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Biomedical Engineering: Areas of Specialization

Concentration areas in biomedical engineering include:

Biomechanics and Biomaterials
Biomechanics and biomaterials is designed to meet two objectives: to acquaint students with the responses of biological tissues to mechanical loads as well as with the mechanical properties of living systems; and to familiarize the student with natural tissues and the implants designed to replace them.

Tissue Engineering
The program builds on the fundamental knowledge of natural and synthetic biomaterials and cellular biology and educates students in the emerging field of cellular and tissue engineering. Specialized courses developed for this program include Advanced Scaffold Design and Manufacturing, Factor-Mediated Tissue Engineering, Biosurfaces, Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering, Integrated CAD/CAM for Tissue Engineering Applications, and Cellular Biomechanics.

Biomedical Imaging
Biomedical imaging focuses on the theoretical and practical issues related to machine vision, image processing and analysis, and signal processing associated with such medical applications as ultrasound, optics, magnetic resonance, and autoradiographic imaging.

Human Factors and Performance Engineering
Human factors and performance engineering provides the student with the background and skills needed to create work and living environments which improve human health and enhance performance. Courses in this area of specialization cover such topics as evolutionary medicine, chronobiology, biomechanics, motor systems, human nutrition, toxicology, risk assessment, social factors in health and aging, and environmental design.

Neuroengineering
Neuroengineering is broadly defined to include the modeling of neural and endocrine systems, neural networks, complexity in physiological systems, evolutionary influences in biological control systems, neurocontrol, neurorobotics, and neuroprosthetics.

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