Inaugural LatinX BME Symposium a chance to spotlight growing science community

Apr 9, 2021 | Biomedical Engineering, News, School of Biomedical, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Worlds Ahead

For attendees and presenters alike, the first ever LatinX Biomedical Engineering (BME) Symposium was a welcome forum to share science, build community, and discuss issues specific to the LatinX experience in BME. Presented by LatinXinBME and FIU’s Department of...

Professor receives patent for optical technologies system to identify preterm labor

Mar 25, 2021 | Biomedical Engineering, News, Patents, School of Biomedical, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Women of CEC

FIU’s Jessica Ramella-Roman recently received a patent for using optical technologies to identify preterm labor. Preterm labor, which occurs when a woman goes into labor before 37 weeks, occurs in more than 11percent of births in the United States and in more...

Florida Heart Research Foundation supports biomedical engineering students’ research, establishes new grant

Feb 18, 2021 | Biomedical Engineering, News, School of Biomedical, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Women of CEC

February is American Heart Month, a time to raise awareness of heart disease—the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the American Heart Association.   To raise awareness locally, FIU’s Department of Biomedical Engineering established Miami Heart...

FIU biomedical engineering professor working on impactful innovations in medical imaging named National Academy of Inventors Senior Member

Feb 12, 2021 | Biomedical Engineering, Faculty Achievement, Fellows, News, School of Biomedical, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Women of CEC

FIU Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Anuradha Godavarty, whose research and innovations have significantly advanced optical imaging technologies, has been named to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Senior Members. NAI Senior Members are faculty,...

Two FIU Engineering Graduate Students Receive Koerner Family Foundation Supplemental Stipend Awards

Feb 11, 2021 | Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computing Engineering, News, School of Biomedical, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, School of Electrical, Computer and Enterprise Engineering, Student Success

The Koerner Family Foundation has generously awarded stipends to two FIU College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) graduate students in support of their doctoral studies in biomedical and electrical and computer engineering. Asad Mirza is a doctoral candidate in...

My internship at the FIU NASA MIRO CRE2DO Center

Jan 6, 2021 | Biomedical Engineering, News, School of Biomedical, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Student Success, Women of CEC

Name: Melissa Venedicto Hometown: Miami, Florida What is your major? My major is biomedical engineering, and I am pursing a minor in physics. Where did you intern? What was your role there?           My internship was with the NASA MIRO CRE2DO Center at FIU, under the...