Faculty & Staff - Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Mohamed Mahfouz, Course Director
Dr. Mohamed Mahfouz has been with the University of Tennessee since 2004 and now serves as the Biomedical Engineering's Undergraduate Program Coordinator. He received both his B.S. and M.S. in Systems and Biomedical Engineering from Cairo University followed by a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Denver. In 2002, he received his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He co-heads one of the largest labs on campus, the Center for Musculoskeletal Research, which specializes in multiple areas of research including microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), surgical navigation, 3D bone and tissue reconstruction, mathematical modeling, in vivo kinematic and kinetic analyses of the human body, and design and failure analyses of orthopedic implants. Perhaps his largest research interest is the project titled, "Operating Room of the Future, " which combines many of his research applications to develop tools that will improve and enhance Computer Aided Orthopedic Surgery that is used during Total Knee Arthroplasty surgeries. Bioinstrumentation, Multi-dimensional Medical Image Analysis, MEMS, and Biomedical Senior Design are among the classes that he has taught over the past few years.
Lyndsay Smith, Teaching Assistant
Lyndsay Smith began working with Dr. Mohamed Mahfouz as a Graduate Research Assistant in 2005, shortly after completing her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee. During her time as a graduate student she worked on many projects including anthropomorphic classification and measurements, bone segmentation and 3D model creation from CT scans, building 3D sex-specific bone atlases, and NURBS model construction. In 2007 she completed her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering and now works as a Research Associate in the CMR lab, heading a team of undergraduate research assistants on some of the same projects that she worked on throughout her time as a student.
Michael Kuhn, Course Instructor
Michael J. Kuhn received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering and the B.S. degree in computer science from the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, in 2004, and the M.S. degree in engineering science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, in 2008. He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee.
Since 2005 he has worked as a researcher for the Center for Musculoskeletal Research at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. He has published and presented at numerous international conferences in the fields of biomedical engineering and also microwave and antenna engineering. His current research interests include medical applications of UWB, numerical techniques in microwave engineering, orthopedic surgical navigation, and medical imaging.
Mr. Kuhn received the Ph.D. Fellowship in 2005 from the College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee.
Emam ElHak Abdel Fatah, Course Instructor
Emam ElHak Abdel Fatah received the B.S. degree in biomedical and system engineering from Cairo university , in 2002. He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee.
In 2002, he was research and development engineer in IBE Tech. Cairo, Egypt where he was involved in the development of 3D and 4D ultrasound solutions. In 2003 he joined IBM Egypt as part of the development team of IBM WBI Modeler and collaboration. Since 2005 he has worked as a researcher for the Center for Musculoskeletal Research at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. He has published and presented at numerous journals and international conferences in the fields of biomedical engineering and image processing. His current research interests include medical imaging, surgical navigation, implant design, statistical and mathematical modeling of bones and 3-D bones reconstruction.
Mr. Fatah received the Graduate assistantship in 2005 from the College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee.