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: bferrara@usc.edu
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:
Freshman Honors Science Program
USC Dean’s Academic Scholarship
Honors Seminar in Medical Ethics at the Keck School of Medicine
Alpha Lambda Delta 2002-2003: National Academic Honor Society for freshmen
Edward Gregory Award (2004), Bartlett Award (2005), Viterbi School of Engineering
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