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Biomedical Engineering is devoted to the entire scope of medical intervention including engineering based research on fundamental physiology and pathophysiology, research on new technologies for diagnostic and therapeutic devices, and the development and design of new medical devices. Biomedical engineering at Texas A&M University is one of the oldest academic programs in the United States.
Our research activities cover many areas of biomedical engineering, with unique strengths in cardiovascular biomechanics, biomedical optics,and biomaterials. Although our faculty have broad interests and capabilities, the main thrusts of our graduate programs are in the areas of biomedical optical sensing and imaging, biomechanics, including emphasis on mechanobiology -the response of the biological system to stress. Research in each of these areas occurs at the whole body, tissue, cellular and molecular levels.
In addition to our core faculty, we have close affiliations with faculty engaged in biomedical engineering research within other engineering departments in the highly ranked Dwight Look College of Engineering, the College of Medecine, the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University , the Texas A&M Health Science Center, and the Michael E. DeBakey Institute for Comparative Cardiovascular Science and Biomedical Devices.
Research Labs:
Information about our faculty research laboratories.
Research Matrix:
A table showing our different research areas and which faculty have expertise in that area.
Current and past funding of Biomedical Engineering research is from the National Institutes of Health, the Whitaker Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, NASA, the American Heart Association, the U.S Army Medical Research and Material Command, the Texas Advanced Technology and Advanced Research Programs, and the medical device industry.
