Bioengineering Graduate Program Faculty

Interests: Biomaterials, biomimetics, molecular self-assembly.

Interests: Robotics and human control systems.

Interests: Mechanisms of pathogenesis of intracellular bacteria, with focus on mycobacteria.

Interests: Biological systems, systems biology, systems neuroscience, and cognitive science.

Interests: Nanomaterials and integrated biosensors for point-of-care testing.

Interests: Biomagnetic applications, magneto-acoustics, magnetic metrology, 3D printed magnetic materials, spintronics.

Interests: The Fogg Lab aims to develop and exploit high throughput in vitro 3D models of cancer in order to identify novel druggable targets, improve treatment selection of current therapeutics, and reprogram the immune system in the metastatic niche.

Interests: The Fogg Lab aims to develop and exploit high throughput in vitro 3D models of cancer in order to identify novel druggable targets, improve treatment selection of current therapeutics, and reprogram the immune system in the metastatic niche.

Interests: Predicting treatment outcomes for intervertebral disc (IVD) regenerative and surgical therapies. Utilizing MRI, image processing, mathematical modeling, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and surgery to study transport phenomena in vivo.

Interests: Novel approaches to predictive toxicology.

Interests: Structure, function and mechanisms of action of non-coding RNAs, both large and small.

Interests: Technologies for long-term stabilization of cells, tissues and organs; microfluidic devices for chemical processing of blood.

Interests: Electronic sensors, circuits, and devices, with an emphasis on biosensor and bioelectronic platforms, massively-parallel sensing, and lab-on-chip technologies for medical monitoring and point-of-care diagnostics.

Interests: Design, manufacturing, and application of microscale-based therapeutic devices. Continuous blood processing via the i-Blood platform, a wearable, high-performance microfluidic device.

Interests: Occupational ergonomics and biomechanics.

Interests: Our lab integrates noninvasive observational and analytical technology with tissue analysis to: 1. better understand pathophysiology of chronic disease and injury conditions, 2. advance preclinical model assessment for better translational efficacy, and 3. understand and minimize experimental bias

Interests: Health and wellbeing of typically developing children and children with disabilities.

Interests: Our research is centered around 4 major themes that include: 1) designing nanoscale materials for biomedical and environmental applications, 2) studying nanoparticle-biological interactions and nanotoxicology, 3) developing diagnostic assays and systems to monitor disease states and therapeutic response, and 4) systems for imaging and targeted drug delivery.

Interests: The Philmus lab is interested in the natural products (aka secondary metabolites) produced by both microorganisms and plants.

Interests: Reverse engineering gene regulatory networks; genetic variation and its effect on gene expression and gene regulation; atherosclerosis; cancer. 

Interests: Rheological, molecular, thermal, and surface characterization of polymer-based biomaterials and biomedical devices.

Interests: Using gut microbiomes to understand, diagnose, and treat chronic diseases.

Interests: Robotics and machine learning.