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Biomedical Engineering Program

College of Engineering

Meet the Students

BME Students Sreedevi Mallarapu Joanna Pakirah Manjeera Saripalli Kevin Bowlyn Cleveland Rayford II Mohamed Ahmed Jian Fang Nishi Garg Tamara Hill Sheheeda Miriam Manakkado Swetha Murali Swetha Ravichandran Dharam Botadra Swanand Kulkarni Shrikanth Soundararajan Sree Chintapalli Sergio Valadez

Front row from left to right: Jian Fang, Nishi Garg, Sreedevi Mallarapu, Joanna Pakirah, Manjeera Saripalli, Tamara Hill, Sheheeda Miriam Manakkado, Swetha Murali, and Swetha Ravichandran.

Back row from left to right: Dharam Botadra, Swanand Kulkarni, Shrikanth Soundararajan, Sree Chintapalli, Kevin Bowlyn, Sergio Valadez, Cleveland Rayford II, and Mohamed Ahmed.

Not shown: Harsha Chintapalli.

Sreedevi Mallarapu

Undergraduate Degree: Biotechnology

Courses Taken: Digital Ultrasound Physics, Bio Research Ethics, Biomedical Semainar, Independent Study, and Biomedical Equipment.

Areas of Interest: Biomaterials.

Joanna Floria Pakiraih

Undergraduate Degree: Biomedical Engineering

Courses Taken: Diagnostic Ultrasound Physics, Biomedical Equipment, Bioresearch Ethics, BME Seminar, Independent Study.

Areas of Interest: Pattern Recognition and Medical Control Systems.

Manjeera Saripalli

Undergraduate Degree: B. Tech in Biotechnology, SRM University, Chennai, India

Courses Taken: Probability and Stochastic processes for Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Imaging, Advanced Topics in Biomedical Engineering, Diagnostic Ultrasound Physics, Imaging and Information System in Healthcare (Electronic Systems Technologies), Human Psychophysiology, and Seminar.

Areas of Interest: Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biomaterials and Biomechanics, Immunology and Infectious Deseases.

Kevin Bowlyn

Undergraduate Degree:

Courses Taken: Biomedical Engineering Seminar, Biomedical Capstone Design, Biomedical Research Ethics, Probability and Random Variables, Biomedical Imaging, Diagnostic Ultrasound Physics and Special Problems in Physiology.

Areas of Interest: Biomaterials and Computational Medicine.

Cleveland E. Rayford, II

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduate Degree: M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Courses Taken:

Areas of Interest: Tomosynthesis, Bioimaging.

Mohamed E. Ahmed

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. in Electronic Systems Technology Specialized in Biomedical Equipment Technology

Courses Taken: Introductions to Biomedical Instrumentation, Biomedical Instrumentation Lab, Imaging Information System, Human Physiology, Signal Processing and Linear Systems, Biomedical Engineering Seminar, Introduction to Discreet Logic Digital System, Digital Circuit Design, Probability and Random Process, Diagnostic Ultra Sound Imaging, Analytical Spectroscopy, and Computer Organization Design.

Areas of Interest: Biomedical Instrumentation, Biomedical Imaging and Biomechanics.

Harsha Chintapalli

Undergraduate Degree: Biotechnology

Courses Taken: Biomedical Imaging, Probability and Statistics, Diagnostic Ultrasound Physics.

Areas of Interest: Bioinformatics.