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BME,
Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Ozdamar, Chair
CORAL GABLES CAMPUS
Biomedical Atomic Force Microscopy Laboratory,
Director: Dr. Ziebarth
Mc Arthur Engineering Annex, Room MEA 170A
Stem Cell and Mechanobiology Laboratory,
Director: Dr. Huang,
McArthur Engineering Annex, Room MEA 168
Orthopaedics Biomechanics Laboratory,
Director: Dr. Jackson
McArthur Engineering Annex, Room MEA 169
Neurosensory Engineering Laboratory,
Director: Dr. Ozdamar, Co-director: Dr. Bohorquez
McArthur Engineering Building, Room MEB 153
Biomedical Imaging Laboratory,
Director: Dr. Zhao
McArthur Engineering Annex, Room MEA 201A
Scanning Electron Microscopy Laboratory (CoE),
Director: Dr. Dauer
McArthur Engineering Annex, Room MEA 201B
MEDICAL SCHOOL CAMPUS
Neuroprosthetics Research Group
Director: Dr. Sanchez, Co-director: Dr. Prasad
Rosenstiel Room RSMB-4080, Medical Campus
Joint Bioengineering and Endourology Laboratory,
Co-Director: Dr. Salas, Co-director: Dr. Leveillee
Miller School of Medicine, 1400 NW 10th Ave, Suite 509
Tissue Engineering Laboratory,
Director: Dr. Stabler
Miller School of Medicine, Diabetes Research institute
Sensory Neurophysiology Laboratory
Director Dr. Rajguru
Miller School of Medicine, Ear Institute
Physiomimetic Microsystems Laboratory
Director: Dr. Agarwal
Miller School of Medicine, BioNIUM, Pathology
DUAL LABORATORIES (Coral Gables and Medical Campuses)
Biomaterials Laboratory, Director: Dr. Andreopoulos
McArthur Engineering Building, Room MEB 144B
Rosenstiel Room RSMB-8075A, Medical Campus
Cartilage Tissue Engineering and Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Laboratory, Director: Dr. Cheung
McArthur Engineering Building, Room MEA 168
Miami VA Medical Center, Research Building
Biomedical Optics Laboratory,
Biomedical Design Laboratory
Director: Dr. Manns, Co-director: Dr. Parel
Director: Dr. Montero
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SuccessRoom MEA 170B
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McArthur Engineering Building, Room
MEA 201A
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller Medical School
Neuroprosthetics Research Group
Dr. Sanchez and Dr. Prasad
Computational Neural Decoding
Neural Electrode Failure Analysis
EEG Neural Activations in
Spinal Cord Injury
Clinical Trials in Spinal Cord Injury
Brain-Computer Interface
Controlled Functional Electrical
Stimulation in Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Computer Interface
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Stem Cell and Mechanobiology Laboratory
Director: C.-Y. Charles Huang, Ph.D.
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Stem cells: chondrogenesis of adult stem cells, charaterization of
dental stem cells, development of novel bioreactor technology
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Mechanobiology: mechanobiology of intervertebral disc and stem
cells, impact injury of articular cartilage, mechanobiological model
of soft tissue
Human knee articular
cartilage
Dental Stem Cells
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Drop tower for
impact loading
Chondrogenesis
Compression bioreactor
Control
Nestin
TGF -b1-
After impact
injury
Sox2
SSEA4
TGF -b1+
Nanog
Tra-1-60
Aggrecan
Collagen II
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Subjected to
mechanical
loading after
impact injury
Sensory Neurophysiology Lab – Dr. Suhrud Rajguru
Optical Neural Stimulation for basic science and neuroprosthetic applications
Improving diagnosis and
treatment of inner ear disorders
Auditory and
vestibular
electrophysiology
(above) and eye
movements evoked
by Infrared radiation
of vestibular
Neuriepithelium
(side)
Mechanisms of Neuroprotection
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Physiomimetic Microsystems Laboratory
nano
Ashutosh Agarwal, PhD (www.PMLaboratory.com)
Engineering Tools
Research Projects
10 µm
CELLULAR BIOMECHANICS
1 mm
HEART ON A CHIP
10 cm
macro
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CARDIAC PATCHES
Biomedical Engineering 2014
Dr. Ozdamar, Chair
Supervisor
Dr. Weizhao Zhao
Medical Imaging
Dr. Alicia Jackson
Orthopedic Biomechanics
Selected Project Titles
1. A-Mode Ultrasound for Image-guided surgery by computerized robot and general ultrasound application
2. MRI instrument and MRI image analysis for experimental neuroscience projects
1. Determination of Environmental Effects on Intervertebral Disc Cells
2. Measurement of Transport Properties of Orthopaedic Tissues
Dr. Ashutosh Agarwal
Biomimetics
1. Biomimetic Neuro-Muscular Junctions
2. Engineered Hydrogels for Stem Cell Culture
Dr. Abhishek Prasad
(Dr. Justin Sanchez)
Neuromotor Engineering
1. Brain-Machine Interface Research
2. Neural-Electrode Interfaces
3. Wireless, Implantable Neural Recording Devices.
Dr. Charles Huang
Mechanobiology Engr.
1. Cartilage tissue engineering and energy metabolism of intervertebral disc cells
2. Impact injury of articular cartilage
Dr. Herman Cheung
Stem Cell Engineering
Dr. Fabrice Manns
Biooptics and lasers
1. The role of mechanic force on the differentiation of human adult stem cells into cartilage, bone and cardiomyocytes
2. Transplantation of adult stem cells to relieve pain caused by diabetic neuropathy in animal model
3. The effect of Vitamin D3 and HGF in bone differentiation in human mesenchymal stem cells
1. Optics of the eye and vision correction (LASIK, presbyopia, intraocular lenses)
2. Ophthalmic surgical and diagnostic devices (aberrometry, optical coherence tomography)
Dr. Ray Montero
Medical Device Design
1. 3D medical device prototyping
2. Scaffold design for tissue engineering
Dr. Noel Ziebarth
Tissue Structure / Function
1. Ocular biomechanics assessed through Indentation Testing
2. Solute diffusion in the lens in the lens via fluorescent recovery after photobleaching
Dr. Ozcan Ozdamar
Neurosensory Engineering
1. Auditory and visual electrophysiological monitoring (with Dr. Bohorquez)
2. Otoacoustic emission measurement system for hearing loss determination (with Drs. Bennett and Bohorquez)
Dr. Jorge Bohorquez
Medical Instrumentation
1. Anesthesia monitoring for awareness (with Drs. McNeer and Ozdamar)
2. Retinal stress testing system (with Drs. Porciatti and Ozdamar)
Dr. Fotios Andreopoulos
Biomaterials
Dr. Cherie Stabler
Tissue Engineering
1. Growth factor immobilization on 3-D scaffolds
2. Fabrication of electrospun scaffolds with defined architectures
1. Macroporous scaffolds and nano-scale coatings for islet transplantation
2. Oxygen generating biomaterials for cellular transplantation
Dr. Suhrud Rajguru
Sensory Neurophysiology
1. Infrared Neural Stimulation for basic science and neuroprosthetic applications
2. Improving diagnosis
and treatment
of inner
ear disorders
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Tomorrow's
Technology
Leaders for Career Success