Undergraduate Student – Research Assistant
Dept. of Radiology & Biomedical Engineering
Information Sciences Institute
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001 Marina del Rey, CA 90292
University of Southern California

Tel: 310.448.9437
Fax: 310.448.9441
Email: [email protected]

Benjamin Ferrara received a bachelor degree in Biomedical Engineering with Emphasis in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 2006. He joined the Image Processing and Informatics Laboratory as part of the USC Viterbi Internship Program in the summer of 2006.

His research interests include biochemical/radiological imaging and neurological sciences.

Current Projects:

Bone Age Assessment Data Analysis including GUI development

Honors and Awards:

Research Experience

Engineering Directed Research, USC Biomedical Engineering, Researcher (May - July 2005)
Designed and implemented a global biomedical device/diagnostics development research project in Rome, Italy

Biological Sciences Directed Research, USC Biological Sciences, Undergrad Research (Sep 2005 - Dec 2005)
Collaborated with Professor Mel, primary Biomedical Faculty, with a research survey on biomedical changes due to neural abnormalities from aging and genetic disease