Binghamton University Biomedical Engineering

PhD Student, Melissa Mendoza, was highlighted in the recent American Heart Association Newsletter on her research titled, "Three-dimensional Valve-on-a-chip Models of the Aortic Valve Fibrosa". Read the AHA newsletter by clicking below! https://drive.google.com//1ojFMSevZ1yo3hQlTnoejVAedt/view

Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor, Dr. Fake (Frank) Lu, has been awarded a NIH R15 grant for $433,323 for his project titled, "Low-Power Stimulated Raman Time-Lapse Microscope for Tracking Dynamics and Fate of Lipid Droplets in Glioma Cells". The project runs from 09/24/2020 08/31/2023. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

A BME Professor and PhD student were recently highlighted in BingU News for their research on wearable biosensors. Assistant Professor, Ahyeon Koh, and 4th year PhD student, Matthew Brown are working on finding the right materials to bind the sensors together and adhere them to surfaces is also an important part of making this technology better. Read more below. https://www.binghamton.edu//watson-researchers-create-bet/

BME students, Melissa Mendoza (PhD), Rhodesherdeline Limage (PhD), and Alba Garcia Rodriguez (Postdoc) have received the BMES career development award. As part of the award, the Society is offering a full complimentary registration to this year’s Virtual Annual Meeting on October 14-17, 2020. https://www.bmes.org/program

Department Chair and Professor, Dr. Kaiming Ye, has been awarded an NSF grant in the amount of $225,742. As a co-PI, Dr. Ye will be working on the COVID-related research grant titled "EAGER: SARS-CoV-2 Pseudovirus via a novel eukaryotic construction in yeast" alongside researchers from the University of Arkansas.

Associate Professor Guy German and Ph.D. student Zachary W. Lipsky's research on why eczema happens, was recently highlighted in an article published in Medical Xpress. Read more on the research below. https://medicalxpress.com//2020-06-biomedical-closer-eczem

First-generation college student and a first-generation immigrant BME undergraduate student, Shuofei Sun was recently featured in the top Commencement Student Profiles on the Bing U News web page. https://www.binghamton.edu//commencement-2020-profile-shu/

BME Chair Kaiming Ye and Associate Professor Guy German have received a $182,700 federal grant to help fix the shortage of N-95 masks by utilizing ultraviolet radiation to kill the coronavirus on the masks, making them reusable. Read more as featured on WICZ Fox 40 News, WBNG 12 News, and Spectrum TV. http://www.wicz.com//watson-school-receives-federal-grant- https://wbng.com//uv-lights-developed-at-bu-kill-coronavi/... https://spectrumlocalnews.com//using-uv-light-to-kill-covi

Assistant Professor, Dr. Fake (Frank) Lu has received the Services for Students with Disabilities Recognition 2020 award, as he was nominated by one of his students. This award recognized by Services for Students with Disabilities, helps to highlight faculty who give special consideration to students struggling with disabilities.

"Electrically Paced Cardiac Mesh Bioreactor": A BME Senior Design Project consisting of Jacob Gershon, Emma Northrup, Margaret Blystone, Hannah Smith, and Amelia Guyon. The group was advised by Dr. Tracy Hookway.

Watch this great Senior Design video below! Students Jacob Gershon, Emma Northrup, Margaret Blystone, Hannah Smith, and Amelia Guyon did a tremendous job on their project labeled, "Electrically Paced Cardiac Mesh Bioreactor".

Dr. Kaiming Ye (PI) and Dr. Guy German (co-PI) have been awarded an NSF Grant for their new COVID-19 related project. The $182,728 grant titled, "RAPID: Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation for Disinfecting and Reuse of N95 Respirators" is in collaboration with Binghamton University, Upstate Medical University, and United Health Services (UHS).

Dr. Ahyeon Koh, a BME Assistant Professor, has been awarded $345,000 as a PI for the NSF award titled "Stretchable Papertonics". This award, with co-PI Seokheun Choi from ECE, will support their research program to develop stretchable papers enabling the integration of papertronics into soft and curvilinear biological systems with conformal contact.

Binghamton University professors deliver UV sanitation station to local hospitals. https://wbng.com//binghamton-university-professors-deliv/