Faculty

Participating Faculty

Faculty	Affliations	Research Interests
Stelios Andreadis, Ph.D., University of Michigan	Chemical Engineering	Genomics, Tissue Engineering, Gene Therapy
Mattheos Koffas, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Chemical Engineering	Metabolic Engineering, Biochemical Engineering
Sriram Neelamegham, Ph.D., Rice University	Chemical Engineering	Inflammation and Thrombosis, Proteomics, Vascular Engineering, Applied Math. in Biology
Bruce Nicholson California Institute of Technology	Chemical Engineering (Primary Appt. in Biological Sci.)	Cell-cell communication, Gap Junction
Johannes Nitsche, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Chemical Engineering	Biological transport and mathematical modeling, Drug delivery, Biosensors
Yaoqi Zhou , Ph.D., SUNY Stonybrook	Chemical Engineering (Primary Appt. in Biophysics)	Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Protein folding
Deborah Walters , Ph.D., Univ. of Birmingham, England	Computer Science and Engineering	Bioinformatics, Neural Networks
Aidong Zhang	Computer Science and Engineering	Bioinformatics, Content-based Image Retrieval , Distributed Database Systems, Multimedia Database Systems, Digital Libraries,Data Mining
Ping-chin Cheng, Ph.D., University of Illinois at the Medical Center	Electrical Engineering	Biomedical imaging; Hardware optical and software (algorithm development) Instrumentation of micro-CT, confocal microscopy, multi-photon microscope, Schlieren imaging and Optical Coherent Tomography (OCT)
Robert Baier, Ph.D., SUNY/Buffalo	Mechanical andAerospaceEngineering (Primary Apointment in Biomaterials)	Biomaterials, Biosurface properties
Susan Zonglu Hua, Ph.D., University of Maryland	Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering	Microfluidics, Lab-on-a-chip, Bio-sensor
John Medige, Ph.D, Illinois Institute of Technology	Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering	Properties of bone, Bone remodeling, upper extremity prostheses, Gait analysis
Hui Meng, Ph.D, University of Houston,	Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering	Blood Flow, Endovascular Procedures
Joseph Mollendorf, Ph.D., Cornell University	Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering	Applied Physiology, Assistive Device design
Abani Patra, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin	Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering	Computational Mechanics application in biomechanical systems, biomaterials
Stephen Rudin, Ph.D., City University of New York	Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering (Primary Appointment in Radiology, Neurosurgery, an Biophysical Sciences)	Diagnostic and interventional medical imaging and endovascular devices.
Israel Ziv ,D.Sc. Doctor of Science ,Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology	Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering (Primary appointment in Orthopaedics Surgery)	Articular cartilage in degenerative joint disease, Hip arthroplasty and Knee arthroplasty; Bone geometry, imaging and biomechanical properties.