Research Topics
- Artificial intelligence
- Biodevices
- Biomaterials and biomechanics
- Computational mechanics
- Human vibration research
- Mechanical design
- Medical imaging
- Molecular biophysics
- Motion capture
- Physiology
- Photonics/optical sensors
- Sensors
- Tissue engineering
- Wireless communication
Biotechnology News
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ITI faculty affiliates play critical role in multi-institutional biomanufacturing project
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Ankrum, Sander awarded NIH grant to improve wound healing therapies
ITI affiliate researches new potential for old tool to detect Parkinson’s disease
Research Labs
Director: Salam Rahmatalla, professor of civil and environmental engineering, professor of biomedical engineering
Phone: (319) 335-5657
Email: salam-rahmatalla@uiowa.edu
Website: 3D Bio-Motion Research Lab
Research topics:
- Human vibration research
- Motion capture
![ATV Virtual Reality simulator](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-12/ATV-virtual-reality.jpeg)
Director: Edward Sander, associate professor of biomedical engineering
Phone: (319) 384-2862
Email: edward-sander@uiowa.edu
Website: 3MT Laboratory
Research topics:
- Biomaterials and biomechanics
- Computational mechanics
- Tissue engineering
![Mariam El-Hattab on lab equipment](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-12/3MT-Sander-Lab-Researcher-ElHattib.jpg)
Director: James Ankrum, assistant professor of biomedical engineering
Phone: (319) 335-7512
Email: james-ankrum@uiowa.edu
Website: Ankrum Lab
Research topics:
- Biomaterials and biomechanics
- Physiology
- Tissue engineering
![James Ankrum watching over student researchers](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-12/Ankrum-lab-photo.jpeg)
Director: Jia Lu, professor of mechanical engineering
Email: jia-lu@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-6405
Website: Biomechanics Lab
Research topics:
- Mechanics of soft tissues
- Computational mechanics
- Nonlinear elasticity
- Inverse problems
Director: Suresh Raghavan, professor of biomedical engineering
Email: ml-raghavan@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5704
Website: BioMOST Lab
Research topics:
- Biomaterials and biomechanics
- Computational mechanics
![Researchers working in the BioMOST Lab](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-11/2020_10_20-Engineering%20ITI%20BioMOST%20Lab%20jatorner%20-0143.jpg)
Director: Michael Schnieders, associate professor of biomedical engineering, assistant professor of biochemistry
Phone: (319) 335-7891
Email: michael-schnieders@uiowa.edu
Website: Computational Biomolecular Engineering Lab
Research topics:
- Artificial intelligence
- Biomaterials and biomechanics
- Molecular biophysics
Director: Jennifer Fiegel, associate professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences and experimental therapeutics
Email: jennifer-fiegel@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5162
Website: Fiegel Lab
Research topic: Biomaterials
Director: Yang Liu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
Email: yang-liu-ece@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 467-0918
Website: Integrated Imaging and Cyberphysical System Laboratory
Research topics:
- Artificial intelligence
- Medical imaging
- photonics/optical sensors
- Sensors
![Researchers wearing Smartgoggles](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-12/Smart-goggles-research.jpg)
Director: Shaoping Xiao, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: shaoping-xiao@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-6009
Website: Multiscale Computational Science and Engineering Laboratory
![Shaoping Xiao provides a Kuka robot demonstration](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-11/2019_03_01-ENG%20Kuka%20robot%20demonstration%20jatorner%20-0026.jpg)
Director: Al Ratner, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: albert-ratner@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 384-0883
Website: Ratner Research Group
Research topic: Biodevices
Director: Syed Mubeen, assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering
Email: syed-mubeen@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5813
Website: Syed Mubeen Research Group
Research topic: Biodevices
![Mubeen group photo](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-12/Mubeen-group-photo.jpg)
Director: Fatima Toor, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, assistant professor of physics and astronomy
Email: fatima-toor@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-6071
Lab: Toor Lab
Research topics:
- Biodevices
- Photonics/optical sensors
- Sensors
![Fatima Toor with student researchers](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-12/Toor-solar-screening-device.jpeg)
Director: Xiaodong Wu, professor of electrical and computer engineering and radiation oncology
Phone: (319) 335-6490
Email: xiaodong-wu@uiowa.edu
Website: Xiaodong Wu Research Group
Research topics:
- Artificial intelligence
- Medical imaging