The Joint Center of Biocomputing and Digital Health (BDH) is a collaborative research institute established in Spring 2021 by the Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC) and the Health Research Institute (HRI). The research institute was co-founded by HRI member Jingfeng Jiang (BME) and Jinshan Tang. The mission of Joint Center of Biocomputing and Digital Health (BDH) is to conduct research, develop innovative solutions, and provide educational opportunities in the areas of biocomputing and digital health, enhancing Michigan Tech’s ability to recruit and retain high-quality researchers and students, elevating Michigan Tech’s presence in developing technologies for healthcare delivery, and increasing knowledge sharing in the global community.
Director
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Graduate Program Director, Biomedical Engineering
- jjiang1@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1943
- H-STEM 336
Research Interests
- Biomechanics (Bio-solids and Biofluids)
- Medical Image/Signal Processing
- Machine Learning and Computer Vision with Applications in Medical Imaging
- Developments of Ultrasound Technologies for Tissue Characterization
Members
"My success comes only through Allah. In Him I trust and to Him I turn"
—Surah Hud - 88
—Surah Hud - 88
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- kalkhama@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3619
- Rekhi 310
Areas of Interest
- Machine Learning for Medical Image Processing
- Machine Learning in CyberSecurity
- HTML Parsing and Information Retrieval
- Pattern recognition
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Faculty member of Center for Artificial Intelligence at the Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)
- susantag@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2689
- R. L. Smith 829
Postdoctoral Research Experience
- Duke University, Durham
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Technical University of Catalunya, Barcelona
Research Expertise
- Bayesian Machine Learning and Uncertainty Quantification
- Scientific Machine Learning
- Computational Solid Mechanics
- Materials Modeling
- Biomedical Imaging and Inverse Problems
- Director of Research Computing, Information Technology
- Research Associate Professor, Applied Computing
Research Interests
- Parallel computing and visualization
- Design and optimization of supercomputing platform
- Design of computational work flows
- Technological tools for research and teaching
- Interaction of biological matter with nanomaterials
- Electronic structure calculations of nanoclusters
- Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Affiliated Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Affiliated Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- sjhan@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2897
- H-STEM 358
Research Interests
Research Interests
- Mechanobiology
- Traction force by a living cell
- Cell adhesion and migration
- Image data modeling
- Machine learning
- BioMEMS
- Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Affiliated Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- hhatoum@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2852
- H-STEM 352
Links of Interest
Teaching Experience
- BE 4510 and 5510: Cardiovascular Engineering
- BE 3350: Introduction to Human Biomechanics
Research Areas
- Cardiovascular Biomechanics
- Cardiovascular Biofluids
- Fluid Mechanics
- Medical Devices
- Patient-Specific Modeling
- Associate Professor, Applied Computing
- Graduate Program Director, MS in Health Informatics
- Graduate Program Director, PhD in Computational Science and Engineering
- hembroff@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3248
- Rekhi Hall 105
Research Interests
- Human Health-focused ML/DL and Computer Vision
- Large-scale Cybersecurity architectures
- mHealth
- Biometric development
- Intelligent medical devices
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Cybersecurity
- Medical/Health Informatics
- Data Science
- Network Engineering
- Adjunct Professor, Computer Science
Research Interests
- Bioinformatics
- Data Science
- Machine Learning/Deep Learning
- High-performance Computing
- Assistant Professor, Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors
- ejpetush@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3204
- Harold Meese 207
Research Interests
- Injury/Illness Prevention
- Implementation Science
- Information Design
- Risk Assessment and Communication
- Distinguished Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- qsha@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2146
- Fisher 307
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical Genetics
- Applied Statistics
- Professor
- Editor-in-Chief, Forestry Research (ForRes)
- Affiliated Professor, Department of Computer Science & Department of Mathematics
- hairong@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1473
- Noblet Building 176
Software developed by Wei group
- JRmGRN
- Top-down GGM
- Bottom-up GGM
- CollaborativeNet
- TGMI
- TGPred
- HB-PLS
- BWERF
- SPLS
- TF-finder
Research Interests
- Bioinformatics tool and software development
- Identification of genes regulating complex traits via systems biology approaches
- Algorithms for gene network construction;
- Genomics of wood formation
- Functional genomics.
-
Genome Assembly and annotation
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- zhengfux@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3332
- Fisher 306
Link of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Numerical PDE, Scientific computing
- Computational modeling of Nafion material
- Mathematical image processing, inverse problems, nonlinear optics
- Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Affiliated Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- chunxiuy@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2353
- HSTEM 335
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Neuroengineering
- Brain Stimulation (Optogenetic and Electrical)
- Neural Signal Processing
- Brain-Computer Interface
- Brain and Behavior (Parkinson's Disease, Depression, Stroke, and Addiction)
BME Research Areas
- Biosensors and Biomedical Instrumentation
- Biomedical Optics and Ultrasound
- Assistant Professor, Computer Science
- jyue@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1726
- Rekhi Hall 203
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Computer Architecture
- Operating System
- System Optimization of Big Data Process
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- kuiz@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2918
- Fisher 211
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical Genetics and Genomics
- Bioinformatics
- Biostatistics
- Applied Statistics
- Research Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- yzhang49@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2546
- Dow 722
Links of Interest
Positions Available
- Ph.D. Research Assistantship
- Previous experiences in molecular biology, cell biology, and animal studies are preferred
- Send CV to yzhang49@mtu.edu
- Assistant Professor, Health Informatics, Applied Computing
- Affiliated Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mathematical Sciences
- whzhou@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2666
- Rekhi Hall 109
Teaching Interests
- Medical Informatics
- Medical Image Analysis
Areas of Expertise
- Image Processing and Computer Vision
- Machine Learning
- Medical Image Analysis
- Health Informatics
- Text Mining
Affiliated Members
- Deep Learning Scientist, Sail Biomedicines
- ICC Affiliated Member
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Machine/Deep Learning (Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing)
- Drug Discovery & Delivery, Cheminformatics, Lipids, RNA Therapeutics
- Astrophysics, Cosmological Simulations