Biomedical engineers combine engineering principles with medical and biological sciences to design and create equipment, devices, computer systems, and software used in healthcare. They have contributed to the development of revolutionary and life-saving concepts such as artificial organs, surgical robots, advanced prosthetics, pharmaceuticals, and kidney dialysis. In addition, they are working to develop organ and tissue systems that can replace or reduce the number of animals needed in research studies.
Faculty Research Interests
Weihsueh Chiu
T32 Preceptor & Externship Coordinator
Computational and statistical methods to transform data into knowledge used to protect public health, predicting the human health effects of environmental chemicals
Tracy M. Clement
T32 Preceptor
Genetics, epigenetics, molecular and cellular biology of male fertility; proteomics and genomics during spermiogenesis
Arum Han
T32 Preceptor
Development of micro/nano systems technologies including in vivo like in vitro systems through microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technologies, high throughput single-cell physio-chemical analysis platforms, and microbial systems as biorefineries for bioelectricity and biofuel production while simultaneously utilizing wastewater
Arul Jayaraman
T32 Preceptor
Molecular systems biotechnology, particularly cytokine signaling in inflammatory diseases, signaling interactions between bacteria and human cells in GI tract infections, and development of microfluidic model systems for combinatorial drug screening and vascular tissue engineering
Ivan Rusyn
T32 Director & Preceptor
Mechanisms of action of environmental toxicants and the genetic determinants of the susceptibility to toxicant-induced injury