NJIT's Department of Biomedical Engineering has an exciting and rapidly-growing research program. Although the department was founded only four years ago, faculty members have garnered more than $2 million annually in research support. Studies currently underway cover such cutting-edge technologies as stem cell applications in tissue regeneration, vision and neural engineering, bioMEMS, motion analysis and rehabilitation engineering, biomaterials and biopolymers.

• Read an overview of research in the department of biomedical engineering from NJIT Alumni Magazine, Winter 2005.
• Read about NJIT's concentration in neural engineering in the 2003-2004 President's Annual Report.
• Read about other research in the applied life sciences in the 2003-2004 President's Annual Report.
• Read about aging and biomedical engineering (pdf, 7.2MB) in NJIT Alumni Magazine, Winter 2002.

Featured Research

REGENERATING TISSUE WITH STEM CELLS: Treena Livingston Arinzeh, associate professor of biomedical engineering, won a prestigious NSF Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers to support her work with adult stem cells. Read more.

USING ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY: Richard Foulds and Sergei Adamovich, associate professors of biomedical engineering, are using virtual reality and robotics to help patients of stroke and cerebral palsy. Read more.

PLAYING VIDEOGAMES: Sergei Adamovich explains how playing videogames can be useful in the rehabilitation of cerebral palsy patients.  Read more.

UNDERSTANDING BRAIN FUNCTION: Tara Alvarez, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is studying how the brain divides and controls its tasks to send and receive information. Read more.

DEVELOPING NOVEL BIOMATERIALS: Michael Jaffe, research professor of biomedical engineering, is developing biomaterials for medical use from corn derivatives. Read more.