Biomedical Engineering

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. Thirteen Foundation Courses (all required):
• ENGN 0030 Introduction to Engineering
• ENGN 0040 Dynamics and Vibration
• MATH 0190 or 0170
• MATH 0200 Intermediate Calculus
• BIOL 0200 or NEUR 0010 Introductory Biology/Neuroscience
• APMA 0330 Methods in Applied Math
• CHEM 0330 Inorganic Chemistry
• CHEM 0350 Organic Chemistry
• APMA 0650 Statistics (or APMA 1650; SOC 1100; or PHP 2030)
• ENGN 0510 Electricity and Magnetism
• ENGN 0720 Thermodynamics
• ENGN 0810 Fluid Mechanics
• ENGN 1000 Projects in Engineering Design
• ENGN 1230 Instrument Design

*Or other statistics courses with approval of concentration advisor.

2. Additional Engineering Courses (any 2 of the following):
• ENGN 0310 Solid Mechanics
• ENGN 0410 Materials
• ENGN 0520 Electric Circuits and Signals
• ENGN 1210 Biomechanics
• ENGN 1490 Biomaterials
• ENGN 1570 Linear System Analysis

*Or other courses with approval of concentration advisor.

3. Additional Biology Courses (any 2 of the following):
• BIOL 0470 Genetics
• BIOL 0530 Immunology
• BIOL 0800 or BIOL 1170 Physiology
• BIOL 1050 or 1060 Cell Biology
• BIOL 1100 or 1190 Cell Physiology
• NEUR 1020 or NEUR 1670 Neurobiology

*Or other courses with approval of concentration advisor.

4. Bioengineering Electives (any 3 of the following):
• BIOL 1080 Organ Replacement
• BIOL 1090 Polymer Science for Biomaterials
• BIOL 1120 Biomaterials
• ENGN 1110 Transport Pehn in Chem & Biomed Enginnering
• ENGN 1120 Chemical and Bioreactor Design
• BIOL 1140 Tissue Enginnering
• ENGN 1210 ** Biomechanics
• ENGN 1220 Neuroscience
• ENGN 1490** Biomaterials
• BIOL 1720 Scientific Basis of Medical Imaging
• BIOL 1800 Animal Locomotion
• PHYS 1610 Biological Physics
• BIOL 2110 Drug and Gene Delivery
• BIOL 2130 Techniques in Molecular and Cell Sci
• BIOL 2140 Experimental Surgery
• ENGN 1930B Biophotonics
• ENGN 1930P Solid Biomechanics

**Unless already taken to satisfy requirement under "Additional Engineering Courses"

*Or other courses with approval of concentration advisor.

5. Independent Study (Directed Research):
   One semester required; two semesters strongly recommended.
• BIOL 1950, 1960
• ENGN 1970, 1971

Honors:

Honors in the concentration requires a thesis and an oral presentation based on a research project (in the context of BIOL 1950/1960 or ENGN 1970/1971) and a superior record in the concentration.

Concentration Advisors:

A. Tripathi . Upon selecting the concentration, students will have dual advisors, one from the Division of Engineering and one from the Division of Biology and Medicine.

Page last updated in February, 2008.

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