Politecnico di Milano

Faculty Supporting M.S. Degree with Politecnico di Milano

Faculty listed on this page will accept students from Politecnico di Milano to pursue their M.S. research for six months.

James H. Adair
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Pharmacology

407 Steidle Building
814-863-6047 (office)
814-360-4654 (cell)
jha3@psu.edu


Igor Aronson
Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Mathematics

504 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Building
814-867-6260
isa12@psu.edu


Larry Cheng

814-863-5945
Huanyu.Cheng@psu.edu

Research Interests: stretchable electronics; transient sensors; advanced manufacturing


Francesco Costanzo
Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering

W-315 Millennium Science Complex
814-863-2030
fxc8@psu.edu

Research Interests: Computational biomechanics of neurovascular coupling, computational biomechanics of the clothing and lysis of blood for applications in cardiovascular devices; computational biomechanics of tissue engineering.

Website: http://www.esm.psu.edu/Faculty/Costanzo/


Nikki Crowley
Assistant Professor, Biology and Biomedical Engineering

nzc27@psu.edu

Research Interests: neuropeptide transmission throughout the brain, using cell-specific and pathway-specific manipulations to understand how peptides alter neuronal signaling and behavior, particularly in the context of stress and drug use


Nikolay V. Dokholyan
G. Thomas Passananti Professor
Vice Chair for Research
Department of Pharmacology
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Penn State College of Medicine
Department of Chemistry
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Director, The Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Office: HCAR 3049
717- 531-5177
dokh@psu.edu

Website: http://dokhlab.org/


Patrick Drew

W-317 Millennium Science Complex
814-863-1473

Research Interests: Neurovascular coupling, cerebrospinal fluid flow, brain mechanics.

Website: https://www.drew-lab.org/


Bruce J. Gluckman
Director, Center for Neural Engineering
Director, Cross Disciplinary Neural Engineering Predoctoral Program

BruceGluckman@psu.edu

Research Interests: Epilepsy, device development for long-term in-vivo measurements, computational modeling of neural systems, sleep regulation, brain-computer interfaces, neurological, mental health, and aging diseases.


Raj Kothapalli
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Penn State Cancer Institute

325 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Building
814-863-1473
szk416@psu.edu

Research Interests: BioPhotonics, Photoacoustics, Molecular Imaging, Wearable Sensing, Functional Ultrasound


Xiao Liu
Assistant Professor

431 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Building
814-863-4419
xxl213@psu.edu


Scott Medina
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

511 CBE Building
814-863-4758
shm126@psu.edu

Research Interests: Nanomedicine, drug delivery, bioimaging, antimicrobials, microbiome engineering, molecular self-assembly.


Spencer Szczesny

ses297@psu.edu

Research Interests: tendon mechanics and mechanobiology, multiscale mechanical testing, computational modeling, regenerative medicine, developmental biology


Pak Kin Wong
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Surgery

Website: http://www.bioe.psu.edu/labs/sbl/


Jian Yang
Professor of Biomedical Engineering

W340 Millennium Science Complex
814-865-1278
jxy30@psu.edu


Research Areas

Contact Information

  • Pak Kin Wong
    Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
    pak@engr.psu.edu
    814-863-5267

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The Department of Biomedical Engineering administers the undergraduate major in biomedical engineering, and is a part of the university-wide Intercollege Graduate Degree Program, offering both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering. Our work combines traditional engineering principles with medicine and technology for the betterment of human health and society. 

Department of Biomedical Engineering

122 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Building

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802-4400

Phone: 814-863-6614

Email: bme@engr.psu.edu