Department of Biomedical Engineering

Faculty & Staff

The biomedical engineering faculty group consists of a total of nine faculty members from the College of Engineering and the College of Arts & Sciences. While a general interest in the successful implementation of a biomedical engineering department is common among these faculty members, the diversity and variety of their respective areas of interest acts as the cornerstone to the program. Descriptions of the group members are provided below.

Primary Faculty and Staff
James Baish Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Interests: Biological Heat and Mass Transport, Tumor Physiology, System Dynamics, Origins of Biological Form	Daniel Cavanagh Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering Emmitt Memorial Chair in Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Northwestern University Interests: Biomedical Fluid Dynamics, Therapeutic Uses of Surfactants, Intravascular Gas Embolism
Donna Ebenstein Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco Interests: Biomaterials, Biomimetics, Nanomechanics, Structure-Property Relationships	Marie Jacob Academic Assistant Department of Biomedical Engineering Bucknell University
Eric A. Kennedy Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Virginia Tech Interests: Auto, Military,Consumer Product, and Sports Safety, Injury Biomechanics, Eye Injury Biomechanics, Lower Extremity Injury Biomechanics	William E. King Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Interests: Laser-Tissue Interactions, Artificial Blood Substitutes, Liquid Ventilation of the Lung, Applied Mathematics
Joseph Tranquillo Assistant Professor of Biomedical & Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Duke University Interests: Computational Electrophysiology
Affiliated Faculty
Mitchell Chernin Professor of Biology Ph.D. Clemson University Interests: Molecular Biology, Regulation of Gene Expression, Bone Remodeling and Growth, Regulation of the Cardiac Renin-angiotensin system	Arthur Sharpiro Associate Professor of Psychology Ph.D. Columbia University Interests: Visual Adaptation, Low-light-level Vision, Color Vision, Mathematical Models of Visual Processing
Margot Vigeant Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Ph.D. University of Virginia Interests: Biotransport in Cell Migration, Bacterial Adhesion, Biofilm Formation

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Faculty & Staff

Primary Faculty and Staff

Affiliated Faculty