Biomedical Engineering
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Mark
Prausnitz, a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, holds an array of polymer microneedles that are
approximately 1,000 microns tall.
Georgia
Tech Photo: Gary Meek
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Biomedical Engineering: use of engineering methods and technology
to solve problems in medical research and clinical healthcare
Current Studies
- Biomaterials: surfaces for enhanced cell function; block
co-polypeptide hydrogels; plasma-assisted film formation.
- Bioreactors: large-scale production of engineered tissues
for human implantation.
- Combinatorial Synthesis: polymeric tissue engineering
materials.
- Drug Delivery: intracellular and transdermal delivery
of drug and genes.
- Hemodynamics: effects on vascular endothelial biology.
- High-Throughput Screening: development of cell-surface
assays.
- Mathematical Modeling: processes at the cellular, tissue
and physiologic levels.
- Microfabrication: lithographic methods for tissue scaffold
fabrication; microneedles for drug delivery.
- Neural Science and Engineering: development of assays
for studying neural circuits, behavior, and regeneration
- Sickle Cell Anemia: mechanisms of sickle red blood cell
adherence to endothelium.
- Tissue Engineering: blood vessel substitutes; bioartificial
pancreas; novel tissue scaffolds.
- Ultrasound: effects on transmembrane transport and cellular
processes.
Participating Faculty
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