Biomedical Engineering (changes pending CCC Approval)

Biomedical Engineering is an interdisciplinary concentration designed for students interested in applying the methods and tools of engineering to the subject matter of biology and the life sciences. It is administered jointly by the Division of Engineering and the Division of Biology and Medicine.

Standard program for the ScB degree

1. Foundation Courses (all required):
• ENGN 0030 Introduction to Engineering
• ENGN 0040 Dynamics and Vibrations
• MATH 0190 Advanced Placement Calculus (or MATH 0170 Advanced Placement Calculus) *
• MATH 0200 Intermediate Calculus *
• BIOL 0200 The Foundation of Living Systems (or NEUR 0010 The Brain: Introduction to Neuroscience) **
• APMA 0330 Methods of Applied Math
• CHEM 0330 Equilibrium, Rate and Structure
• CHEM 0350 Organic Chemistry
• APMA 0650 Essential Statistics ***
• ENGN 0510 Electricity and Magnetism
• ENGN 0720 Thermodynamics
• ENGN 0810 Fluid Mechanics
• ENGN 1230 Instrumentation Design
• BIOL 0800 Principles of Physiology

* Advanced students can replace one math course with CHEM 0360 or an advanced science course.
** Advanced students (Premeds) can replace with BIOL 0280, CHEM 0360, or other biology course.
*** or other statisitics courses, as approved by the advisor.

2. Upper level bioengineering courses (all required):
• ENGN 1110 Transport and Biotransport Processes
• BIOL 1140 Tissue Engineering
• ENGN 1490 Biomaterials


3. Additional upper level bioengineering courses (any 3 of 6): %
• BIOL 1080 Organ Replacement
• ENGN 1210 Biomechanics
• ENGN 1220 Neuroengineering
• ENGN 1400 Analytical Methods in Biomaterials
• BIOL 1800 Animal Locomotion
• BIOL 2110 Drug and Gene Delivery
• BIOL 2130 Techniques in Molecular and Cell Science
• ENGN 1930B Biophotonics
• ENGN 1930R Molecualr and Cell Biology for Engineers
• BIOL 1210 Synthetic Biologogical Systems
• BIOl 1220 Synthetic Biological Systems in Theory and Practice

% Other courses with approval of concentration advisor.

4. Independent Research/Design (one required/two recommended):
• ENGN 1970, 1971 Independent Study or BIOL 1950, 1960 Directed Research/Independent Study - Capstone design and research project (Lectures 1/week only in the senior year)


5. Other courses: #

# Premeds are suggested to discuss course selections with concentration advisor.

Honors: Honors in the concentration requires a thesis and an oral presentation based on a research project and quality grades in the concentration.

Concentration Advisor:

Professor Anubhav Tripathi (x3-3063).

Page last updated in February, 2009.

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