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.
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
Steven M. Chase
Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience Institute
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
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
Noelia Grande Gutierrez
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Bioengineering, computer-aided design (CAD), biomechanics, fluid mechanics, medical laboratory technology
Pulkit Grover
Angel Jordan Career Development Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Neuroscience Institute, and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Theory, noninvasive neural sensing and stimulation
Eni Halilaj
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Robotics
Research Interests
Musculoskeletal biomechanics, medical imaging, computational modeling, wearable sensing, machine learning
Bin He
Trustee Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Neuroscience Institute
Research Interests
Electrophysiological source imaging; brain-computer interface; neuromodulation; inverse problem; functional neuroimaging; tissue electrical property imaging
Jana Kainerstorfer
Associate 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
Tagbo Niepa
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
Biomaterials, biotechnology and pharmaceutical engineering, colloids, machine learning, microfluidic systems, nanomaterials, polymer engineering, pulmonary diseases, soft materials and complex fluids, transport phenomena, infection control, microbiome engineering
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
Jason Szafron
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Simulation tools, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary vascular disease, fetal growth restriction, biomechanical modeling, computational frameworks
Timothy Verstynen
Associate Professor, Psychology, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Adaptive decision-making, cortico-basal ganglia pathways, white matter networks
Newell R. Washburn
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Materials Science & Engineering
Research Interests
Computational biomedical engineering; machine learning
Sossena Wood
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Ultrahigh field and high field magnetic resonance imaging, sickle cell disease, optical imaging, electromagnetic and thermal simulations, phantom
Eric Yttri
Associate 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
Byron Yu
Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Neural engineering; brain-computer interfaces; systems neuroscience; computational neuroscience; machine learning
