Dr. Nicole Ramo teaches biomedical engineering courses across the curriculum, including in the program's "design spine". With discipline-based educational research interests, she is passionate about understanding and supporting undergraduate biomedical engineering students in their educational and career journey. She also conducts technical research focused on modeling the mechanical behavior of biological tissues to better understand, diagnose, and treat injuries.
Academic Degrees
- PhD, Bioengineering, Colorado State University, 2018
- BS, Mechanical Engineering (Bioengineering track), Kettering University, 2012
Teaching Interests
- Engineering Mechanics; Biomechanics
- Introductory Biomedical Engineering Courses
- Biomedical Engineering Design
Research Interests
- Biological tissue mechanics, including viscoelastic modeling of soft tissues
- Discipline-based educational research focused on undergraduate biomedical engineering students
Publications & Presentations
- Cesari AR, Placone JK, Ramo NL, Rosario MV, Morris M, Adams DS, Fish FE. Comparative mechanical and elastic properties of the dorsal and ventral tendons in the peduncle of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Journal of Experimental Biology, 228:jeb249621, 2025
- Ramo NL. Biomedical Engineering Education Showcase: Use of Bone Analogs for Tissue Mechanics. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2024
- Vitali R, Treadway E, Johnson AW, Swenson JES, Nightingale AM, Ramo NL, Bell MC. Work-in-Progress: Incorporating Open-Ended Modeling Problems into Undergraduate Introductory Dynamics Courses. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2022
- Ramo NL, Huang-Saad A. Work-in-Progress: Exploring the Relationships between BME Student Perception of the Field and Career Plans. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2021 (Finalist for Best Work-in-Progress in Biomedical Engineering Division)
- Ramo N, Lin M, Hald ES, Huang-Saad A. Synchronous vs. Asynchronous vs. Blended Remote Delivery of Introduction to Biomechanics Course. Biomedical Engineering Education, Special Issue: Teaching and Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2021
Awards & Honors
- 2019 Division Best Paper Award (best of 30 accepted submissions to the Biomedical Engineering Division of ASEE) Ramo NL, Huang-Saad A, Belmont B. What is Biomedical Engineering? Insights from Qualitative Analysis of Definitions Written by Undergraduate Students. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition
- 2019 JBME Editors’ Choice Paper (one of 10 papers selected from over 100 published articles) Ramo NL, Troyer KL, Puttlitz CM. Comparing Predictive Accuracy and Computational Cost for Viscoelastic Modeling of Spinal Cord Tissues. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 141(5): 051009, 2019
- 2018 Division Best Paper Award (best of 57 accepted submissions to the Biomedical Engineering Division of ASEE) Ramo NL, Nejad JE, Popat KC, Catton K. Student Assessment of Active Learning Elements in 100-level Introductory Biomedical Engineering Course. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2018
- Recipient of a ProQual Research Initiation Grant (ProQual Institute for Research Methods), Fall 2022