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Designs

As a Web Content Developer for the Florida International University Biomedical Engineering (BME) department, I worked in multimedia content creation and collaborated with marketing teams across the university to design a plethora of promotional materials such as banners, booklets, and flyers for out-of-state conferences and nation-wide mailing to highlight the department’s educational programs, national rankings, and achievements. Below are examples of these designs!

Video Sample

The presentation video below is was created for the BME department to highlight achievements from faculty and students, and promote funding and research opportunities for prospective undergraduate or graduate applicants. Various iterations of this video were displayed in the annual Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) conferences around the country.

Written Publications (Select)

Florida International University

AI-Powered Collaborations With Baptist Health to Advance Cardiovascular Healthcare

Dr. Joshua Hutcheson, BME Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, has been working closely with Dr. Tom Nguyen, chief of the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute at Baptist Health, to employ artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle cardiovascular health challenges and innovations. Read more

Ph.D. Graduate Dr. Beatriz Herrera Elected as Outstanding Graduate Student

All her life, Beatriz Herrera was surrounded by the medical field and stories from her mother, who was a family doctor and brought Beatriz along with her while she worked. These experiences sparked an interest in medicine and biology for Beatriz from a young age, which motivated her to pursue them further in graduate school, alongside physics and neuroscience. Read more

Dr. Oleksii Shandra Receives $758,000 Award From U.S. Department of Defense

Dr. Oleksii Shandra, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, received a $758,808 Virtual Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Research Center Faculty Award from the Department of Defense’s (DoD) U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command. Read more

Biomedical Engineering Department Presents Eighth Annual Heart Day Symposium

This year’s Heart Day Symposium was better than ever! On Friday, Feb. 14, the BME Department presented the eighth annual Heart Day Symposium at FIU. The event was an opportunity for students and faculty from around the country to have discussions on research and challenges being studied in cardiovascular medicine.  Read more

Caplin News

The Power of TikTok: How the entertainment platform is shaking up music charts in America

Over the past two years, the popular entertainment app TikTok has changed how songs perform in the United States on music-streaming platforms and record charts like Apple Music, Spotify, Shazam, Amazon Music and the Billboard Hot 100.  Read more

The Sunset 4 play the Beatles at Miami Beach Youth Music Festival

A band of talented young musicians is making its mark on South Florida’s music scene. Playing covers of Beatles music, the Sunset 4 are demonstrating their many musical talents by playing a classic catalog.  Read more

Safe Space Sessions: Fighting Sexual Assault in the Music Industry

Three months ago, Val Varela, a Miami punk rocker with short pink hair and a profane mouth, was scrolling through the internet when she came upon a series of horrendous stories about sexual assault, pedophilia and grooming in the music industry. Read more

Three best Miami musicians to discover this fall

Despite the pandemic, Miami’s music scene has continued pumping out new music. Three musicians  — Rick Guerre, Monterrey, and Palomino Blond — are contributing with new music and renewed energy. They each recently spoke to the Caplin News about their careers, from early starts to their latest musical releases. Read more

Genius

Minnie Riperton Biography

One of the most well-known vocalists to come out of the 1970s, singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton stands as a great influential figure for the Soul genre and many artists within this style of music. Read more

Minnie Riperton: Lovin' You Biography

The most well-known song from Minnie Riperton’s album Perfect Angel and her entire discography to date, “Lovin’ You” is a Soul serenade that describes the songstress’ immense love for her child, actress, and comedian Maya Rudolph.  Read more

Al Green: Let's Stay Together Biography

Known as the biggest hit from legendary singer Al Green, “Let’s Stay Together” is an irresistible romantic Soul track that’s perfect for serenading that special someone. The song has appeared on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time", where it was named the 60th greatest song.  Read more

Elton John: Young Dumb & Broke Biography

Following the success of Texan R&B artist Khalid’s “Young Dumb & Broke,” musical legend Elton John took to Spotify’s studios to cover the track, with the help of Khalid himself. Read more

Mac DeMarco: Nobody Lyric Annotation

The music industry has a reputation of chewing up hopeful new artists and spitting them back out, turning them into empty individuals drained of any inspiration. DeMarco seems to be no stranger to this pattern. Read more

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