The Biomedical Engineering department at FIU is home to a world-class faculty and pioneering research laboratories. Students in FIU’s biomedical engineering academic programs gain valuable interdisciplinary experience in clinical and industrial environments, making them top choices for employment with local industry partners.

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<h2>Research Focus Areas</h2>
Research conducted by members of the department is clustered into these three main areas:
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<div class="small-12 medium-6 columns "><a class="fiu-button-blue" href="https://bme.fiu.edu/research/diagnostic-bioimaging-sensor-systems" target="_self">Diagnostic Bioimaging and Sensor Systems</a></div>
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These three main research areas are served by technological advancements in the following:

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Zachary Danziger, Ph.D.
Kenneth Horch, Ph.D.
Ranu Jung, Ph.D.
Wei-Chiang Lin, Ph.D.
Anthony J. McGoron, Ph.D.
Jacob McPherson, Ph.D.
Jorge Riera, Ph.D.

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Zachary Danziger, Ph.D.
Ranu Jung, Ph.D.
Chenzhong Li, Ph.D.
Wei-Chiang Lin, Ph.D.
Jacob McPherson, Ph.D.
Pulugurtha Markondeyaraj, Ph.D.

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Michael C. Christie, Ph.D.
Joshua Hutcheson, Ph.D.
Chenzhong Li, Ph.D.
Anthony J. McGoron, Ph.D.
Sharan Ramaswamy, Ph.D.

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Joshua Hutcheson, Ph.D.
Sharan Ramaswamy, Ph.D.
Nikolaos Tsoukias, Ph.D.

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<h2>The Neural-enabled Prosthetic Hand System (NEPH) developed at FIU by Dr. Ranu Jung</h2>
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