faculty
FACULTY
Primary Biomedical Engineering Faculty
Lalit Verma, Ph.D. (BENG 5801)
Program Director and Department Head
204 Engineering Hall
lverma@uark.edu
Mahendra
Kavdia, Ph.D. (BENG 4203, 4213, 5203, 5233)
212 Engineering Hall
computational biology and
medicine; mathematical modeling of biological systems; nitric oxide,
reactive oxygen and reactive nitrogen species biotransport; signal
transduction; cellular engineering; endothelial cell dysfunction; blood
substitutes; molecular mechanisms of diabetes, age and reperfusion
related vascular complications; bio-MEMS; biosensors.
mkavdia@uark.edu
Jin-Woo
Kim, Ph.D. (BENG 5213, 5253)
232 Engineering Hall
bioinformatics, bio-MEMS and
nanotechnology
jwkim@uark.edu
Yanbin
Li,
Ph.D. (BENG 4113, 4123, 5103, 5123)
230 Engineering Hall
biosensors, bioimaging and
bioinstrumentation
yanbinli@uark.edu
G.
Scott
Osborn, Ph.D. (BENG 5223)
216 Engineering Hall
biological systems modelling, heat
and mass transfer
gsosborn@uark.edu
Vijay Varadan, Ph.D.
Engineering Research Center
neurosensors, nanotechnology, noninvasive glucose sensors
vjvesm@engr.uark.edu
Kaiming Ye, Ph.D. (BENG 5233)
215 Engineering Hall
molecular cell biology, biosensing
and bioimaging, gene therapy, stem cell engineering
kye@uark.edu
Supporting Faculty
Simon Ang, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering UAF
neurosensors, biosensors,
microfabrication
ssa@engr.uark.edu
Fred D. Barlow, III, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering UAF
microwave imaging and fabrication
fbarlow@uark.edu
Sreekala Bajwa, Ph.D.
Biological Engineering UAF
image processing, remote sensing
sgbajwa@uark.edu
Robert
Beitle, Ph.D. (BENG 5233)
3191 Bell Engineering Center
protein separation, membrane
transport, drug delivery
rbeitle@engr.uark.edu
Keith Burgers, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering UAF
power electronics, devices
kcb@uark.edu
Julie
Carrier, Ph.D. (BENG 5230L)
227 Engineering Hall
nutraceuticals, cell culture,
bioprocessing
carrier@uark.edu
Ed Clausen, Ph.D.
Chemical Engineering UAF
nutraceuticals and cell culture
eclause@uark.edu
Rick Couvillion, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering UAF
biomechanics
rjc@uark.edu
Russell
Deaton, Ph.D. (BENG/CSCE
5123)
324 Engineering Hall
bioinformatics, DNA computing
rdeaton@uark.edu
Jeannine
Durdik, Ph.D. (BENG 5243)
525 Science and Engineering Building
molecular immunology, gene
stability, immune response control
jdurdik@uark.edu
Magda El-Shenawee, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering UAF
signal processing, microwave
imaging
magda@uark.edu
Ingrid Fritsch, Ph.D.
Chemistry and Biochemistry UAF
chip-based bioanalytical methods,
electrochemistry
ifritsch@uark.edu
Ernie Heymsfield, Ph.D.
Civil Engineering UAF
numerical methods, computational
dynamics
ernie@uark.edu
John Kirby, Ph.D.
Poultry Science UAF
cell and molecular biology
jkirby@uark.edu
Marty Matlock, Ph.D.
Biological Engineering UAF
risk assessment, ecological
engineering and public health
mmatlock@uark.edu
Ajay
Malshe, Ph.D. (BENG 5243)
215 Mechanical Engineering Building
biomaterials, durable micro- and
nanosystems, nanomanufacturing, bio-abio interfaces
apm2@engr.uark.edu
Z. Ryan Tian, Ph.D.
2653 Chemistry and Biochemistry
bionanomaterials, bionanosensors, nanodrugs, stem cell/ tissue growth
http://www.uark.edu/depts/cheminfo/uarkchem/facultystaff/faculty/Tian/index.html
rtian@uark.edu
Ashok
Saxena, Ph.D. (BENG 5243)
4187 Bell Engineering Center
fracture analysis of biomaterials
asaxena@engr.uark.edu
Neil Schmitt, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering UAF
signal processing
nms@engr.uark.edu
Panneer Selvam, Ph.D.
Civil Engineering UAF
biomaterials computer modelling
using solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, nanotechnology modelling
rps@engr.uark.edu
Jiunn Teo, Ph.D.
Chemical Engineering UAF
protein micromembranes
jteo@uark.edu
Steve Tung, Ph.D. (BENG 5253)
214 Mechanical Engineering Building
bio-MEMS, nanotechnology
chstung@uark.edu
