BME Core Courses
Physiology of cells, bones, and the circulatory system from a biomaterials, biomechanics, cellular, and tissure engineering perspective. Intellectual property and technology transfer included.
Biomedical engineers develop practical solutions to various problems encountered in healthcare and clinical practice. Students are exposed to clinical problems, learn how to identify unmet needs and will devise engineering solutions to address clinical needs. Topics related to clinical translation of biomedical innovations and medical device commercialization will be covered.
- BME 5703 Statistical Methods for Biomedical Engineering
Spring 2025_BME 5703 Syllabus - BME 6522 Multivariate Signal Processing
Spring 2025_BME 6522 Syllabus - BME 6705 Mathematical Modeling of Biological and Physiological Systems
Mathematical modeling of biological and physiological phenomena. Starting from basic theory of linear systems, introduces qualitative analysis of nonlinear ordinary differential equations and maps. Examples from biomedical applications show concepts and methods. Prereq: calculus, linear algebra, and passing knowledge of differential equations.
Fall 2025_BME 6705 Syllabus - BME 6938 Multimodal Data Mining
Computer programming lab to utilize MATLAB to analyze biomedical measurements. (3 credits)
Spring 2024_BME 6938 Multimodal Data Mining Syllabus - BME 6938 Biomedical Data
Covers the biomedical applications of data science techniques, which include pre-processing techniques, machine learning data analysis, and data visualization techniques.
Examples of BME Elective Courses
This course will introduce students to the basics of translating innovative technologies from the academic laboratory towards commercialization. Concepts explored will include biomedical technology development, invention disclosures, technology licensing, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory pathways, customer discovery, the business model canvas, customer segments, value propositions, and approaches for commercialization. Class will consist of lectures by the professor, guest lectures, in-class discussions, in-class presentations, and team projects. The class will also incorporate formal NSF I-Corps training by qualified NSF I-Corps instructors, which will be valuable for students interested in start-up opportunities or industry positions.
Biomedical engineers develop practical solutions to various problems encountered in healthcare and clinical practice. Students learn and identify such problems through direct immersion in the clinical environment. Students will shadow a clinician (one-on-one) for 1-3 hours per week where they will identify a clinical problem and propose a solution.
Consists of classroom lectures on fundamental concepts in magnetism and magnetic micro- and nano-materials and their applications in biomedicine. As part of the course, students will present a critical review of recent literature in the field and lead a group discussion on a specific recent paper.
Applying engineering principles, combined with molecular cell biology, to developing a fundamental understanding of property-function relationships in cells and tissues. Exploiting this understanding to manipulate cell and tissue properties rationally to alter, restore, maintain, or improve cell and tissue functions; and to design bioartificial tissue substitutes.
Applying engineering to neuroscience including such diverse areas as neural tissue engineering, models of neural function, and neural interface technology. Focuses mainly in the context of neural interfaces and prosthetics, from basic neural physiology and models of neural mechanisms to advanced neural interfaces currently in development or produced commercially.
Interacting and measuring techniques for x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons and charged particles with matter; radioactive decay processes ion chamber measurements, scintillation detectors, and dosimetry techniques. Applications of cavity theory and dosimetry measurement in medical physics.
This course provides an overview of the principles and applications of controlled release/drug delivery systems. The course integrates topics in pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, polymer chemistry, biomaterials, and mass transport phenomena. The course includes discussion of emerging gene and cell delivery technologies. 3 Credits.
Musculoskeletal biomechanics will be introduced through discussion of physics-based models. Physics-based (or biomechanical models) will be described in the context of locomotion (walking, running), muscle physiology, force generation, as well as complex analyses of healthy and pathological movement. Experimental methods to support model development and validation, such as motion capture, electromyography, medical imaging, and force sensors, will also be discussed.
BME Research Courses
- BME6905 Individual Work in Biomedical Engineering
- BME6907 BME Non-Thesis Research Project (MS Non-Thesis only)
- BME 6971 Research for Master’s Thesis (MS Thesis only)
- BME7979 Advanced Research (Ph.D. students pre-candidacy)
- BME 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation (Ph.D. students post-candidacy)