Computational Biomedical Engineering
Research in Computational Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University leverages CMU's core strengths in computer science, machine learning, computational neuroscience, and mechanics. This research is enhanced through close interactions with our research partners such as BrainHub, the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Machine Learning Department, and the Center for the Mechanics & Engineering of Cellular Systems.
Our three main focus areas within Computational Biomedical Engineering are computational neuroscience, computational mechanics, and biosignal processing.
Research within Computational Biomedical Engineering occurs at all points along the spectrum of applied and theoretical work, from derivations of biomedical phenomena from first principles, through the development of computational tools with fundamental biomedical applications, to the formulation of new data analysis techniques and their application within the biomedical field.
Rosalyn Abbott
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Cell & tissue engineering; biomaterials; adipose microenvironments; disease modeling; tissue regeneration
Alison Barth
Professor, Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Activity-dependent gene expression in the CNS; the cellular and synaptic mechanisms that underlie learning and memory; the effect of behavioral training on neural excitability and anatomy
Marlene Behrmann
George A. and Helen Dunham Cowan Professor, Cognitive Neuroscience, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, and Department of Psychology
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Visual system; human adult and children; brain damage; neuroscience; electrophysiology
Yang G. Cai
Associate Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Augmented reality; video analytics; artificial intelligence; ambient diagnostics; interactive visualization
Steven M. Chase
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Research Interests
Brain-computer interfaces; neural engineering; motor learning; motor control
Howie Choset
Professor, Robotics Institute, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Medical robotics; snake robotics; medical imaging
Kris N. Dahl
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering
Research Interests
Mechanics of the cell nucleus in normal and disease states; nuclear mechanics in stem cell differentiation and cancer progression; mechanotransduction; cellular interactions with nanomaterials
Michael M. Domach
Professor, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
High throughput systems for cell growth analysis; optimization of bioreactor performance
John Galeotti
Systems Scientist, Robotics Institute
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Novel optics for imaging and visualization; biomedical image analysis and visualization; combining robotic multi-camera computer vision with volumetric/tomographic biomedical imaging modalities; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Hartmut Geyer
Associate Professor, Robotics Institute and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Legged dynamics and control; motor control of human locomotion; powered prosthetics; humanoid robotics
Pulkit Grover
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Theory, noninvasive neural sensing and stimulation
Bin He
Professor and Head, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Center for Neural Basis of Cognition
Research Interests
Electrophysiological source imaging; brain-computer interface; neuromodulation; inverse problem; functional neuroimaging; tissue electrical property imaging
Jana Kainerstorfer
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Biomedical optics; neurophotonics; neural sensing; medical devices; optical imaging of cerebral perfusion; portable optical devices for disease monitoring; clinical translation of optical devices; bedside monitoring of cerebral trauma
Robert E. (Rob) Kass
Maurice Falk Professor of Statistics and Computational Neuroscience, Department of Statistics & Data Science, Machine Learning Department, and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Research Interests
Brain sciences; data analysis; neural engineering; neuroscience
Mathias Loesche
Professor, Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Biomaterials; bionanotechnology; structural biology; membrane protein complexes
Jonathan S. Minden
Professor, Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Technologies for proteomics; devices to couple gel electrophoresis to mass spectrometry; automation of 2D gel electrophoresis; protein capture for proteomics sample preparation; applications of image analysis in proteomics
Tom M. Mitchell
E. Fredkin University Professor, Computer Science, Robotics, Language Technologies, and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Computer science; machine learning; artificial intelligence; cognitive neuroscience; societal impacts of technology
Robert F. Murphy
Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor, Computational Biology
Professor, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Machine Learning
Research Interests
Applications of machine learning in biological imaging; automated construction of generative models of cell organization from complex cellular images; active machine learning for driving biomedical experimentation
Yoed Rabin
Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Brain-computer interfaces; neural engineering; motor learning; motor control
Kenji Shimada
Theodore Ahrens Professor in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Robotics Institute, and Institute for Complex Engineering Systems
Research Interests
Medical robotics; computer-assisted surgery; human body modeling and simulation
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham
Director, Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute; Professor, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Biomedical Engineering, Psychology, and Electrical & Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Auditory attention in normal and special populations; binaural and spatial hearing; subcortical and cortical sound processing; multi-sensory attention networks
Dennis Trumble
Assistant Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Research Interests
Computational cardiac mechanics; muscle-powered implants; medical device design and optimization; cardiac assist devices; the nature of consciousness
Newell R. Washburn
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Materials Science & Engineering
Research Interests
Materials chemistry; biomaterials; green chemistry; machine learning
Eric Yttri
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Neurophysiology; circuit dynamics; computational neuroscience; motor control; reinforcement learning; tool development
Ge Yang
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Lane Center for Computational Biology
Research Interest
Bioimage informatics; computational biology; computational BME; cell engineering; super-resolution imaging
Byron Yu
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Neural engineering; brain-computer interfaces; systems neuroscience; computational neuroscience; machine learning
