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Coulter Department News

Coulter Department News

Pictured are: Gabe Kwong, Melissa Kemp, and Joe Le Doux.
Three BME Professors Promoted

Promotions announced for BME professors Kemp, Kwong, and Le Doux
Machelle Pardue performs an electroretinogram on Army Veteran Michael Brooks, who participated in her study. (Photo by Joey Rodgers for VA)
Pardue Brings Clarity in Pilot Study

Researchers take new approach to detect, treat eye disease that can lead to blindness
To help meet the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers, Georgia Tech has designed and is producing face shields. Shown is a laser cutting machine used to create frames for the shields.
Do-It-Yourself Medical Devices and Protective Gear Fuel Battle Against COVID-19

The Georgia Tech community is working together to help meet the needs for personal protection equipment for health care workers.
Biomedical Engineering Ranked #2 in U.S. News Graduate Rankings for 2021
Biomedical Engineering Ranked #2 in U.S. News Graduate Rankings for 2021

Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program Ranked #2 in the Nation
Man of Research, Man of the People

Remembering Robert M. Nerem, Georgia Tech’s Founding Father of Bioengineering and Bioscience
Lena Ting is codirector of the Georgia Tech and Emory Neural Engineering Centers and the John and Jan Portman Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Emory and Georgia Tech, and a professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Physical Therapy at Emory University.
Lena Ting on Creative Thinking and Bridging Disciplines to Study Movement Disorders

Ting is illuminating how the brain works with the nervous and musculoskeletal systems
Research scientist Zhanna Nepiyushchikh and principal investigator Brandon Dixon
Developing a Better Model

Dixon collaborates with UGA researchers to uncover potential early signs of lymphedema
Kinsey Herrin, research scientist in Georgia Tech’s Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, observes graduate researcher Dawit Lee as he tests the pediatric knee exoskeleton. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Shriners Hospitals for Children and Georgia Tech Announce Research Affiliation

A new collaborative research effort will help children with cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury and other conditions.
Beatrice E. Ncho, a fourth-year chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate at Georgia Tech (top picture), and Shelly Singh-Gryzbon, Ph.D., a former post-doctoral fellow in Yoganathan’s lab (bottom picture).
Young Women Play Critical Role in Engineering Better Heart Valves

Two young women engineers are excited to work on advancements in heart technologies
Mark Borodovsky, Regents’ Professor at the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and School of Computational Science and Engineering, was distinguished for his influential research in developing algorithms of genome analysis as well as his recognized leadership in education and community development.
Mark Borodovsky Elected as ISCB Fellow

The Fellows program of ISCB (International Society for Computational Biology) was created to honor members who have distinguished themselves through…
This device, designed and created by Ethos Medical, will help medical professionals to administer a lumbar puncture procedure with accuracy and minimal complications.
CREATE-X Startup Ethos Receives Grant from National Science Foundation

The grant will help the student-founded Ethos team to demonstrate the feasibility of their product
Lena Ting, professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, has been appointed the John and Jan Portman Professor in Biomedical Engineering.
Lena Ting Elevated to New Appointment

BME professor named the John and Jan Portman Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Hanjoong Jo, professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, and a professor of medicine at Emory, has just added a new title with his appointment as the Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair.
Hanjoong Jo Appointed to Distinguished Faculty Chair

BME researcher appointed Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair
Susan Margulies, chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech
Susan Margulies Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Marilyn Brown, Thomas Kurfess, Susan Margulies, and Alexander Shapiro join 83 other new National Academy of Engineering members for 2020.
Anderson Speed and Bilal Haider
Paying Attention to Attention

BME researcher Bilal Haider investigates the mechanisms of how we process what we see
Researcher Annabelle Singer models an experimental visor and earphones that play 40 Hertz light and sound. The current study was performed on mice. The pictured device is in human testing as a possible Alzheimer's treatment. Results from those tests are to be published in later studies separate from the current study in mice. Credit: Georgia Tech / Allison Carter
Flickering Light Mobilizes Brain Chemistry That May Fight Alzheimer’s

The hope of flickering light to treat Alzheimer's takes another step forward in this new study, which reveals stark biochemical mechanisms.
Dakshitha Bashettyhalli Anandakumar, a doctoral student in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, was awarded a Women in Technology Scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year from Zonta International. 
Dakshitha Anandakumar Awarded Women in Technology Scholarship

Biomedical engineering graduate student receives scholarship award from Zonta International
Aaron Morris, Ph.D., M.S. 
Aaron Morris Selected as a TED Fellow

Georgia Tech BME alumnus to present at TED2020, joining the newest class of 20 global visionaries
Cathepsins eat away at collagen and elastin in Manu Platt's Georgia Tech lab.
New Discovery About Cathepsins May Improve Drug Research

Certain enzymes implicated in cancer and other diseases also annihilate each other
Susan Margulies, chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech-Emory Partnership Receives Funding for Single Ventricle Heart Defect Research

The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering will share in a $5.7 million award from Additional Ventures
Professor Clinton H. Joiner, M.D., Ph.D.
Clint Joiner Appointed to the Sharon and Matthew Price Chair for Pediatric Research

Physician and researcher Clint Joiner honored by Georgia Tech and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as recipient of the Sharon and Matthew Price Chair…
Model of an adolescent patient’s pulmonary arteries, created by 3D printing. From Tomov et al JAHA (2019) via Creative Commons.
Model of a Sticky Situation

3D printing applied to pediatric cardiology
Figure: Dual-color image before and after ACsN denoising of F-actin (cyan) and mitochondria (orange) in fixed bovine pulmonary artery endothelial (BPAE) cells obtained by TIRF microscopy with an exposure time of 2 ms. Scale bar 4 um.
Fast, Accurate Scientific CMOS Noise Correction Advances Imaging for Fluorescence Microscopy

New algorithm advances scientific imaging by automatically correcting scientific CMOS-related noise
Gari Clifford (pictured left), professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech, and chair of the Biomedical Informatics Department in the Emory University School of Medicine, and Chethan Pandarinath (pictured right), assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech.
Two BME Faculty Awarded Emory School of Medicine Imagine, Innovate and Impact (I3) Nexus Awards

BME researchers Gari Clifford and Chethan Pandarinath are on interdisciplinary research teams receiving Emory I3 Nexus funding in 2020
Stanislav Emelianov, a jointly appointed professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, and professor in the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech
Stanislav Emelianov Named IEEE Fellow

Innovator in advanced imaging methods appointed IEEE Fellow
Architectural rendering of future Health Sciences Research Building II (HSRB II)
Emory University Breaks Ground on Innovative Biomedical Research Facility

New building will help advance collaborative and translational research
Rob Mannino (B.S. BMED, 2013; Ph.D. BMED, 2018) and Erika Tyburski (B.S. BMED, 2012) were recognized as top young entrepreneurs on the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Two BME Alumni Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur List

Rob Mannino and Erika Tyburski were named to the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list
Ahmet Coskun
The Future of Poster Sessions

Coskun lab presents concept for digital posters for interactive cellular media and bioengineering education
Nate Frank and Mike Weiler
New Enterprise for LymphaTech

Company founded on innovation developed at Georgia Tech forms partnership with leading compression garment manufacturer
BME students Katherine Strickland, Cameron Bennett, and Will Kamnick give their medical device prototype a test run.
Critical Test Runs for BME Capstone Teams

GCMI and T3 Labs help students evaluate device prototypes in clinical setting
Chris Rozell addresses the room during the Intelligent Interactions with the Brain (I2B) Workshop.
New Levels of Brain Understanding

First-time neuro-workshop at Georgia Tech brings together consortium of universities to focus on research, technology, education, and ethics
The winning BME team members are Oscar Gutierrez, Doraville, GA; Ahmed Alnamos, Watertown, MA; Nishani Kanthasamy, Alpharetta, GA; and Sondos Alnamos, Watertown MA. The team’s project sponsor was gastroenterologist Dr. Anand Sagar Jain at Emory Healthcare.
Device that Reduces Risk of Aspiration Wins Biomedical Engineering Category at Capstone Design Expo

Winning BME team Bullseye developed a device to reduce risk of aspiration during upper gastrointestinal procedures
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