Faculty
William Higgins
Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
Devising large-scale multimodal bronchoscopy systems for lung-cancer assessment
Syed Rafiul Hussain
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Cybersecurity
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
Scott Medina
Director, Center for Biodevices; Korb Early Career Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Design of bio-inspired functional materials that serve as new tools in precision medicine. Understanding how peptides and proteins assemble at natural and non-natural interfaces to form organized structures with unique biochemical functions. The design of nano- and micro-scale biomaterials to develop new biosensing and therapeutic strategies to treat infectious disease, inflammation and cancer.
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.