Faculty openings

The BME Department is looking for seven new faculty in the next several years to fuel the growth of our undergraduate program and the expansion of our collaborative efforts with the Health Sciences.   Three positions are open for applications now.  Link here for more information

J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering

Welcome to the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering.  On our website you can find out all about us: our people, our educational programs, and our research.  We are very excited to have moved into the new Biomedical Sciences Building, which now houses the department's administration and research labs.  This 85,000 sq. ft. building is attached to the Health Sciences complex and allow easy collaborations.  Please note our updated contact information at the bottom of this page.

Our educational program currently has 35 MS and 57 PhD students enrolled, and we have awarded 161 degrees since the program's inception in 1998.

On the research side, we have obtained over $10M in funding and our faculty and students have published over 450 peer reviewed articles.

Message from the Chair

I am very pleased to have the opportunity to guide the Department of Biomedical Engineering in this transition period. We look forward to solidifying our recent gains as well as moving in new directions.

Huabei Jiang, Paul Carney Awarded NIH Grant to Develop Optical Imaging of Epilepsy

Dr. Huabei Jiang (PI) and Dr. Paul Carney (Co-PI) have teamed up to develop a novel technique for non-invasive detection of epilepsy.  The grant is titled “Noninvasive Functional and Cellular Imaging of Epilepsy” and is funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The goal of this project is to develop diffuse optical tomography (DOT) technology for imaging epileptic focus as well as for studying the neuro-vascular and neuro-cellular coupling between neuronal activity and hemodynamic/cellular response using concurrent electroencephalography (EEG) and DOT noninvasively in animal models of seizure.

BME Faculty promote Engineering Neuro-Therapeutics

BME joint and affiliate faculty Drs. Carney, Sarntinotanont, and Mareci are promoting Neuro-Therapeutics by tracking through functional MRI how drugs distribute in the brain.

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UF BME Faculty Member Huabei Jiang: ‘Optical biopsy’ for breast cancer increasingly accurate

Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer. But women may not have to endure the medical costs, stress and potential complications that accompany such invasive biopsies forever. A University of Florida biomedical engineering researcher is making progress on an “optical biopsy” that has the potential to determine whether growths are cancerous without ever puncturing the skin.

BME is on the move

We are excited to announce that we have started to move into the new Biomedical Sciences Building.  Our department administration has moved, and you can now find us on the ground floor towards the back of the building (JG-56).  We also have changed our phone numbers:

  • Main phone number: 352-273-9222
  • Fax line: 352-273-9221

Most of the lab and faculty phone numbers are changing as well, and you can find the updates on the faculty and lab pages.

The labs and faculty will be moving over the next several weeks.

BME publishes new affiliate faculty policy

The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering has approved and published a new policy for affilate faculty members. 

When Phones Can't Have Buttons Large Enough

Stephen Myers, a Ph. D student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has invented a nifty RFID based system to help the elderly and people with bad hands dial the telephone without having to punch any keys. By swiping flashcards with pictures of contacts at the RFID receiver, the system downloads the proper phone number and dials it automatically. Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!

BME student Chelsea Magin receives travel support

The Office of Research is providing student Chelsea Magin $300 in support for her to attend the Society of Women Engineers Annual Conference held in Long Beach, California on October 15-17, 2009. Congratulations on this unique opportunity!

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