Biomedical engineering faculty present research to industry insiders at FIU-hosted conference

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FIU Biomedical Engineering hosted the daylong EDC BioTech 2012 Conference in the Graham Center Ballrooms at Modesto A. Madique Campus May 9 – a move that reaffirmed the university’s commitment to South Florida’s development as a life sciences corridor. Recently, FIU convened Life Sciences South Florida, a work group comprised [...]

FIU researcher and team invent device to aid in detection of breast cancer

Dr. Anuradha Godavarty's research team has made impressive headway in the creation of a hand-held, 3-D imaging device that will aid in the detection of breast cancer. Her team: bottom row (left to right) - Andrea Sanchez, Godavarty, Sarah Erickson. Middle row (left to right) - Sergio Martinez, Jiajia Ge, Banghe Zhu, Jean Gonzalez. Top - Ujwal Chaudhary. Not pictured - team member Joe DeCerce.

A decade after Dr. Anuradha Godavarty began focusing her research efforts on breast imaging, she and her research team are ready to begin testing a hand-held, 3-D imaging device they created. Their hope is that the innovation will aid in the detection of breast cancer.   By Karen Cochrane  A hand-held, 3-D imaging [...]

Faculty honored as Kauffman Professors

Eleven FIU professors have been selected in 2009 to receive awards of up to $15,000 to foster entrepreneurial activities, research and courses within their disciplines. By Martin Haro Congratulations go out to the 11 FIU faculty members recently chosen as 2009 Kauffman Professors. The winners are: David Bray, College of [...]