Suresh Atapattu, with the Space Shuttle Endeavour in the background.

The Calder Memorial Library on the Miller School of Medicine campus has opened the Suresh Atapattu Space Shuttle Photo Exhibition and Sale, organized by Biomedical Communications, to honor Atapattu’s space shuttle photography spanning more than a decade and to support the United Way of Miami-Dade.

Atapattu, a biomedical engineer and research director at the Biomedical Signals and Sensor Laboratory at the UM International Medicine Institute, was given unprecedented access and permission by NASA to document Space Shuttle processing at the Kennedy Space Center.  Fifteen striking, studio-quality photographs from this project are on display, and prints can be purchased for your personal collection or as gifts during the upcoming holiday season.  Other photos are also be available. Biomedical Communications’ graphic designers and photographers will expertly print any photo using archival paper and inks for any standard frame size you choose. All proceeds above the cost of printing will be donated to the United Way of Miami-Dade.

Atapattu received the 2001 Young Investigator Award from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation for his HRV thesis work at the University of Miami. For a sample of his NASA photography, please click here.