People: Medical Devices
Mohamed Khaled Almekkawy
Associate Research Professor
Ultrasound-based imaging and therapeutic technologies through the integration of physics-based modeling, signal processing, and machine learning, with an emphasis on applications in brain and biomedical sciences
Anil Attaluri
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Harrisburg)
Laura Cabrera
Huck Early Career Chair in Neuroethics; Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
The ethical and societal implications of neurotechnologies used for treatment as well as for enhancement purposes.
Nikki Crowley
Director, Penn State Neuroscience Institute – University Park; Huck Chair in Neural Engineering; Associate Professor, Departments of Biology, Biomedical Engineering, & Neurosurgery
Investigation of peptidergic transmission throughout the brain, using cell-specific and pathway-specific manipulations to understand how peptides alter neuronal signaling and behavior, particularly in the context of stress and drug use.
Aida Ebrahimi
Roell Early Career Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Bioelectronics for in situ study of living cells; Point-of-care diagnostics for infectious diseases; Printable/stretchable/wearable sensors; Benchmarking and advancing 2D materials in biosensing applications; Machine learning in biosensing; Wearable devices for human-machine interaction; Bioanalytical devices for studying the gut-brain axis; Low-cost biosensors for drug screening, bacterial phenotype monitoring, and environmental monitoring
Bruce Gluckman
Director of the Center for Neural Engineering; Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, of Neurosurgery, and of Biomedical Engineering
The dynamics of neural systems, how group dynamics form or emerge from the coupled dynamics of individual units, and how to measure and interact with these systems.
Esther Gomez
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
How the interplay of chemical and mechanical signals acts to control cell behavior and function and the progression of disease.
William Higgins
Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
Devising large-scale multimodal bronchoscopy systems for lung-cancer assessment
Choon-Sik Jhun
Associate Professor of Surgery
Design, development, and translational evaluation of pediatric and adult mechanical circulatory support devices, including continuous-flow ventricular assist devices and total artificial heart technologies
Sean Knecht
Research Professor of Engineering Design
Non-equilibrium plasma systems and device designs for biomedical and agricultural applications, and clean fuels from industrial waste gases. Medical device examples include Plasma Patch for infection control in chronic or burn wounds and Plasma Catheter for treatment of infectious endocarditis
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Development and translation of multimodal imaging technologies—integrating optical, ultrasound, and photoacoustic methods—for pre-clinical and clinical applications in cancer, vascular, and neurological diseases. The core objective is to enable non-invasive, simultaneous measurements of structural, functional, and molecular information in living subjects with high spatial and temporal resolutions across both superficial and deep tissue regions.
Jennifer Kraschnewski
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Behavioral interventions to promote healthy lifestyles in clinical and community settings to address health disparities
Yuguo (Leo) Lei
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Faculty Oversight, Sartorius Cell Culture Facility
Cell therapy; Cell manufacturing; Biomaterials
Gregory Lewis
Associate Director, Penn State Center for Biodevices; Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Zi-Kui Liu
Dorothy Pate Enright Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
The free energy landscape as a function of internal and external
variables as the derivatives of this landscape represent the observables
Keefe Manning
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery
Understanding the native cardiovascular system fluid mechanics; understanding the diseased cardiovascular system fluid mechanics, and the impact that cardiovascular prosthetics generate during and post implantation.
Guha Manogharan
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering
Additive Manufacturing, Design for Manufacturing, Characterization, Biomechanical devices
Michael McDowell
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Surgical device development including novel retractor and drill attachments as well as special interest in NIRS and Acoustic Emissions-based technologies for non-invasive diagnostics
Vinciya Pandian
Professor of Nursing and Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Design, implementation, and evaluation of medical devices and digital health technologies to improve safety, quality, and patient-centered outcomes across acute and post-acute care settings
Jeffrey Peters
Distinguished Professor of Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis; Interim Director, The Penn State Cancer Institute; Associate Director, Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis
Roles of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) in the regulation of homeostasis, toxicology, and carcinogenesis.
David Proctor
Professor of Kinesiology, Physiology, and Medicine
Physiology of aging and exercise; cardiovascular responses to exercise; regulation of skeletal muscle blood flow; skeletal muscle adaptation; vascular adaptation.
