Carnegie Mellon University

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.

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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

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Steven M. Chase

Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience Institute

Research Interests

Brain-computer interfaces; neural engineering; motor learning; motor control

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Howie Choset

Professor, Robotics Institute, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering

Research Interests

Medical robotics; snake robotics; medical imaging

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Michael M. Domach

Professor, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests

High throughput systems for cell growth analysis; optimization of bioreactor performance

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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)

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Hartmut Geyer

Associate Professor, Robotics Institute and Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests

Legged dynamics and control; motor control of human locomotion; powered prosthetics; humanoid robotics

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Noelia Grande Gutierrez

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests

Bioengineering, computer-aided design (CAD), biomechanics, fluid mechanics, medical laboratory technology

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Pulkit Grover

Angel Jordan Career Development Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Neuroscience Institute, and Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests

Theory, noninvasive neural sensing and stimulation

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Eni Halilaj

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Robotics

Research Interests

Musculoskeletal biomechanics, medical imaging, computational modeling, wearable sensing, machine learning

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Jason Szaforn

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests

Simulation tools, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary vascular disease, fetal growth restriction, biomechanical modeling, computational frameworks

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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

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Newell R. Washburn

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Materials Science & Engineering

Research Interests

Computational biomedical engineering; machine learning

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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

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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

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Byron Yu

Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering

Research Interests

Neural engineering; brain-computer interfaces; systems neuroscience; computational neuroscience; machine learning