📢 New PATHS-UP IPAB Newsletter – 1st Quarter 2025 📢 We’re excited to share the latest edition of the PATHS-UP Industry Practitioner Advisory Board (IPAB) Newsletter! This issue highlights: âś… Dr. Aydogan Ozcan’s Election to the National Academy of Engineering – Recognizing his contributions to mobile sensing and telepathology. âś… New Startup Spotlight: CardiaTex, Inc. […]
Dr. Aydogan Ozcan Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, Recognized for Contributions to PATHS-UP Research
Dr. Aydogan Ozcan, a distinguished researcher in computational imaging and biomedical sensing, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Class of 2025—one of the highest professional honors in engineering. This prestigious recognition highlights his groundbreaking work in advancing photonics-based sensing and artificial intelligence-driven imaging technologies, which have significantly impacted global healthcare. As […]
2024 Digital Health Workshop Seed Fund Announcements
The 2024 Digital Health Workshop, held on August 27-28, 2024, at Rice University in Houston, brought together experts to drive innovation in digital health for addressing chronic health challenges in both adult and pediatric populations. Organized by the U.S. National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (NSF ERC) funded Precise Advanced Technologies and Health Systems for […]
Dr. Watson Receives Rare ABET Award!
Dr. Watson, the NSF PATHS-UP Workforce Development Director, has been honored with a rare ABET award, celebrating her 30 years of dedicated service to engineering education. This prestigious recognition underscores her impactful contributions to workforce development and her commitment to advancing engineering education. Through her leadership in PATHS-UP, Dr. Watson continues to shape future engineers, […]
Students Win 1st Place at 2024 BMEN Undergraduate Research Symposium
We’re thrilled to announce that three exceptional students from Dr. Hatice Ceylan Koydemir’s lab in Texas A&M University’s Biomedical Engineering Department have secured 1st place in the non-AEMB group at the 2024 BMEN Undergraduate Research Symposium. Their groundbreaking project, titled “Developing a Smartphone Application for Cardiac Health Monitoring,” impressed judges and fellow participants alike. Meet […]
Dr. CotĂ© receives the Texas A&M University Chancellor’s Innovation Award!
Congratulations to Dr. CotĂ© for receiving the 2024 Chancellor’s Innovation Award. This prestigious award acknowledges the outstanding efforts of faculty, staff, and teams who have made transformative and groundbreaking contributions to teaching, research, and service at Texas A&M institutions. The award not only recognizes innovative projects but also provides support for their further development, fostering […]
2023 Digital Health Workshop Seed Fund Winners
The first Digital Health Workshop aimed at catalyzing advancements in digital health toward cardiovascular and diabetes research that addresses the needs of both adult and pediatric populations was held at Rice University, Houston, on August 29-30, 2023. Spearheaded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) Precise Advanced Technologies and Health Systems for Underserved Populations (PATHS-UP), […]
Congratulations to Dr. Sam Mabbott and Cyril Soliman
PATHS-UP Fellows (graduate students) who just finished his Ph.D., Cyril Soliman, as well as one of PATHS-UP faculty, Sam Mabbott (leading the C2C grant) and one of our industry advisor board members, Michael Matthews, vice president of the spectroscopy division at Wasatch Photonics, had an exciting discussion on their work to develop a surface-enhanced Raman […]
PATHS-UP 1st Quarter Newsletter
Here are some exciting updates and upcoming events about our center Annual Report: Our annual report has been completed and handed in early this month. This report provides a comprehensive overview of our center’s research, workforce development, culture of inclusion, and innovation. We are proud of our achievements over the past year, and we look […]
PATHS-UP Get Renewed!
Our center has been renewed for another five years by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This renewal is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our faculty, students, and staff who have contributed to the success of the center. The goals and mission remain unchanged. This funding will allow the center to continue […]
PATHS UP Interns
PATHS-UP graduate students have the opportunity to go to internships with our affiliated industry partners. This is an incredible opportunity for students to get real-world experience in their field of study. PATHS-UP graduates have gone on to work at some of the most renowned companies in the world, and they attribute their success to the […]
2022 Seed Fund Winners
The PATHS-UP Innovation Seed Fund was established to enable the funding of faculty and student- led innovation projects that aligned with the vision and mission of PATHS-UP. The Innovation Ecosystem Team, under the advice of the Industry and Practitioner Advisory Board (IPAB) and approved by the Executive leadership team of PATHS-UP, created the fund with […]
New Thrust 2 Lead!
We have a new Thrust 2 lead, Dr Hatice Ceylan Koydemir. We would however like to first thank Dr. Kristen Maitland for her service within PATHS-UP and wish her all the best in her future endeavours. We recently had a Q&A with our new Thrust 2 lead which is an assistant professor at Texas A&M. […]
PATHS UP in Top 10 Cited Paper of Biosensors 2021
Congratulations to our PATHS-UP team on getting a top 10 cited paper, Sources of Inaccuracy in Photoplethysmography for Continuous Cardiovascular Monitoring  of 2021 in Biosensors. This was a Thrust 3 paper, spear headed by two PhD students, and Dr Jessica Ramella- Roman and her team in FIU. Figure 1 (a) Photoplethysmography (PPG) waveform: 1. systolic peak; 2. […]
REU SUMMER 2022
Every year we welcome a handful of students from around the nation to participate in our Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates. Undergraduates. Students who apply can participate in research at any of our four schools, Texas A&M, UCLA, Rice and FIU. Students have the chance to spend 10 weeks under a graduate mentor researching a […]
National Academy of Inventors names PATHS-UP professors as NAI Fellows and Senior Members
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has elected our PATHS-UP director, Dr. Gerard CotĂ© to NAI Fellow status. The NAI Fellows Program is a highly prestigious program that highlights academic inventors ‘ who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, […]
Young Scholar Invent at The Rio Grande Valley
Our workforce development team joined with PhD students, Lydia Colvin and Kolby Killion recently visited The Rio Grande Valley to run the Young Scholars Invent program. The Young Scholars Invent is a 1.5-day program designed to engage students in a multi-disciplined, multi-level, intense design experience that is focused on solving real-world needs provided by industry […]
April 2022 Publications
Our monthly PATHS-UP publication list in April 2022. Please read the abstracts below : A touch-based multimodal and cryptographic bio-human–machine interface | PNAS The awareness of the individuals’ biological status is critical for creating interactive environments. Accordingly, we devised a multimodal cryptographic bio-human–machine interface (CB-HMI), which seamlessly translates touch-based entries into encrypted biochemical, biophysical, and […]
Dr. Jessica Ramella-Roman Speaking at The Summer 2022 Diabetesmine #DDATA
Dr. Jessica Ramella- Roman, PATHS-UP executive committee member, co-lead of Thrust 3 will be speaking at the upcoming Summer ’22 DiabetesMine D-Data ExChange event. Dr Ramella-Roman specializes in Design of wearable devices for diverse populationsIf you would like to attend the event please use the link provided belowSummer 2022 DiabetesMine D-Data ExChange Tickets, Thu, Jun […]
Wireless device to provide new options for colorectal cancer treatment
PATHS-UP Faculty Member Dr. Sung II Park and his research team were recently featured in a news article involved in the development of a wireless device offering treatment for colorectal cancer. For those diagnosed with colorectal cancer, surgery has been the only option that offers a solution. Unfortunately, surgery is frequently complicated by disease recurrence […]