Undergraduate Research Mentors

The following are current BME faculty members who may be willing to supervise undergraduate researchers:



DR. DHARMAKEERTHI NAWARATHNA

 

  • Biosensors
  • Microfluidics
  • Biomanufacturing of therapeutics cells
  • Biomedical instrumentation
  • Signal processing
Murat Kuzlu



DR. MURAT KUZLU



Potential Topics:

  • Digital Twin in Healthcare.
  • Privacy-Enabled Federated Learning for Healthcare Data



DR. XIAO YANG

 

  • Research on neural and physiological correlates of human performance in laboratory and applied settings



DR. YUSUKE YAMANI

 

  • Visual attention and perception
  • Human-automation interaction
  • Transportation safety



DR. KHAN IFTEKHARRUDDIN

 

  • Research on computer vision and medical image analysis.
  • Student must be motivated with excellent academic credentials.



DR. MICHAEL KONG

 

  • Plasma therapy research, including plasma decontamination and plasma medicine.



DR. MICHEL AUDETTE

 

  • Computer-assisted medicine (CAM): medical image analysis, therapy planning, medical simulation.
  • Applications to neurological and orthopedic surgery, geriatrics, obstetrics.
  • Students should be motivated and able to program in Python and/or C++.
  • Willing to chat with a student with a new idea in CAM.

Graduate Program Director

Michel Audette

Associate Professor

1321 Engineering & Computer Science Building

757-683-6940

Norfolk, VA 23529

maudette@odu.edu

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Undergraduate Program Director

Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna

Associate Professor

2123 D Engineering Systems Building

757-683-5251

Norfolk, VA 23529

dnawarat@odu.edu

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Explore the Field

More information about biomedical engineering is available from the Biomedical Engineering Society.