Lily Laiho

Professor and Department Chair | Biomedical Engineering Department

Areas of Expertise

Biomedical Engineering Design

Medical Device Design and Manufacture 

Contact Information

805.756.6400

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Biography

Lily Laiho is chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department. Prior to joining Cal Poly, Laiho was an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Before beginning her Ph.D., she worked at ALZA Corporation where she developed components for drug manufacturing equipment prototypes. Laiho also worked at Carco Electronics as a project manager and engineer designing flight motion simulators. 

Education

• Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
• M.S., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering
• B.S., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering

Research Interests

• Advanced Imaging
• Biomedical Engineering Design 
• Medical Device Design and Manufacture
• Non-invasive Biopsy
• Spectroscopy