Fundamental Research

The fundamental research conducted at the department of Biomedical Engineering focuses on the following area:

• Bioinstrumentation

  • Vital sign monitoring
  • Knee exoskeleton
  • Biomedical Optics
  • Biodegradation

• Biomaterials

  • Micro and Nanoengineering in Medicine
  • Nanobiomaterials and Nanomedicine
  • Biomedical Microelectromechanical Systems

  Advanced BioNEMS Laboratory

  

  • Micro-/nano-fabrication, especially using cleanroom technology, polymeric nanotechnology and flexible electronics for manufacturing micro-/nanoscale Bio-chips.
  • On-chip cell or molecular manipulation, such as magnetic tweezers, dielectrophoresis(dep), and& microfluidics.
  • BioMEMS for gene and drug delivery in vivo and in vitro.

  

  

  

  

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  Micro and Nanoengineering in Medicine (MiNiMedicine) Laboratory

  Research conducted in the laboratory focuses on elucidating cell-microenvironment interactions by creating defined biomimetic platforms, and therefore regulating cell fates for regenerative medicine and engineering microscale physiologically relevant systems, or tissue chips for understanding, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. The lab is supported by research grants from NIH and NSF.

  

  

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  Smart Nanobiomaterials and Nanomedicine (SNN) Laboratory

  

  • Development of metallic cardiovascular stents and bone fixation devices
  • Polymer and metallic coatings on implants
  • Implants-tissue interface and interactions
  • Novel drug delivery vehicles and cellular and tissue uptake
  • Neurovascular defects and blood-brain barrier dysfunction
  • Alzheimer's disease, amyloid peptide, and oxidative

  

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• Biomechanics

  • Biomechanic/ Orthopaedic Research

• Bioinformatics

  • Computational Epidemiology

• Neuroengineering

  • Network Neuroscience