Technical Elective Tracks
After a Biomedical Engineering student has completed lower level coursework, the student chooses one of the following five technical track areas to continue their studies.
BIOINSTRUMENTATION and BIOIMAGING
SCOPE: The Bioinstrumentation & Bioimaging Track is designed to equip BMEN students for the medical device and imaging instrumentation field, which covers clinical and lab instrumentation from the nanoscale to the whole body. This track equips students with focus in either imaging or instrumentation, and provides guidance to select coursework in several application areas for each of the focus topics. Students will gain an understanding of medical device design, underlying physics and instrumentation for measuring physiological parameters and forming medical images, signal/image processing and control systems.
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BIOMATERIALS and TISSUE ENGINEERING
SCOPE: The Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Track is designed to equip BMEN students for the rapidly developing field at the multi-disciplinary interface of engineering, material science, biology, chemistry, and medicine. This track will provide students with a broad educational foundation with an emphasis on the principles and applications of biomaterials, particularly tissue engineering. Students will gain an understanding of biomaterial preparation and characterization, structure/property relationships, as well as cellular, blood, and tissue interactions with biomaterials. Selection and design of biomaterials for tissue engineering, artificial organs, drug delivery, and implanted devices is presented.
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BIOMECHANICS
SCOPE:Mechanics is the study of responses of materials and structures to applied loads; biomechanics is the development, extension, and application of mechanics for purposes of understanding better the influence of applied loads on the structure, properties, and function of living things and the diverse systems that they interact with. Hence, among many other applications, biomechanics is fundamental to the design of wheelchairs, implantable medical devices, and instruments for quantifying properties of biomaterials and native tissues as well as understanding many disease processes and designing new approaches for their treatment. Recent findings show that many cell types are very sensitive to changes in their mechanical environment, hence biomechanics is also fundamental to understanding gene expression and associated basic changes in cell activity. The Track in Biomechanics enables students to develop breadth and depth in this essential field within Biomedical Engineering.
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MEDICAL INDUSTRY and CLINICAL ENGINEERING
SCOPE: Clinical Engineering is generally defined as a hospital based activity which involves responsibility for a wide scope of services associated with the safe and effective use of medical devices in the clinical setting. This function can include equipment selection, incoming equipment inspection and installation, user training, maintenance and repair, and incident investigation, and accreditation and licensing issues. In some settings it might also include custom device design and modification. The Clinical Engineering portion of this track prepares students to enter this field with a working knowledge of Clinical Engineering principles and requirements.
The medical device industry is quite diverse with respect to underlying technologies and company size. It is also an industry that is directly regulated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, and whose financial health is dependent in part on the U.S. Center for Medicare & Medical Services and on private health insurance providers. Effective medical device design also has in common the need to achieve both technical proficiency and effective usability, and to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements in both the pre-market and post-market environments. The Medical Device Industry portion of this track is intended to provide the student with a strong foundation in common and cross-cutting medical device industry issues and methods that will facilitate employment across the technology spectrum.
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After a Biomedical Engineering student has completed lower level coursework, the student chooses one of the following five technical track areas to continue their studies.
BIOINSTRUMENTATION and BIOIMAGING
SCOPE: The Bioinstrumentation & Bioimaging Track is designed to equip BMEN students for the medical device and imaging instrumentation field, which covers clinical and lab instrumentation from the nanoscale to the whole body. This track equips students with focus in either imaging or instrumentation, and provides guidance to select coursework in several application areas for each of the focus topics. Students will gain an understanding of medical device design, underlying physics and instrumentation for measuring physiological parameters and forming medical images, signal/image processing and control systems.
Click to Expand Track Courses
BIOMATERIALS and TISSUE ENGINEERING
SCOPE: The Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Track is designed to equip BMEN students for the rapidly developing field at the multi-disciplinary interface of engineering, material science, biology, chemistry, and medicine. This track will provide students with a broad educational foundation with an emphasis on the principles and applications of biomaterials, particularly tissue engineering. Students will gain an understanding of biomaterial preparation and characterization, structure/property relationships, as well as cellular, blood, and tissue interactions with biomaterials. Selection and design of biomaterials for tissue engineering, artificial organs, drug delivery, and implanted devices is presented.
Click to Expand Track Courses
BIOMECHANICS
SCOPE:Mechanics is the study of responses of materials and structures to applied loads; biomechanics is the development, extension, and application of mechanics for purposes of understanding better the influence of applied loads on the structure, properties, and function of living things and the diverse systems that they interact with. Hence, among many other applications, biomechanics is fundamental to the design of wheelchairs, implantable medical devices, and instruments for quantifying properties of biomaterials and native tissues as well as understanding many disease processes and designing new approaches for their treatment. Recent findings show that many cell types are very sensitive to changes in their mechanical environment, hence biomechanics is also fundamental to understanding gene expression and associated basic changes in cell activity. The Track in Biomechanics enables students to develop breadth and depth in this essential field within Biomedical Engineering.
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MEDICAL INDUSTRY and CLINICAL ENGINEERING
SCOPE: Clinical Engineering is generally defined as a hospital based activity which involves responsibility for a wide scope of services associated with the safe and effective use of medical devices in the clinical setting. This function can include equipment selection, incoming equipment inspection and installation, user training, maintenance and repair, and incident investigation, and accreditation and licensing issues. In some settings it might also include custom device design and modification. The Clinical Engineering portion of this track prepares students to enter this field with a working knowledge of Clinical Engineering principles and requirements.
The medical device industry is quite diverse with respect to underlying technologies and company size. It is also an industry that is directly regulated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, and whose financial health is dependent in part on the U.S. Center for Medicare & Medical Services and on private health insurance providers. Effective medical device design also has in common the need to achieve both technical proficiency and effective usability, and to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements in both the pre-market and post-market environments. The Medical Device Industry portion of this track is intended to provide the student with a strong foundation in common and cross-cutting medical device industry issues and methods that will facilitate employment across the technology spectrum.
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