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<p>The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is part of the <a href="https://cec.fiu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">College of Engineering and Computing</a> at <a href="https://fiu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FIU</a> and is a prime resource for biomedical engineering education, training, research, and technology development. BME is an ever-evolving field that uses and applies engineering principles to the study of biology and medicine in order to improve health care.</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Located in Miami, Florida, Florida International University, a Top 100 public university that is designated a Carnegie Highest Research (R1) and Carnegie Community E</span><span class="s2">ngaged</span><span class="s1"> institution is committed to high-quality teaching, state-of-the-art research and creative activity, and collaborative engagement with the local and global communities. The Department of Biomedical Engineering is ranked among the Top 50 schools (#43) providing the best value to students nationally, #1 for bachelor’s degrees awarded to Hispanics, #3 in bachelor’s degrees awarded to African-Americans, and #26 most popular biomedical engineering programs nationwide. We are preparing a diverse community of biomedical engineers and are engaged in translation of research to health care applications through discovery, innovation, entrepreneurship, and community engagement. The biomedical engineering faculty includes 1 National Academy of Inventor Fellow, 3 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellows, 1 SPIE Fellow, 1 American Heart Association Fellow, and 1 NAI Senior Member.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://bme.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Faculty-Book-NEW-for-web.pdf">Faculty Changing Lives</a></p>
<p><a href="https://bme.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/BME-Presentation-2018-all.pdf">Department and Research Overview Presentation</a></p>

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The Department of Biomedical Engineering is changing people's lives through translational research. Research conducted within the department is clustered into three major areas: Basic Research in Tissue Engineering Model Systems, Diagnostic Bio-Imaging and Sensor Systems, and Therapeutic and Reparative Neurotechnology. These three areas are served by technological advancements in bio-imaging and bio-signal processing, bioinstrumentation, biomaterials, bio-nanotechnology, biophotonics, cellular and tissue engineering, computational modeling, devices and sensors, and neural engineering.</p>

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Congratulations to graduate student Maedeh Mozneb for placing second in the university-wide 3MT competition! […]

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<p>On Friday, February 15, our department hosted its second annual Heart Day. Heart Day is the capstone event of Miami Heart Month, also hosted by our department. During this event, […]</p>

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