Department of

Bioengineering

Engineering innovative solutions to modern problems in medicine and biology


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Researchers

Overview

Penn State Bioengineering research has evolved from its initial focus on cardiovascular health, disease, and devices, to a diversity of research areas including mechanobiology, BioMEMs, medical imaging, biophotonics and biomaterials.   In addition, many Penn State bioengineering researchers are part of major centers focusing on obesity and diabetes, cancer, nanofabrication, and materials science.  Please explore around our website for details on our research interests.

Research Areas

Research Areas

Research Labs

Research Labs

Faculty

Faculty

Student Research

Please see the following link for examples of graduate student research.  More information can be found on the research lab web pages.

The 2nd Annual Bioengineering Research Day 2008
10am, 15 February at the University Conference Center, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. more information (pdf)

Facilities

University Core Facilities

Penn State also has numerous scientific facilities available to the PI.  Some examples are listed below.  Reviewers are encouraged to visit the web pages of these facilities to see their capabilities.

University Park


Center for Computational Biology   

http://www.lsc.psu.edu/stf/ccb/home.html

Center for Quantitative Cell Analysis  

http://www.lsc.psu.edu/stf/cqca/home.html

Electron Microscope Facility

http://www.lsc.psu.edu/stf/em/home.html

Hybridoma and Cell Culture Laboratory

http://www.lsc.psu.edu/stf/hccl/home.html

Nucleic Acid Facility

http://www.lsc.psu.edu/stf/naf/home.html

Intercollegiate Mass Spectrometry Center

http://www.lsc.psu.edu/stf/imsc/home.html

DNA Microarray Facility

http://sgio2.biotec.psu.edu/

Microfab facility

http://www.ee.psu.edu/MICROFAB/index.html

NSF-National Nanofab facilities  

http://www.nanofab.psu.edu/

Hershey Medical Center


Cell Science/Flow Cytometry Core Facility

http://www.lsc.psu.edu/stf/mcf/home.html

Macromolecular Core Facility 

http://www.lsc.psu.edu/stf/mcf/home.html

Molecular Genetics Core Facility

http://www.lsc.psu.edu/stf/mgcf/home.html

Transgenic Core Facility  

http://www.lsc.psu.edu/stf/tcf/home.html

Additional Services/Research Resources

http://www.lsc.psu.edu/stf/asrr/home.html