Radwin, Robert G. - Professor and Chair Also Industrial and Systems Engineering, School of Medicine and Public Health analytical methods for measuring and assessing exposure to physical stress in the workplace -- ergonomics aspects of manually operated equipment and human-computer input devices -- causes and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and peripheral neuropathies -- occupational biomechanics -- rehabilitation engineering Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Biomedical Engineering Student Design Consortium, Ergonomics Analysis and Design Consortium, Industrial Hand Tool and Ergonomics Research Consortium, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Occupational Ergonomics and Biomechanics Laboratory, Trace Research and Development Center

Chair Robert G. Radwin

Beebe, David J. - Professor

Also Mechanical Engineering
Our goal is a holistic approach to understanding cell behavior that integrates in vitro cellular scale engineering to recapitulate important in vivo microenvironmental characteristics in ways that provide biological insights and can be easily assimilated by biologists.
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Biotechnology Training Program, Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine, Materials Science Program, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

Block, Walter F. - Associate Professor

Also Medical Physics
magnetic resonance (MR) interventional procedures -- MR angiography and cardiac imaging - specifically designing real-time magnetic resonance acquisition and processing algorithms and systems for these procedures -- MR contrast mechanisms -- signal and image processing -- distributed computing
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Chesler, Naomi - Associate Professor

Also Mechanical Engineering, Medicine
Vascular remodeling in systemic and pulmonary hypertension -- Pulmonary vascular resistance and impedance -- Ventricular-vascular coupling -- Cardiovascular tissue engineering
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Materials Science Program

Gruben, Kreg G. - Associate Professor

Also Kinesiology, Mechanical Engineering
biomechanics -- motor control -- human locomotion
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Kao, Weiyuan John - Professor

Also School of Pharmacy
mechanisms of cell adhesion and activation on biomaterials: to elucidate the material-modulated molecular mechanisms of cell adhesion and signal transductions leading to phenotypic expressions and cellular activation. -- biomaterial biocompatibility and biodegradation: to analyze material/tissue interfacial phenomena as mediated by material chemicophysical properties, cytokines, and ligand-receptor interactions. -- novel materials for tissue engineering: to develop novel biomaterial constructs of specific biofunctions in manipulating biological responses for therapeutic applications.
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Kreeger, Pamela - Assistant Professor

Systems Biology -- Endocrinology -- Cancer -- Women's Health

Lakes, Roderic S. - Wisconsin Distinguished Professor

Also Engineering Physics
Viscoelasticity, Fibrous composites, cellular solids, biomaterials; bone and ligament; Cosserat solids.., development of novel foams including materials with a negative Poisson's ratio, called anti-rubber, auxetic, or dilational. Follow-on work Holographic and other optical experimental methods.. .. . .
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science Program, Mechanics and Materials Research Group, Rheology Research Center

Li, Wan-Ju - Assistant Professor

musculoskeletal tissue engineering -- stem cell-based regenerative medicine -- nanostructural biomaterial
Materials Science Program, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Masters, Kristyn S. - Assistant Professor

Synthesis of bioactive materials that direct cell function -- Characterization of cell-material interactions -- Tissue Engineering -- Drug Delivery
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Materials Science Program

Meyerand, M. Elizabeth - Associate Professor

Also Medical Physics
The development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) based acquisition and post-processing methods to visualize diffusion and activation in the human brain.
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Murphy, William L. - Assistant Professor

Also Materials Science and Engineering, Pharmacology
Creation of novel materials using bioinspired approaches -- Using biomaterials to define the stem cell microenvironment -- Development of biomaterials for tissue regeneration (tissue engineering) -- Novel approaches to drug delivery and gene therapy
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Materials Science Program

Ogle, Brenda M. - Assistant Professor

Lineage Commitment of Stem Cells -- In vivo Organogenesis -- Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine -- Cardiac Transplantation in Infancy -- Mechanical Optimization of Engineered Tissues
Materials Science Program

Tompkins, Willis J. - Professor

Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
microcomputer-based biomedical instrumentation -- real-time biomedical digital signal processing -- biomedical computing
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Vanderby, Ray, Jr. - Professor

Also Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering
tissue mechanics (bone, ligament, tendon, and cartilage) -- tissue engineering -- connective tissue healing -- orthopedic biomechanics
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science Program, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Vanderheiden, Gregg C. - Professor

Also Industrial and Systems Engineering
ergonomics -- mobile computing -- universal design -- computer interface design -- rehabilitation engineering -- computer access for people with disabilities -- accessible design of mass market products -- design of next-generation information and transaction systems -- human augmentation -- modality translation
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Trace Research and Development Center

White, John G. - Professor

Also Anatomy
Also Principal Investigator, Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation (LOCI) -- Optical and computational instrumentation for live cell studies -- Development of new optical sectioning microscopy techniques -- Cell cycle control and cytoskeletal dynamics
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Williams, Justin - Assistant Professor

Neural Engineering -- Functional Neurosurgery -- BioMEMS -- Neural Rehabilitation -- Neural Prostheses -- Applied Neuroscience
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Materials Science Program

Adjunct or Faculty Affiliates

Alexander, Caroline - Assistant Professor

Also School of Medicine and Public Health

Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Anderson, Paul - Associate Professor

Also School of Medicine and Public Health, Neurological Surgery
Development of animal models that create and allow treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration. Experimental treatments include the use of growth factors, peptides and non-viral gene transfer. -- Develop quantitative methods to measure the distribution of water throughout human and animal intervertebral discs. -- Evaluate the use of adipose derived stem cells in a spinal fusion model. -- Spinal biomechanics for design and validation of disc arthroplasty devices.
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Carayon, Pascale - Professor

Also Industrial and Systems Engineering, Population Health Sciences
human factors and ergonomics -- job and organizational design -- quality and productivity improvement -- technological and organizational change -- human factors and system engineering in healthcare and patient safety -- human factors and organizational issues in computer security
Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement

Crone, Wendy C. - Associate Professor

Also Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
experimental mechanics of materials -- plasticity -- fracture mechanics -- characterization of materials such as shape memory alloys, metallic single crystals, and biomaterials
Engineering Mechanics, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Materials Science Program, Materials and Mechanics Research Group, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center

Eldridge, Marlowe W. - Assistant Professor

Also Pediatrics

Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Eliceiri, Kevin - Director, Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation

Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation

Fain, Sean B. - Assistant Professor

Also Medical Physics, Radiology
Single-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Ranging Phase I Study of the Safety, Tolerance, and Efficacy of NC100182-Inhalation in the Magnetic Resonance; Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Asthma; 3D-CE-MRA with High-Resolution Extended Acquisition; Non-invasive Diagnosis of Breast Tumors using High Resolution Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Ferrier, Nicola J. - Associate Professor

Also Mechanical Engineering
robotics -- intelligent systems -- computer vision -- automation -- sensing -- medical image analysis
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

Field, Aaron S. - Assistant Professor

Also School of Medicine and Public Health, Radiology
Quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of white matter disease, including diffusion tensor imaging -- MR tracking of myelination following glial cell transplantation
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, University of Wisconsin Clinical Science Center

Fronczak, Frank J. - Professor

Also Mechanical Engineering
biomedical equipment design -- hydraulics -- fluid power systems -- machine design -- product design -- rehabilitative and assistive technology
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program

Furgeson, Darin Y. - Assistant Professor

Also School of Pharmacy
development of novel non-viral gene carriers -- therapeutic plasmid modification through molecular biology -- PEGylated protein synthesis and characterization
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Garell, P. Charles - Assistant Professor

Electrophysiology of Human Auditory Attention -- Motor Cortex Neural Prosthesis
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Grist, Thomas M. - Professor

Also Medical Physics, Radiology
anatomic and functional imaging using magnetic resonance -- cardiovascular imaging -- clinical trials
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Hagness, Susan C. - Professor

Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
computational electromagnetics -- FDTD modeling -- bioelectromagnetics -- microwave imaging, sensing, and therapeutic techniques for biological and medical applications -- ultrawideband microwave breast cancer detection -- wideband antennas -- dielectric spectroscopy -- time-domain inverse scattering -- biophotonics
Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

Hall, Timothy J. - Professor

Also Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health
Medical ultrasound -- Wave propagation in inhomogeneous media -- Characterization of media based on interactions with ultrasonic waves -- Viscoelasticity -- Nonlinear hyperelasticity -- Measurement of the fundamental mechanical properties of soft tissues -- Development of test tools and teaching tools for ultrasonic imaging systems -- Signal and image processing -- Image registration
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Heiderscheit, Bryan - Assistant Professor

Also School of Medicine and Public Health
Neuromuscular adaptations to injury and aging -- Gait mechanics -- Running injuries -- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine -- Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology, Institute on Aging, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Henderson, Douglass L. - Professor

Also Engineering Physics, Medical Physics
reactor physics -- radiation transport -- fusion reactor technology -- nuclear waste
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Jeraj, Robert - Assistant Professor

Also Human Oncology, Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health
Image guided cancer therapy -- Molecular imaging -- Radiation therapy -- Optimization -- Monte Carlo modeling -- Dosimetry
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Jiang, Hongrui - Assistant Professor

Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
MicroElectroMechanical Systems -- Microsensors and microactuators -- BioMEMS and micro-optics -- Microfluidics -- Lab on chips -- Biomimetics and bioinspiration
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Materials Science Program, Wisconsin Center for Applied Microelectronics

Jiang, Jack - Professor

Also Surgery
Vibratory properties of the vocal folds via studies of excised larynges -- Biomechanical modeling, aerodynamics, and analysis of laryngeal microstructure -- Development of accurate protocols for voice measurement in patients with laryngeal pathology
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Kaplan, Lee D. - Assistant Professor

Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Keely, Patricia J. - Associate Professor

Understanding how breast cell interactions with the extracellular matrix through integrins and small GTPases affect normal and carcinogenic cell phenotype
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Cancer Biology Program, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

Lyons, Gary E. - Professor

Also Anatomy, School of Medicine and Public Health

Mackie, T. Rockwell - Professor

Also Engineering Physics, Human Oncology, Medical Physics
radiation therapy -- radiation sciences
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Markel, Mark D. - Associate Dean

Also Medical Sciences
thermal modification of musculoskeletal soft tissues -- limb salvage and joint revision techniques -- non-invasive evaluation of musculoskeletal material properties

Martin, Jay K. - Professor

Also Mechanical Engineering
Research, Design, and Product Development - Assistive Technology -- Access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education and Careers for Individuals with Disabilities -- Formative Assessment Methods for Engineering Learning
Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology

McMahon, Katherine (Trina) - Associate Professor

Also Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute for Environmental Studies
Microbial ecology -- environmental biotechnology -- biochemical engineering -- environmental engineering -- water quality -- metabolic engineering -- freshwater microbiology
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Biotechnology Training Program, Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program, Limnology and Marine Science, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program

Mistretta, Charles A. - Professor

Also Medical Physics, Radiology
investigations of non-invasive techniques for magnetic resonance imaging of the cardiovascular system -- quantitation of flow -- coronary artery imaging and flow measurement -- MR Myocradial Perfusion
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Montgomery, Erwin B. - Professor

Also School of Medicine and Public Health, Neurology

Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Muir, Peter - Associate Professor

Also Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
Targeted remodeling of bone -- Functional adaptation to bone fatigue -- Bacteria-associated inflammatory arthritis -- Anterior cruciate ligament rupture
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Murphy, Christopher - Professor

Also School of Veterinary Medicine

Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Murphy, Regina M. - Harvey D. Spangler Professor

Also Chemical and Biological Engineering
targeted drug design -- physical chemistry of protein-protein interactions
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Biophysics Program, Center for Neuroscience

Palecek, Sean P. - Associate Professor

Also Chemical and Biological Engineering
cellular engineering -- tissue engineering -- stem cells -- cell and protein biosensors
Biotechnology Training Program, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wisconsin Stem Cell Research Program

Pfleger, Brian F. - Assistant Professor

Also Chemical and Biological Engineering
Synthetic Biology -- Metabolic Engineering -- Biotechnology -- Protein Engineering -- Natural Products
Biotechnology Training Program, Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, Genome Sciences Training Program, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Ploeg, Heidi-Lynn - Assistant Professor

Also Mechanical Engineering
bone modelling and remodelling -- orthopaedic implant design and analysis -- biomechanics of joints -- finite element analysis -- fatigue of materials
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Materials Science Program

Reed, Jennifer L. - Assistant Professor

Also Chemical and Biological Engineering
Systems biology -- Metabolic model development & analysis -- Metabolic engineering -- Biofuels, bioremediation, & biotechnology
Biotechnology Training Program, Bringing Advanced Computational Techniques to Energy Research, Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine, Genome Sciences Training Program, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program

Reeder, Scott B. - Assistant Professor

Research interests are in the areas of cardiovascular and abdominal MRI, particularly in the development of rapid and quantitative imaging techniques, including rapid cardiac imaging methods, and novel fat-water separation techniques. More recent areas of interest include molecular imaging and MRI.
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Robbins, JoAnne - Professor

Also School of Medicine and Public Health

Sesto, Mary Elizabeth - Assistant Professor

Also Industrial and Systems Engineering, School of Medicine and Public Health

Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Trace Research and Development Center

Shusta, Eric V. - Associate Professor

Also Chemical and Biological Engineering
brain drug delivery -- blood-brain barrier engineering -- biopharmaceutical design -- protein engineering
Biotechnology Training Program, Blood-Brain Barrier Group, Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

Sidney, Daniel - Assistant Visiting Scientist

Spalding, Edgar - Professor

Also Botany

Tham, Robert - Adjunct Assistant Professor

modeling & controls of biomedical and therapy delivery systems -- anesthetic delivery system -- drug delivery systems -- intelligent therapy delivery systems -- devices for respiratory care -- patient monitoring systems -- applying medical Informatics to patient care in the hospital

Thelen, Darryl G. - Associate Professor

Also Mechanical Engineering
Simulation of musculoskeletal dynamics -- Mechanics and control of movement -- Neuromuscular adaptation with age, injury and disease -- Imaging of soft tissue mechanics -- Application of biomechanics in orthopedics and rehabilitation
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology, Institute on Aging, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Thomadsen, Bruce R. - Associate Professor

Also Engineering Physics, Human Oncology, Medical Physics
Brachytherapy Physics -- Radiation Dosimetry -- Patient Safety
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis

Turner, Kevin T. - Assistant Professor

Also Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
micro- and nano-manufacturing -- MEMS design and fabrication -- analytical and experimental adhesion mechanics -- single cell mechanics
Materials Science Program

Tyler, Mitchell E. - Senior Lecturer

Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Electrocutaneous Stimulation, Non-Invasive Neuro-Modulation (NINM) and Neuro-Rehabilitation.
Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

van der Weide, Daniel - Professor

Also Electrical and Computer Engineering
Multifunctional scanned probe microscopy -- Localized spectroscopy of biological and low-dimensional electronic systems -- Terahertz circuits and devices
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Materials Science Program

Varghese, Tomy - Associate Professor

Also Medical Physics
Elastography -- Signal & Image Processing Applications in Medical Imaging -- Ultrasound Tissue Characterization
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Weibel, Douglas B. - Assistant Professor

Also Biochemistry
Soft materials -- Micro- and nanofabrication -- Microbiology -- Chemical biology -- Biotechnology
Biophysics Program, Biotechnology Training Program, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, Materials Science Program, Molecular Biosciences Training Grant Program

Yin, John - Professor

Also Chemical and Biological Engineering
virus-host interactions -- systems biology -- microfluidics -- pre-biotic chemistry
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Biotechnology Training Program, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine, Madison Virology Program, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Viral Oncology Postdoctoral Program and Training Grant

Yin, Tom - Professor

Also Physiology
neurophysiological and neuroanatomical mechanisms of bineural interaction in the auditory brainstem nuclear -- mechanisms of sound localization -- psychoacoustics of localization
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Zagzebski, James A. - Professor

Also Human Oncology, Medical Physics, Radiology
acoustic properties of tissues and ultrasonic contrast agents -- quantitative ultrasound imaging and tissue characterization -- flow visualization -- medical image processing and texture analysis -- objective performance testing of ultrasound equipment
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

Emeritus

Webster, John G. - Professor Emeritus

medical instrumentation -- radio-frequency and microwave hepatic ablation -- safety of less-lethal electromuscular incapacitation device (EMD): stun guns and Tasers -- biopotential amplifiers and interference -- bioelectrodes
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research

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