We educate students such that our graduates will be:

successful in graduate programs, in professional schools, including medicine and law, or in a biomedical engineering aligned career;

able to effectively communicate and solve problems at the interface of engineering and biology appropriate to their chosen profession, as well as understand and apply standards of ethical behavior;

motivated to pursue life-long learning, including understanding contemporary questions at the interface of science, medicine, technology, and society.

The mission of the Department of Bioengineering is to advance human understanding, health, and the quality of life through:

internationally recognized research, discovery, and invention in the area of biomedical engineering;

education of world-class Ph.D. scientists and engineers for accomplishment in research, academics, medicine, and industry;

education of nationally-recognized B.S. and M.S. graduates for success and leadership in industry and in preparation for future study in medicine, science and engineering;

transfer of scientific discoveries and biomedical technology to the private sector nationwide;

training of students throughout the College of Engineering in biobased solutions to traditional engineering problems and in the application of their specialty to biological and biomedical science.

Student Outcomes

• an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
• an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
• an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
• an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams
• an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
• an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
• an ability to communicate effectively
• the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
• Applying principles of engineering, biology, human physiology, chemistry, calculus-based physics, mathematics (through differential equations) and statistics

• Solving biomedical engineering problems, including those associated with the interaction between living and non-living systems
• Analyzing, modeling, designing, and realizing biomedical engineering devices, systems, components, or processes
• Making measurements on and interpreting data from living systems