Coulter Undergraduate Research Excellence Program (CURE)

CURE Faculty Mentors And Research Projects


 

Anuradha Godavarty, Ph.D.

Dr. Anuradha Godavarty, Associate Professor & Undergraduate Program Director, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International UniversityAssociate Professor
Project Title: Wound Imaging using near-Infrared optical scanner
Project Title: Radiation dermatitis assessment in radiation therapy treated breast cancer and head-neck cancer patients
Project Title: Smartphone based imaging technology for oxygenation measurements

Joshua Hutcheson, Ph.D.

Dr. Joshua Hutcheson, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International UniversityAssociate Professor & Graduate Program Director
Project Title: Inflammation resolution and cardiovascular remodeling
Project Title: Exploring biomineralization in the bone-vascular axis
Project Title: Unraveling cellular contributions to aortic valve disease
Project Title: Cytoskeletal alterations and extracellular matrix remodeling

Project Descriptions

Anthony J. McGoron, Ph.D.

Dr. Anthony McGoron, Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International UniversityProfessor
Project Title: Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging
Project Title: Calibration of Fluorescent Imager

Project Descriptions

Jessica Ramella-Roman Ph.D.

Dr. Jessica Ramella-Roman, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International UniversityAssociate Professor
Project Title: Improving on two wavelengths retinal oximeter
Project Title: Oral Mucosa Vessel Density
Project Title: An Imaging Pulse Oximeter Based on a Multi-Aperture Camera

Project Descriptions

Jorge J. Riera, Ph.D.

Dr. Jorge Riera, Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International UniversityAssociate Professor & Interim Chair
Project Title: Microcircuits
Project Title: Neurovascular Coupling
Project Title: Neuro-Inflammatory Processes

Project Descriptions

Sharan Ramaswamy, Ph.D.

Dr. Sharan Ramaswamy, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International UniversityAssociate Professor
Project Title: Histology, Immunostaining and Histomorphometric analysis of engineered tissue valves
Project Title: Fluid-Induced shear stress culture of valve endothelial cells

Project Descriptions

Shuliang Jiao, Ph.D.

Dr. Shuliang Jiao, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International UniversityAssociate Professor
Project Title: Application of Optical Coherence Tomography in ocular biometry
Project Title: Imaging the fluorophores of the eye
Project Title: Innovative animal fixation methods and devices for in vivo retinal imaging

Project Descriptions

Wei-Chiang Lin, Ph.D.

Dr. Wei-Chiang Lin, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International UniversityAssociate Professor
Project Title: Intraoperative Guidance System for Brain Tumor and Epilepsy Surgery​
Project Title: Wireless Wearable Sensors for the Real-Time Acquisition of Physiological Signals and Analysis of Movements
Project Title: Implantable CO2 Sensor
Project Title: Functional Brain Imaging using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)

Project Descriptions

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For questions and information please contact:

Dr. Joshua Hutcheson, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University
Joshua Hutcheson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director

Office: EC 2612

(305) 348-0157