Biomedical Engineering Reference
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Biography
JosephTranquillo
is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Bucknell University where
he has been a faculty member since 2005. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in biomedical
engineering from Duke University (Durham, NC) and Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from
Trinity College (Hartford, CT). His teaching interests are in biomedical signals and systems, neural and
cardiac electrophysiology, and medical device design. His research interests are in electrophysiology of the
heart and brain, high performance biocomputing, and the non-linear dynamics of coupled oscillators. He
is an elected member of Sigma Xi and Heart Rhythm, a member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine
and Biology and Biomedical Engineering Society, and serves as a member-at-large on the Biomedical
Engineering Division of the American Society of Engineering Education. When not teaching or doing
research, he enjoys improvisational dance and music, running marathons, backpacking, brewing Belgian
beers and raising his two children Laura and Paul.
