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F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Biomedical Engineering

Research

Biomedical engineering involves the application of engineering principles to problems in medicine and biology that develop new knowledge, advanced sensors and devices and improved health care. Research specialties include: biomaterials, bio-photonics, cardiovascular mechanics, nanomedicine, neural engineering, spectroscopic imaging, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

Because of the multidisciplinary nature of the biomedical engineering research projects, the faculty of the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering collaborates with investigators in many units across the University of Kentucky campus, including the Colleges of Engineering, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Arts & Science; the Centers for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy and Membrane Science and the Advanced Science and Technology Commercialization Center and Institute For Sustainable Manufacturing.

Undergraduate Research

You don’t need to wait for graduate school to participate in cutting-edge biomedical engineering research.

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Laboratories

Explore the research laboratories housed in the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering and the investigators directing the labs.

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Facilities

The F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering provides space, equipment and staff support for multidisciplinary research in the application of engineering principles to problems in medicine and the biological sciences. One huge benefit to biomedical engineering research at UK is that the Medical Center and the College of Engineering are housed within a short walking distance of each other.

The department occupies the newly renovated 5th floor of the Robotics and Manufacturing Building. In addition to individual faculty laboratories, the department’s shared-use and collaborative environment offers capabilities that include: design and development of smart medical devices, electromechanical testing (compression, tension, and bending), microcomputed tomography, diffuse optical spectroscopy and tomography, advanced signal processing of cardiovascular and neural phenomena, computational analysis of musculoskeletal systems and evaluation of cellular and tissue mechanics.

Fall 2026 Seminars

Wednesdays at 3:00 pm unless otherwise stated* Robotics and Manufacturing Building, Room 323

Week Date Title/Topic Speaker Affiliation
1 8/26/2026 First Week - No Class/Seminar    
2 9/2/26 Simplified Sample Preparation Tools for Environmental Monitoring Dr. Soroosh Torabi Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Kentucky
3 *9/9/26 (4-6 PM) Engineering Research Gathering PCoE Colleagues University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering
4 9/16/26 No Seminar    
5 9/23/26 No Seminar   Emory University
6 9/30/26 AI & Advanced Library Resources for Research Topics Helene Gold University of Kentucky, STEM Librarian W.T. Young Library
7 10/7/26 Bioresponsive Materials for Engineering Tissue Regeneration Dr. John Martin Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati
8 10/14/26 (Industry Speaker) Title Forthcoming Dr. Paul Martin Inovia Pharmaceuticals
9 10/21/26 BMES Annual Meeting - No Class/Seminar    
10 10/28/26 (Muscoloskeletal Biomechanics) Title Forthcoming Dr. Michael Samaan Kinesiology and Health Promotion, University of Kentucky
11 11/4/26 (Drug Delivery/Immunotherapies) Title Forthcoming Dr. Vincent Venditto College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky
12 11/11/26 (Drug Delivery/Nanopolymers) Title Forthcoming Dr. Yousoon Bae Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky
13 11/18/26 (Lipoproteins and Metabolism) Title Forthcoming Dr. Diego Lucero College of Medicine, Physiology Dept., University of Kentucky
14 11/25/26 Thanksgiving Break - No Class/Seminar  
 
15 12/2/26 TBA    

 

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