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Points Of Pride

• Dr. Junghun Cho’s laboratory develops innovative MRI-based methods to quantify brain oxygen metabolism in neurologic disorders. The lab combines biophysics modeling and data processing, including AI, to advance oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) mapping, with applications in small vessel disease, dementia, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease. The lab is supported by multiple NIH awards, including R00 and R01 grants, and has been recognized by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and the Korean-American BME Society.

• Dr. Entcheva's Lab is collaborating with researchers at Tokyo University in Japan and Leeds University in the UK to develop new ways to optogenetically control organelle interactions in human heart cells, funded by a highly competitive international award from the Human Frontiers in Science Program.

• Dr. Luyao Lu is developing in vitro microphysiological systems and wireless implantable cardiac platforms with controllable electrical, optical, and mechanical functions for basic and translational biomedical research (funded by an NSF CAREER Award and 3 NIH R01 grants). The resulting technologies enable the study of dynamic biological processes across organ, tissue, and cellular scales, providing new insights into human health and disease.

• Dr. Chung Hyuk Park led an NIH/NICHD R01 National Robotics Initiative (NRI) project developing music-based interactive robotic orchestration systems to support socio-emotional engagement and intervention for autistic children. Dr. Park also earned an NSF CAREER Award to develop socially intelligent, context-aware, and adaptive human-robot interaction algorithms for long-term robot-assisted intervention and engagement. He is also contributing to NSF-funded human digital twin research by integrating neurophysiological modeling, uncertainty quantification, and AI-based health technologies to improve individualized understanding of human function among other research contributions. 

Quick Facts

• Full-time faculty: 11
• Affiliated faculty: 15
• Undergraduate students: 134
• Graduate students: 78
• Annual research expenditures: $2.5 million

Research Areas

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Engineering Education
• Biomedical signal processing and signal analysis
• Bio-integrated electronics
• Biosensors
• Cancer detection and therapy
• Cardiac optogenetics
• Cardiovascular engineering
• Disease and pathogen detection
• Drug delivery
• Electrophysiology (cardiac and neural)
• Functional neuroimaging
• Heart disease and heart failure
• Interventional oncology
• Medical imaging and image analysis
• Microfluidics and nanotechnology
• Nanomedicine, cellular therapeutics, and diagnostic platforms
• Physiological flows
• Robotics and human-robotic interactions
• Simulation and modeling
• Therapeutic ultrasound

Research Laboratories

• Advanced Bio-Integrated Electronics Laboratory
• Assistive Robotics and Tele-Medicine (ART-Med) Laboratory
• Cardiac Research Laboratory
• Cardiac Optogenetics and Optical Imaging Laboratory
• Functional Neuroimaging Lab
• Interventional Oncology Research Lab
• Medical Imaging and Image Analysis Laboratory
• Nanomedicine, Cellular Therapeutics, and Diagnostic Platforms Laboratory
• Nanophotonics and Microfluids Laboratory
• Optical and Acoustic Imaging Laboratory
• Therapeutic Ultrasound Laboratory