• The USC Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) has a longstanding tradition of advancing biomedicine through the development and application of novel engineering ideas. Our over 80 primary and affiliated faculty members conduct cutting-edge research in a wide variety of areas, including neuroengineering, biosystems and biosignal analysis, medical devices (including bioMEMS and bionanotechnology), biomechanics, bioimaging and imaging informatics.
  • Currently, the department hosts 6 internationally recognized research centers: the Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems Engineering Research Center (funded by the National Science Foundation), the Biomedical Simulations Resource (funded by National Institutes of Health), the Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Center (NIH), the Center for Neural Engineering, the Center for Vision Science and Technology (funded by an NIH Bioengineering Research Partnership Grant) and the Center for Genomic and Phenomic Studies in Autism (NIH). We rank in the top tier of all U.S. BME departments in terms of research funding per faculty.