Descriptions and suggested courses for our seven technical concentrations.
General Bioengineering and Entrepreneurship
Introduces major problems addressed by bioengineers today, along with the modern methods used to solve them. Exposure to bioengineering research through hands-on projects in faculty labs and to entrepreneurship practices through classes and research.
Courses:
252 Clinical Need-Based Therapy Solutions (Hoissany)
280 Ethical & Social Issues in Translational Medicine (Johnson)
290 Hacking for Impact: Tackling Societal Challenges with the Lean Launchpad Method (Herr)
290 Biotechnology Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Product Development (Kirn)
(can have in depth one-on-one research experience)
Biomedical Engineering Design
Exposure to unmet clinical need areas directly from subject-matter experts. Learn to analyze and correlate engineering principles to existing medical, pharmaceutical products. Preparation for engineering careers in industries with the full spectrum knowledge of technology-to-product pathway, including applied technical skills and commercialization steps.
Courses:
252 Clinical Need-Based Therapy Solutions (Hoissany)
280 Ethical & Social Issues in Translational Medicine (Johnson)
282 Model-Based Design of Clinical Therapies (Hoissany)
296**new course Clinical Immersion (Hoissany/Lubin) a field add on to 252
296**new course Biomedical Engineering Design (Hoissany) – evolved from 282
290 Biotechnology Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Product Development (Kirn)
295 Bringing Biomedical Devices to Market (TBA)
(requires Clinical Immersion/BioMed Design as capstone):
Biomedical Imaging
Preparation for a range of career options within industries developing and/or applying multi-modal imaging modalities. Course work emphasizes fundamental mathematics and physics behind imaging modalities alongside engineering principles for design innovation. Subsequent career options range from application of pre-clinical imaging in pharmaceutical testing, to engineering of novel imaging devices and modalities, to research and application of emerging methodologies in clinical settings.
Courses
252 Clinical Need-Based Therapy Solutions (Hoissany)
C261 Medical Imaging Signals & Systems (Conolly)
263 Principles of Molecular & Cellular Biophotonics (Marriott)
263L Molecular & Cellular Biophotonics Lab (Marriott)
C265 Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Vandsburger)
Biomaterials & Biomedical Devices
Preparation for careers in industries that apply fundamental biomaterials science and device design to markets for clinical product manufacturing, medical implants, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, wearable technology, and other related fields.
Courses:
C208 Biological Performance of Materials (Healy)
C215 Adv. Structural Aspects of Biomaterials (Pruitt)
C216 Macromolecular Science in Biotechnology and Medicine (Healy)
221 BioMEMS and Medical Devices (Lee / Liepmann / Streets)
221L BioMEMS and BioNanotechnology Lab (Lee / Liepmann / Streets)
C223 Polymer Engineering (Pruitt)
224 Basic Principles of Drug Delivery (Murthy)
C237 Adv. Designing for the Human Body (O’Connell)
C250 Nanomaterials in Medicine (Messersmith)
251 Micro/Nanofluidics for Bioengineering & Lab-on-a-Chip (Herr)
252 Clinical Need-Based Therapy Solutions (Hoissany)
295 Bringing Biomedical Devices to Market (TBA)
Mechanobiology
Teaches how living systems sense, process, and respond to mechanical forces. Preparation for a wide variety of career paths, including biomaterials, stem cell engineering, and medical devices such as orthopedic implants and cardiovascular grafts.
Courses:
C209 Advanced Orthopedic Biomechanics (Keaveny)
211 Cell & Tissue Mechanotransduction (Kumar)
C214 Advanced Tissue Mechanics (O’Connell)
C215 Molecular Biomechanics & Mechanobiology of the Cell (Mofrad)
C217 Biomimetic Engineering — Eng. from Biology (Full)
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Preparation for a career managing and analyzing genomic and molecular data, applying techniques like statistical modeling, machine learning, databases, scripting, and bioinformatics tool development/deployment in fields such as precision molecular medicine, genetic engineering, and biotechnology.
Courses
225 Biomolecular Structure Determination (Adams)
231 Intro to Computational Molecular & Cell Biology (Holmes)
235 Frontiers in Microbial Systems Biology (Arkin)
241 Probabilistic Modeling in Computational Biology (Holmes)
245 Intro to Machine Learning in Computational Biology (TBA)
Synthetic Biology
Prepares students to design and build novel biological functions and systems by applying engineering design principles and computational tools to biology to produce materials more cheaply and sustainably, and to design and construct better-performing genetic systems quickly, reliably, and safely.
Courses:
235 Frontiers in Microbial Systems Biology (Arkin)
232 Genetic Devices (Anderson)
247 Principles in Synthetic Biology (Arkin)
248 Bioenergy & Sustainable Chemical Synthesis (Dueber)