Coulter Undergraduate Research Excellence Program (CURE)

CURE Faculty Mentors And Research Projects


 

 Zachary Dazinger, Ph.D.

Dr. Zachary Danziger, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International UniversityAssistant Professor
Project Title: Brain-Computer Interface Testbed
Project Title: Electrical Stimulation of Peripheral Nerves

Project Descriptions

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 UniversityAssistant Professor
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

Ranu Jung, Ph.D.

Ranu Jung, Ph.D. Wallace H. Coulter Eminent Scholar Chair in Biomedical Engineering, Professor and Chair of Biomedical EngineeringWallace H. Coulter Eminent Scholar Chair in Biomedical Engineering, Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Prosthetic Alignment and Amputee Balance Training System
Project Title: Mechanical egg design and development
Project Title: Sensory and motor perception

Project Descriptions

Anthony J. McGoron, Ph.D.

Dr. Anthony McGoron, Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International UniversityProfessor & Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Undergraduate Program Director
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
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 UniversityAssistant 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

James Schummers, Ph.D.

Dr. James Schummers, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International UniversityAssociate Professor
Project Title: Functional interactions between different cell types in the brain
Project Title: Imaging more neurons faster in the living brain
Project Title: Building lightweight, head‐mounted fluorescence microscopes

Project Descriptions

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For questions and information please contact:

Dr. Joshua Hutcheson, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University
Joshua Hutcheson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Office: EC 2612

(305) 348-0157