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Biomedical Engineering
Faculty
Below is a short description
of each faculty member’s activities and interests. More information can
be found on each faculty member’s web page.
Stan Cronk (http://www.coes.LaTech.edu/bme/bme%20subpages/cronk%20_home.htm)
Position: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Degree: Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, LouisianaTech University
Interests: Rehabilitation engineering and human factors.
Activities: Studies of interaction of persons with disabilities
with assistive technology systems. Improvement of these interactions by
increasing throughput and decreasing fatigue. Dr. Cronk examines
human-computer interaction problems, particularly for persons with disabilities
and for senior citizens.
Walter Besio (http://www.latech.edu/~walterb)
Position: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Degree: Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Miama
Interests: Rehabilitation Engineering
Activities: As a direct family member of a deceased C4-5 quadraplegic,
Dr. Besio’s lifetime goal is to develop novel medical devices to
enhance the lives of ill persons and to inspire students who will further
advance the field. He has had 12 years of professional experience in industry
developing electronic and medical devices from prototype through scale up to
the market.
Paul N. Hale, Jr. (http://www.latech.edu/tech/engr/faculty/bme/hale.htm)
Position: Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Dean
for External Programs, Director of the TechnologyTransfer Center, Academic Director of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science
Degree:
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University
Interests: Rehabilitation engineering, human factors engineering,
clinical engineering, and biomedical engineering design.
Activities: Dr. Hale was named Outstanding Biomedical Educator in
1993. Dr. Hale has served on advisory committees and review panels for state
and federal agencies, and is on the Board of Directors of the Biomedical
Engineering Society and RESNA. He is currently the Academic Director of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Don Haynie (http://www.latech.edu/~haynie)
Position
: Associate Professor of Biomedical
Engineering and Physics
Degree: Ph.D. Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University
Interests:
Biothermodynamics, protein
engineering, artificial cells, protein folding and stability, and
electromagnetic bioeffects.
Activities: Development of red blood cell substitutes and
sustained-released drug-delivery systems, creation of robust biocompatible
microcapsules, measurement of the biological effects of short-duration
electromagnetic pulses (ultra wide band pulses).
Steven A.
Jones (http://www.latech.edu/~sajones)
Position: Associate Professor and Program Chair, Biomedical
Engineering
Degree: Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of California at San Diego
Interests:
Biofluid mechanics and biomedical
signal analysis.
Activities: Applications of Doppler novel ultrasound methods to
disease diagnosis, studies of hemodynamic effects on platelet adhesion,
and hemodynamic modeling of vascular access grafts. Dr. Jones is examining
methods for the evaluation of platelet function that involve the adhesion of
platelets to microchannels. He is also studying the role of
platelet-derived Nitric Oxide on platelet adhesion.In the area of Doppler
ultrasound, he is examining the use of multiple-receiver Doppler instruments
for the improvement of singal-to-noise ratios of velocity measurements.
Cheng Luo (http://www.latech.edu/tech/engr/faculty/bme/luo.html)
Position: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Degree: Ph.D. Solid Mechanics, University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Design, modeling and
fabrication of micro/nano systems and their applications to the biomedical
field.
Activities: Current
projects include minimally invasive drug-delivery microsystems, biosensing
technology for rapid parallel detection of five food-borne
pathogens, biomimetic grip and slip sensors for neuroprosthetics, and
fabrication of nano-scale devices using conventional
UV micromanufacturing techniques.
Michael
J. McShane (http://www.latech.edu/~mcshane)
Position: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Degree: Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Interests: Biomedical optics and micromanufactured
biosensors.
Activities: Development of noninvasive devices for monitoring,
diagnosis, therapy, and imaging. Fluorescent sensors for monitoring of cell
function in vitro. Nanosphere-based
sensors for glucose monitoring.
Stanley A. Napper (http://www.latech.edu/tech/engr/faculty/bme/napper.htm)
Position: Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Director, Center
for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Sciences and Acting Dean of
the College of Engineering and Sciences
Degree: Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
Interests:
Artificial intelligence and expert
systems, rehabilitation engineering, systems physiology, mathematical modeling
and computer simulation, biomedical engineering design.
Activities: Dr. Napper has developed capabilities in the
application of mathematical modeling and artificial intelligence to problems of
biomedical engineering. His activities include research in application of
expert systems in rehabilitation, mathematical modeling of physiological
systems, and cognitive orthoses. He currently serves as the Acting Dean
for the College of Engineering and Science and as the Director of the Center for
Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Sciences (CyBERS).
Daniel
D. Reneau
Position: Professor of Biomedical Engineering and President
of Louisiana Tech University
Degree: Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Clemson University
Interests: Oxygen Transport, Physiological Modeling and
Microelectrodes
Activities: Dr. Reneau founded the Biomedical Engineering
department at Louisiana Tech University and currently serves as president of the university.
Charles J. Robinson (http://www.cybers.latech.edu/cjr.html)
Position: Max
T. Watson Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering
and Micromanufacturing
Degree: D.
Sc. Electrical Engineering, Washington University
Interests: Alterations in motor control after central nervous
system injury, augmentative techniques to restore function after motor system
paralysis, quantification of falling potential in the elderly and in amputees,
biomedical and rehabilitation instrumentation, technology for rehabilitation
applications, and somatosensory and urological neurophysiology.
Activities: Dr. Robinson is recognized nationally and
internationally for his contributions to biomedical engineering and
rehabilitation engineering. He was recognized with the IEEE Richard
M. Emberson Award in 2001 for outstanding sustained contributions to the
Institute’s technical objectives through innovated enhancements in
society and corporate leadership, technical publications, conferences,
membership development, and transnational outreach.
Position: Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Degree: Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Interests: Neural Interfaces, neural prostheses, functional
electrical stimulation, neural recording and neural signal processing. Spinal
cord neural circuitry, neuromuscular factors in obstructive sleep apnea.
Activities: Extraction of motor signals from the spinal cord,
neural prostheses for obstructive sleep apnea, floating micro-stimulators for
neural prosthetic applications, and autonomic control of heart rate variability
in obstructive sleep apnea patients.
Roy W.
Schubert (http://www.latech.edu/tech/engr/faculty/bme/schubert.htm)
Position: Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Degree: Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Case Western
Reserve University
Interests: Adaptation of the heart to physiological stress. The
metabolic protective mechanism in short-term hypoxia.In vivomicrosensors
for intracellular measurement of Oxygen, Nitric Oxide and other materials.
Activities:
Optimization of
a microfabricated oxygen sensor. Characterization and adaptation of this
sensor for detection of nitric oxide. Special processes/devices for making
micro-scale bubbles that are filled with physiological gases.
Sidney
Sit
Position: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and
Institute for Micromanufacturing
Degree: Ph.D. Biophysics/Biomedical Engineering, Case Western
Reserve University
Interests:
Micro/Nanoscle
Biomaterials Interfaces. Nanobiotechnology. High throughput system and
combinatorial approach for the rational design of biomedical polymers. Surface
modification and characterization. Molecular and cellular engineering.
Activities: Mechanistic elucidation of
cell-protein-material interactions on a nanometer and molecular scale.
Fabrication of nanopatterned surfaces for controlling cell-material
interactions. Cell micromechanics on polymeric surfaces. Synthesis and
characterization of interfacial properties of molecules for resisting protein
adsorption.
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