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Olukemi Akintewe, ±«Óãtv Medical Engineering faculty, with female student

Olukemi Akintewe, ±«Óãtv Engineering Professor, Recognized as an AIMBE Emerging Leader

Olukemi Akintewe, an Associate Professor of Instruction in Medical Engineering at ±«Óãtv, has been named an inaugural AIMBE Emerging Leader. Recognized for her advocacy for women and underrepresented groups in STEM, she leads efforts to improve retention and support systems for these students. Dr. Akintewe will be honored at the AIMBE Annual Event in March 2025 in Washington, D.C., where she looks forward to collaborating with other leaders and mentors.

December 2, 2024Faculty, Medical, Research

George Spirou, medical engineering professor, using syGlass VR software to study images of neurons through an immersive experience that allows them to see the brain in great detail. | Photo by: Cassidy Delamarter

Spirou unlocking mysteries of brain development with advanced imaging and virtual reality

Through high-tech imaging and virtual reality, medical engineering professor George Spirou is creating a detailed map of the brain that can be used to better understand developmental disorders, such as autism, and provide earlier, more effective treatments for brain injuries and diseases.

Faculty, Medical

Chemotherapy drug vial

Frisina seeks to discover how chemo drug may cause significant hearing loss in longtime cancer survivors

An interdisciplinary study led by Medical Engineering researchers at the ±«Óãtv and Indiana University has uncovered significant findings on the long-term effects of one of the most common forms of chemotherapy on cancer survivors.

Medical

±«Óãtv: A Preeminent Research University

Dr. Passaglia Tackles Glaucoma with Novel Technology

Dr. Passaglia and his lab published two papers related to intraocular pressure: "Characterization of intraocular pressure variability in conscious rats" and "Simulation of gravity- and pump-driven perfusion techniques for measuring outflow facility of ex vivo and in vivo eyes."

March 20, 2024Faculty, Medical

±«Óãtv: A Preeminent Research University

Grant Will Fund Hearing Loss Research

The AHRF has awarded $62,970 to Research Assistant Professor Parveen Bazard of ±«Óãtv’s Global Center for Hearing and Speech Research as a recipient of its Richard G. Muench Chairman’s Grant.Ìý

February 28, 2023Medical

±«Óãtv: A Preeminent Research University

±«Óãtv Faculty Members Present Research at ASEE 2022

Nearly a dozen ±«Óãtv College of Engineering faculty members presented research at the 129th American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota held June 26 to June 29. Each year, nearly 4000 educators, exhibitors, and presenters gather and collaborate at ASEE's annual conference to share best practices on improving the way the next generation of engineers is taught.

September 13, 2022Biological, Civil Environmental, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, Medical

Youssef Mohamed

Combining Engineering And Medicine To Help Others

The Biomedical Sciences bachelor’s degree that Youssef Mohamed received from the ±«Óãtv in 2017, at age 18, is often considered a gateway degree to advanced study or work in health-related fields, such as medicine or dentistry. Mohamed added a new dimension to his pursuit of a Doctor of Medicine degree at the ±«Óãtv Health Morsani College of Medicine by adding the goal of a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, which he studied as a minor field in his undergraduate work.

September 7, 2022Medical

The Harrahs

±«Óãtv Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Student Named To Tampa Bay Business Journal 25 Under 25 List

By the time he’s 30, ±«Óãtv biomedical engineering Ph.D. student Mitchell Harrah told Tampa Bay Business Journal reporter Lauren Coffey in the journal’s 2021 25 under 25 feature article that he plans to have both his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at ±«Óãtv finished and a solid footing in a career of making disruptive business moves as co-founder of Baldr Medical.

October 29, 2021Medical

±«Óãtv: A Preeminent Research University

Team Of Three ±«Óãtv Department of Medical Engineering Students Wins First Prize In 2021 Debut Challenge

Just three months after attending their graduation commencement ceremony together, ±«Óãtv Department of Medical Engineering alums Abby Blocker, Carolyna Yamamoto Alves Pinto and Jacob Yarinsky learned their submission for a national student design competition — a device capable of ventilating two people attached to the same ventilator — had won first prize.

September 28, 2021Medical

±«Óãtv: A Preeminent Research University

Christopher Passaglia Receives NIH GrantÌýOptic Nerve Research

Department of Medical Engineering Professor Chris Passaglia was recently sub-awarded a $282,335 R01 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences within the National Institutes of Health to examine the effectiveness of different drug cocktails at promoting axon regeneration in the crushed rat optic nerve.

October 8, 2020Medical

±«Óãtv: A Preeminent Research University

Collaborating at the Crossroads of COVID-19 for a Healthy, Just and Equitable Society

A total of 35 professors and experts, mainly from environmental engineering and science fields will present on six different topics related to COVID-19 from October 16 to November 20 as part of a virtual conference “Converging COVID-19, environment, health, and equity.â€

September 29, 2020Medical

±«Óãtv Covid Rapid Response Research Grants

Engineering Faculty Leading ±«Óãtv’s COVID-19 Response Efforts

This April and May, nine projects led by ±«Óãtv engineering professors were funded during two rounds of the ±«Óãtv COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants program created by the ±«Óãtv Pandemic Response Research Network — an interdisciplinary initiative organized by university leadership and faculty researchers to quickly respond to current and future pandemics.

July 29, 2020Biological, Civil Environmental, Computer, Medical

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