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.