Category: BME News

Angelie Rivera-Rodríguez, Ph.D. candidate in the Rinaldi-Ramos Lab, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for his project titled, Tracking Adoptive T Cell Therapy Using Magnetic Particle Imaging. She received funding to support her last year of Ph.D. studies. The objective of this project […]

Renae Burke Lab: Dr. Kevin Otto’s Neuroprostheses Research Lab Hometown: Orlando, FL Research focus: Developing a bidirectional brain-machine interface to provide sensory feedback from prosthetic hands relies on the chronic performance of neuroprostheses in both recording and stimulation. I am testing the stimulation and recording capabilities of an implantable microcoil to assess whether micromagnetic stimulation is […]

Pablo Luna Lab: None (But a special shoutout to Ian Malone under Dr. Kevin Otto, and Amanda Studnicki under Dr. Daniel Ferris for helping me find my passion) Hometown: Bogota, Colombia Research Focus: After spending some time working in the biomedical industry, I found that research wasn’t for me. I instead spent my last year […]

Leyda S. Marrero-Morales Lab: Dr. Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos Lab Hometown: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Research focus: Magnetic nanoparticles have a variety of biomedical applications and we can visualize them with Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI). I’ve been working on simulating cancer experiments on a 3D-printed mouse to progress towards more ethical in vivo MPI research in our lab […]

Bryce Chapman Lab: Professor Dr. Lakiesha Williams Hometown: Boynton Beach, FL Research focus: The use of digital image correlation to characterize the mechanics of biological materials like adipose tissue. Fun fact: I have lived in Belgium and Costa Rica. What motivates you? The desire to always be learning and the goal to one day become […]

Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2021 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (HWCOE) Faculty, Student, and Staff Excellence Awards: Dr. Kyle Allen, associate professor, received the HWCOE Faculty Excellence in Leadership Award. This award recognizes and rewards a faculty member who has best demonstrated extraordinary leadership within their department, the HWCOE, the university, and/or the […]

Two UF BME Ph.D. candidates were selected for an Attributes of a Gator Engineer Award. The Gator Engineering Attribute Awards are intended to provide an ideal guide for all members of the gator engineering community. Established in 2010 as part of the college’s centennial celebration, the Attributes of a Gator Engineer embody the college’s expectations […]

Dr. Christine Schmidt, known for her prominent contributions to biomaterials science and cellular/tissue engineering, has been elected a member of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL). What the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine is to the Nation, ASEMFL is for the State of Florida. Individuals who are members of one of […]

Hyaluronic Acid Doped Liquid Metal Scaffold for Peripheral Nerve Communication Restoration and Regeneration After Neurotmesis BME undergraduate student Keer Zhang and team members placed in the top 5 out of 187 for their proposed project, “Hyaluronic Acid Doped Liquid Metal Scaffold for Peripheral Nerve Communication Restoration and Regeneration After Peripheral Neurotmesis” in the IgNITE Medical […]

On April 15, the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at UF hosted Undergraduate Research Day. Undergraduate Research Day is designed to showcase the quality of student research projects conducted during the academic year, as well as to inspire classmates in the biomedical engineering programs to pursue their research. We had sixteen undergraduate […]