Biological engineering in the MuBeta Lab
If biological engineering is so broad, what is MuBeta’s focus?
Although biological engineering encompasses bioprocess engineering, genetic/cell engineering, biomedical engineering, agricultural and food engineering, a large concentration of the MuBeta Lab's focus is biomedical imaging (a subcategory of biomedical engineering). Our current research projects involve lung imaging, vessel and cell imaging, as well as the development of imaging techniques.
Biomedical imaging strives to:
Develop techniques and processes to create images of living human and animal bodies...
... for the purpose of:
Medical science
Medical procedure
Engineering science
Our research is motivated by vascular disease, the leading cause of death in the developed world. We are developing approaches to map vascular flow and shear, for the first time in a three-dimensional sense. This allows researchers to explore the relationship between blood rheology and cellular function when vascular disease is present. We also hope that our advancements in biotechnology will aid the development of diagnostic tools which may be employed not only for the health sector, but also to more traditional engineering fields of automotive, maritime, aeronautical, and general research sectors.
A full breakdown of our dominant areas of research interest are listed below.
Our research endeavours
Follow the links below for synopses of our current research projects:
Lung imaging
Synchrotron imaging
Ventilator design
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Vascular PIV
Synchrotron imaging
Laser imaging
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Cell rheology
Development of image processing techniques
Software design
Optics design
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