovered another love, ophthalmology. “I basically travel to see different natural scenes. And, I love painting. I mostly...
History of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) is celebrating the hard work of some exceptional women grantees at NIBIB in acknowledgement of the United Nations (UN)...
Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Ramella-Roman on her election as an SPIE Fellow! Dr. Ramella-Roman is best recognized for her achievements in spectro-polarimetric techniques for diagnostic applications. Ramella-Roman’s research in the Medical Photonics Laboratory...
Sana Nasim recalls meeting Nancy Cavalie at FIU biomedical engineering’s first annual Miami Heart Day Symposium. Little did she know that a short conversation with Miami Heart Research Institute’s Executive Director would steer her last few years as a Ph.D. student in...
Years after his hand was amputated in a traumatic accident, a hand amputee can “feel” again, thanks to technology FIU engineers have developed. That person – the first person with a hand amputation who has been fitted with a neural-enabled prosthetic hand (NEPH)...