BEAM Faculty
The UBES Faculty Advisor
Who is Dr. Tate?
What BEAM stands for?
What is Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics?
What BME stands for
What is Biomedical Engineering?
Two campus buildings that together house the majority of VT BEAM research labs
What are Norris and Kelly Halls?
What is a fitness tracker/personal smart watch?
The BME Undergraduate Academic and Career Advisor
Who is Amanda Sandridge?
The year in which the VT BEAM department was officially established
What is 2004?
A common imaging technique used to visualize soft tissues in the body
What is MRI?
A Virginia Tech lab that developed the STAR rating system to quantify sports-related concussion risk
What is The Helmet Lab?
This biomedical technology allows doctors to monitor the electrical activity of the heart
What is an electrocardiogram?
Two married BME professors
Who are Drs. Sara and Chris Arena?
The BEAM department's biomechanics and human performance lab
What is the Granata Lab?
A commonly used material in biomedical implants due to its biocompatibility and strength
What is titanium?
Virginia Tech's Granata lab has partnered with this major footwear company for human biomechanics research
What is Nike?
This technology used in BME research delivers targeted drug treatments directly to cancer cells
What is nanoparticle drug delivery?
A professor of practice with 40 years of pediatric pulmonology experience
Who is Dr. Muelenaer?
The school partnered with Virginia Tech's School of Biomedical Engineering
The primary function of a pacemaker in the human body
What is heart rhythm regulation?
Dr. Eli Vlaisavljevich's lab developed a new histotrispy ablation technology to mechanically ablate cancerous tumors using this imaging technology
What is Ultrasound?
What is CRISPR-Cas9?
Two VT professors who have contributed to three textbooks used for online, asynchronous BMES courses
Who are Drs. Rowson and Duma?
The major research institute at Virginia Tech that closely collaborates with the BEAM department on biomedical research
ICTAS
What is polylactic acid (PLA) or collagen?
This neurotrauma-prone population is the focus of research at Virginia Tech's Traumatic Nerve Technologies lab
Who are veterans/military personnel?
This advanced imaging technique uses radioactive tracers and is often used in cancer diagnosis
What is Positron Emission Tomography (PET)?