About the department
The Department of Biomedical Engineering, in the College of Engineering & Technology, has 25 faculty and teaches across 1 subject area. Labs support biomechanics, biomaterials, biomedical instrumentation, and a design space set up to a medical-device quality standard.
Courses
The department offers courses under these subject codes:
Faculty
| Name | Rank | Areas |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Bwalya | Clinical Associate Professor | human factors in health care; biomedical instrumentation |
| Owen Larsen | Assistant Professor | biomaterials; rehabilitation engineering |
| Talia Bergström | Professor | medical imaging; tissue engineering |
| Nora Ferris | Senior Lecturer | medical device design and regulation; assistive technology |
| Bianca Underwood | Associate Professor | physiological modeling; biomechanics and orthopedics |
| Kwame Fontaine | Clinical Associate Professor | human factors in health care; biomedical instrumentation |
| Camille Adebayo | Assistant Professor | biomaterials; rehabilitation engineering |
| Delia Nguyen | Professor | medical imaging; tissue engineering |
| Priscilla Brenner | Senior Lecturer | medical device design and regulation; assistive technology |
| Ibrahim Cruz | Associate Professor | physiological modeling; biomechanics and orthopedics |
| Wren Yoon | Clinical Associate Professor | human factors in health care; biomedical instrumentation |
| Sana Antonelli | Assistant Professor | biomaterials; rehabilitation engineering |
| Freya Whitfield | Professor | medical imaging; tissue engineering |
| Leon Vasquez | Senior Lecturer | medical device design and regulation; assistive technology |
| Daniel Kowalczyk | Associate Professor | physiological modeling; biomechanics and orthopedics |
| Marisol Marchetti | Clinical Associate Professor | human factors in health care; biomedical instrumentation |
| Lucia Sato | Assistant Professor | biomaterials; rehabilitation engineering |
| Caleb Ibarra | Professor | medical imaging; tissue engineering |
| Marcus Salazar | Senior Lecturer | medical device design and regulation; assistive technology |
| Kendra Groves | Associate Professor | physiological modeling; biomechanics and orthopedics |
| Aisha Molnar | Clinical Associate Professor | human factors in health care; biomedical instrumentation |
| Darnell Okafor | Assistant Professor | biomaterials; rehabilitation engineering |
| Trevor Halvorsen | Professor | medical imaging; tissue engineering |
| Josephine Petrov | Senior Lecturer | medical device design and regulation; assistive technology |
| Renata Aluko | Associate Professor | physiological modeling; biomechanics and orthopedics |
Advising and contact
Students in the department's programs are assigned a faculty adviser; new and prospective students can reach the department office to be connected with the right person. Office hours for every instructor are posted each term.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. This department, its faculty, and its facilities are invented; nothing here describes a real academic unit.