Biomedical Engineering BSBE

Major: Biomedical Engineering
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering (BSBE)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 188.5
Co-op Options: Three Co-op (Five years); One Co-op (Four years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 14.0501
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 17-2031

About the Program

Biomedical Engineering is an innovative multidisciplinary Bachelor of Science degree program. It prepares students to conceive, design, and develop devices and systems that improve human health and quality of life. Biomedical engineering is the convergence of life sciences with engineering. From child car seats and football helmets to drug-delivery systems, minimally invasive surgery, and noninvasive imaging technology, the work of the biomedical engineer makes a difference in everyone’s life.

This program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET: www.abet.org

Concentrations

The undergraduate Biomedical Engineering curriculum is designed to strike a balance between academic breadth in biomedical engineering and specialization in an area of concentration. Each concentration has its own degree requirements for graduation and its own plan of study:

  • Biomaterials
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Biomechanics and Human Performance Engineering
  • Biomedical Informatics
  • Biomedical Imaging
  • Neuroengineering

The degree program provides innovative experiences in hands-on experimentation and engineering design, as well as opportunities for personal growth and development of leadership and communication skills.

Working with a faculty advisor, students can select their core and elective courses from the curricula offered by the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems and the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the College of Computing & Informatics.

Additional Information

More information about the School’s undergraduate program can be found at the School of Biomedical Engineering, Sciences and Health Systems' Academic Program webpage.

Students are also encouraged to contact the School's director for student services:

Caryn Glaser
Director of Student Services
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
glasercb@drexel.edu
215.895.2237

Career and professional counseling is provided independently by the student's professional academic advisors and faculty advisors. Information regarding undergraduate professional academic advisors is available on the School's Undergraduate Advising webpage.

Program Educational Objectives

PEO - Graduates Whose Careers Effectively Leverage Their Education in Biomedical Engineering

As a result, graduates will be able to recognize and/or create opportunities, adjust to new conditions, and take advantage of opportunities across multiple boundaries: disciplinary, geographic, social and cultural. Graduates may demonstrate success through professional/personal recognition and/or advancement.

PEO - Graduates Competent to Obtain Additional Knowledge and/or Skills

As a result, graduates will continue to learn and enhance their skills through professional development and/or research activities. Graduates may use this new knowledge and/or additional skills to enhance current activities or move in a new direction. Graduates may also pursue further education in the form of graduate and professional degrees.

PEO - Graduates Who Make Contributions in Research, Innovation, Design and/or Technological Development.

As a result, graduates will make significant or meaningful contributions in their chosen fields either through publications and/or presentations, the development of a product or process, obtaining patents for new products and/or processes, or other evidence of contributing to the advancement of knowledge, particularly in fields integrating engineering and the life sciences.

PEO - Graduates Who Contribute to Their Communities

As a result, graduates will work independently and in diverse groups to effectively and efficiently achieve personal and organizational goals, manage projects, foster collaborative effort among co-workers, mentor individuals within the organization or in the community, engage in community or public service, create a product or process that fills a social need, and/or participate in educating individuals about an issue of societal concern.

PEO - Graduates Who Practice Ethical Reasoning, Behavior, and Professionalism

As a result, graduates will work in the global environment respecting cultural and social differences, managing risk and accepting responsibility, and adhering to the professional codes of conduct appropriate to his or her field of study and/or practice.

Student Learning Outcomes

By participating in the Biomedical Engineering undergraduate curriculum at the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems and graduating with the Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Biomedical Engineering from Drexel University, students will be able to:

  • Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
  • Apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
  • Communicate effectively with a range of audiences
  • Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
  • Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
  • Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
  • Acquire and apply new knowledge, as needed, using appropriate learning strategies
  • Apply knowledge and skills gained from a program of study to the achievement of goals in a work, clinical, or other professional setting

Degree Requirements

Math
BMES 310Biomedical Statistics4.0
Introduction to Calculus - Complete one of the following options based on placement exam results: *4.0-10.0
Calculus I
OR
Calculus and Functions I
and Calculus and Functions II
OR
Algebra, Functions, and Trigonometry
and Calculus I
MATH 122Calculus II4.0
MATH 200Multivariate Calculus4.0
MATH 201Linear Algebra4.0
MATH 210Differential Equations4.0
Biology
BIO 122Cells and Genetics4.5
BIO 201Human Physiology I4.0
BIO 218Principles of Molecular Biology4.0
Bioscience Electives (2): Choose two 200-level or higher BIO courses6.0
General Studies
BMES 124Biomedical Engineering Freshman Seminar I2.0
BMES 338Biomedical Ethics and Law3.0
CIVC 101Introduction to Civic Engagement1.0
COOP 101Career Management and Professional Development **1.0
ENGL 101Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research3.0
ENGL 102Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing3.0
ENGL 103Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres3.0
UNIV R101The Drexel Experience1.0
General Studies Electives (Choose 5) ***15.0
Biomedical Engineering - Principles
Design
BMES 101Introduction to BMES Design I: Defining Medical Problems2.0
BMES 102Introduction to BMES Design II: Evaluating Design Solutions2.0
BMES 241Modeling in Biomedical Design I2.0
BMES 315Experimental Design in Biomedical Research4.0
BMES 341Modeling in Biomedical Design II2.0
BMES 381Junior Design I2.0
BMES 382Junior Design II2.0
BMES 491 [WI] Senior Design Project I3.0
BMES 492Senior Design Project II2.0
BMES 493Senior Design Project III3.0
Biocomputation
BMES 201Programming and Modeling for Biomedical Engineers I3.0
BMES 202Programming and Modeling for Biomedical Engineers ll3.0
BMES 337Introduction to Physiological Control Systems3.0
BMES 375Computational Bioengineering4.0
Biomaterials
BMES 451Transport Phenomena in Living Systems4.0
CHEM 101General Chemistry I 3.5-7.5
or CHEM 111
CHEM 101
General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry I
CHEM 102General Chemistry II4.5
CHEM 253Thermodynamics and Kinetics4.0
ENGR 220Fundamentals of Materials4.0
Biomechanics
BMES 345Mechanics of Biological Systems3.0
BMES 444Biofluid Mechanics3.0
MEM 202Statics3.0
MEM 238Dynamics4.0
PHYS 101Fundamentals of Physics I *4.0-8.0
or PHYS 100
PHYS 101
Preparation for Engineering Studies
and Fundamentals of Physics I
Biosignals
BMES 302 [WI] Laboratory II: Biomeasurements2.0
BMES 303Laboratory III: Biomedical Electronics2.0
BMES 432Biomedical Systems and Signals3.0
ECE 201Foundations of Electric Circuits I4.0
PHYS 102Fundamentals of Physics II4.0
Biomedical Engineering - Electives
Laboratories (Choose 2)4.0
Human Physiology Laboratory
Techniques in Cell Biology
Techniques in Molecular Biology
Biochemistry Laboratory
Laboratory I: Experimental Biomechanics
Laboratory IV: Ultrasound Images
Laboratory V: Musculoskeletal Anatomy for Biomedical Engineers
Brain Computer Interface Laboratory
Research in Biomedical Engineering
Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
Concentration Requirements and STEM Electives21.0
Concentration Requirements (3 required courses/concentration. See list below.)
STEM Electives (See list below for possible courses that, combined with concentration courses, total 21.0 credits.) ††
Total Credits188.5-202.5
*

MATH and PHYS sequences are determined by the student's Calculus Placement Exam score and the completion of any summer online preparatory courses available based on that score.

**

Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

***

General studies electives include all liberal arts electives plus additional subjects, such as business, which do not fall under the subject areas of science, math or engineering. See the Biomedical Engineering General Studies List for a detailed list of approved courses. An abbreviated list is shown here: DANC, MUSC, TVPR, VSST, GER, FREN, GST, PHIL, PPE, PSCI, BLAW, HRMT, INTB, MGMT, OPM, ORGB; CULA, ENTP, CRTV, EDLT, EHRD.

CHEM sequence is determined by the student's Chemistry Placement Exam score and the completion of a summer online preparatory course available based on that score.

††

STEM electives include courses offered by the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, as well as select science, technology, and math courses from other academic units. An abbreviated list of 200-level and higher courses is shown here: ENVS, PHYS, INFO (including INFO 101, INFO 110), CS (including CS 171, CS 172, CS 175, CS 176), HSCI (excluding HSCI 205). Please see the Biomedical Engineering STEM Elective List for a detailed list of approved courses.

Concentration Course Requirements

Students must select one concentration and complete the listed required courses. The student also needs to take additional STEM electives, as described above. The credit total of the concentration required courses and the STEM electives must be at least 21.0 credits.

Biomaterials Concentration
CHEM 241Organic Chemistry I *4.0
BMES 460Biomaterials I4.0
BMES 461Biomaterials II4.0
Total Credits12.0
*

CHEM 241 is a pre-requisite for BMES 460

Biomechanics Concentration
BMES 441Biomechanics I: Introduction to Biomechanics4.0
BMES 442Biomechanics II: Musculoskeletal Modeling and Human Performance4.0
MEM 201Foundations of Computer Aided Design3.0
Total Credits11.0
Biomedical Imaging Concentration
BMES 421Biomedical Imaging Systems I: Images4.0
BMES 422Biomedical Imaging Systems II: Ultrasound4.0
PHYS 201Fundamentals of Physics III *4.0
Total Credits12.0
*

PHYS 201 is a pre-requisite for BMES 421.

Biomedical Informatics Concentration
BIO 219 [WI] Techniques in Molecular Biology3.0
BMES 483Quantitative Systems Biology4.0
BMES 484Genome Information Engineering4.0
Total Credits11.0
Neuroengineering Concentration
BIO 462Biology of Neuron Function *3.0
BMES 477Neuroengineering I: Neural Signals3.0
BMES 478Neuroengineering II: Principles of Neuroengineering3.0
Total Credits9.0
*

BIO 462 is a pre-requisite for BMES 477.

Tissue Engineering Concentration
BIO 219 [WI] Techniques in Molecular Biology *3.0
BMES 471Cellular and Molecular Foundations of Tissue Engineering4.0
BMES 472Developmental and Evolutionary Foundations of Tissue Engineering4.0
Total Credits11.0
*

BIO 219 [WI] is a pre-requisite for BMES 471.

Writing-Intensive Course Requirements

In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.

A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.

Sample Plan of Study

4 year, 1 co-op

First Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BMES 1012.0BMES 1022.0BIO 1224.5VACATION
BMES 1242.0CHEM 1024.5BMES 2013.0 
CHEM 1013.5ENGL 102 or 1123.0COOP 101*1.0 
CIVC 1011.0MATH 1224.0ENGL 103 or 1133.0 
ENGL 101 or 1113.0PHYS 1014.0MATH 2004.0 
MATH 1214.0 PHYS 1024.0 
UNIV R1011.0   
 16.5 17.5 19.5 0
Second Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BMES 2023.0BIO 2184.0BIO 2014.0BMES 3032.0
ECE 2014.0BMES 2412.0BMES 3453.0BMES 3104.0
ENGR 2204.0BMES 3383.0BMES 3754.0BMES 3412.0
MATH 2014.0MATH 2104.0BMES 4323.0BMES 4514.0
MEM 2023.0MEM 2384.0CHEM 2534.0Bioscience elective3.0
 18 17 18 15
Third Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BMES 3154.0BMES 3022.0COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCE
BMES 3812.0BMES 3373.0  
General Studies electives6.0BMES 3822.0  
 BMES 4443.0  
 Bioscience elective3.0  
 Concentration required course3.0  
 12 16 0 0
Fourth Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCredits 
BMES 4913.0BMES 4922.0BMES 4933.0 
Concentration required course3.0Concentration required course3.0General Studies elective3.0 
General Studies elective3.0General Studies elective3.0STEM electives6.0 
Lab elective2.0Lab elective2.0  
STEM elective3.0STEM elective3.0  
 14 13 12 
Total Credits 188.5
*

Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major. 

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

5 year, 3 co-op

First Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BMES 1012.0BMES 1022.0BIO 1224.5VACATION
BMES 1242.0CHEM 1024.5BMES 2013.0 
CHEM 1013.5ENGL 102 or 1123.0COOP 101*1.0 
CIVC 1011.0MATH 1224.0ENGL 103 or 1133.0 
ENGL 101 or 1113.0PHYS 1014.0MATH 2004.0 
MATH 1214.0 PHYS 1024.0 
UNIV R1011.0   
 16.5 17.5 19.5 0
Second Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BMES 2023.0BIO 2184.0COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCE
ECE 2014.0BMES 2412.0  
ENGR 2204.0BMES 3383.0  
MATH 2014.0MATH 2104.0  
MEM 2023.0MEM 2384.0  
 18 17 0 0
Third Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BIO 2014.0BMES 3032.0COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCE
BMES 3453.0BMES 3104.0  
BMES 3754.0BMES 3412.0  
BMES 4323.0BMES 4514.0  
CHEM 2534.0Bioscience elective3.0  
 18 15 0 0
Fourth Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BMES 3154.0BMES 3022.0COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCE
BMES 3812.0BMES 3373.0  
General Studies electives6.0BMES 3822.0  
 BMES 4443.0  
 Bioscience elective3.0  
 Concentration required course3.0  
 12 16 0 0
Fifth Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCredits 
BMES 4913.0BMES 4922.0BMES 4933.0 
Concentration required course3.0Concentration required course3.0General Studies elective3.0 
General Studies elective3.0General Studies elective3.0STEM electives6.0 
Lab elective2.0Lab elective2.0  
STEM elective3.0STEM elective3.0  
 14 13 12 
Total Credits 188.5
*

Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major. 

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

Co-op/Career Opportunities

Metropolitan Philadelphia has one of the highest concentrations of medical institutions and pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in the nation. The Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering gives students access to a broad spectrum of career opportunities in medical device and equipment industry, prosthetics and assist devices industry, biomaterials and implants industry, and the telemedicine, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and agricultural sectors.

Biomedical Engineering graduates are also ideally prepared for professional education in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and law. Those who choose to pursue graduate education can aim for careers in research and development, biomedical technology innovation, and transfer, as well as healthcare technology management.

Visit the Drexel Steinbright Career Development Center page for more detailed information on co-op and post-graduate opportunities.

Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems Faculty

Fred D. Allen, PhD (University of Pennsylvania) Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education. . Teaching Professor. Tissue engineering, cell engineering, orthopedics, bone remodeling, wound healing, mechanotransduction, signal transduction, adhesion, migration.
Hasan Ayaz, PhD (Drexel University) School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems. Associate Professor. Neuroergonomics for Brain Health and Performance, Functional Neuroimaging, Biomedical Signal Processing, Biomedical Optics, Cognitive Neuroengineering, Brain Computer Interfaces, Neurotechnology, Clinical Neuroergonomics, Systems and Applied Neuroscience, Functional Near Infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), Electroencephalogram (EEG), Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI), Mobile Brain/Body Imaging (MoBI)
Sriram Balasubramanian, PhD (Wayne State University). Assistant Professor. Structural characteristics of the pediatric thoracic cage using CT scans and developing an age-equivalent animal model for pediatric long bones.
Kenneth A. Barbee, PhD (University of Pennsylvania) Senior Associate Dean, Associate Dean for Research. Professor. Cellular biomechanics of neural and vascular injury, mechanotransduction in the cardiovascular system, mechanical control of growth and development for wound healing and tissue engineering.
Paul Brandt-Rauf, MD, DrPH (Columbia University) Dean. Distinguished University Professor. Environmental health, particularly the molecular biology and molecular epidemiology of environmental carcinogenesis, and protein engineering for the development of novel peptide therapies for the treatment and prevention of cancer.
Donald Buerk, PhD (Northwestern University). Research Professor. Biotechnology, physiology, systems biology, blood flow, microcirculation, nitric oxide, oxygen transport
Jaimie Dougherty, PhD (Drexel University). Associate Teaching Professor. Brain-computer interface, neural encoding, electrophysiological signal acquisition and processing.
Lin Han, PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Associate Professor. Nanoscale structure-property relationships of biological materials, genetic and molecular origins soft joint tissue diseases, biomaterials under extreme conditions, coupling between stimulus-responsiveness and geometry.
Kurtulus Izzetoglu, PhD (Drexel University). Associate Professor. Biomedical optics, biomedical signal processing, medical sensor design, functional brain imaging, cognitive neuro engineering, cognitive performance, anesthesia monitoring, brain injury models and assessment.
Andres Kriete, PhD (University in Bremen Germany) Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. Teaching Professor. Systems biology, bioimaging, control theory, biology of aging.
Steven Kurtz, PhD (Cornell University). Part-time Research Professor. Computational biomechanics of bone-implant systems and impact-related injuries, orthopaedic biomechanics, contact mechanics, orthopaedic biomaterials, large-deformation mechanical behavior and wear of polymers, and degradation and crosslinking of polyolefins in implant applications.
Peter A. Lewin, PhD (University of Denmark, Copenhagen-Lyngby) Richard B. Beard Professor. Distinguished University Professor. Biomedical ultrasonics, piezoelectric and polymer transducers and hydrophones; shock wave sensors., power ultrasonics, ultrasonic metrology, tissue characterization using nonlinear acoustics, biological effects of ultrasound (chronic wound healing and noninvasive drug delivery), applications of shock waves in medicine and image reconstruction and processing.
Hualou Liang, PhD (Chinese Academy of Sciences). Professor. Neuroengineering, neuroinformatics, cognitive and computational neuroscience, neural data analysis and computational modeling, biomedical signal processing.
Donald L. McEachron, PhD (University of California at San Diego) Coordinator, Academic Assessment and Improvement. Teaching Professor. Animal behavior, autoradiography, biological rhythms, cerebral metabolism, evolutionary theory, image processing, neuroendocrinology.
Banu Onaral, PhD (University of Pennsylvania) H.H. Sun Professor; Senior Advisor to the President, Global Partnerships. Professor. Biomedical signal processing; complexity and scaling in biomedical signals and systems.
Kambiz Pourrezaei, PhD (Rensselaer Polytechnic University). Professor. Thin film technology; nanotechnology; near infrared imaging; power electronics.
Christopher Rodell, PhD (University of Pennsylvania). Assistant Professor. Biomaterials, supramolecular chemistry, and drug delivery. Therapeutic applications including the etiology of disease, organ injury, cardiovascular engineering, immune engineering, and biomedical imaging.
Ahmet Sacan, PhD (Middle East Technical University). Associate Teaching Professor. Indexing and data mining in biological databases; protein sequence and structure; similarity search; protein structure modeling; protein-protein interaction; automated cell tracking.
Joseph J. Sarver, PhD (Drexel University). Teaching Professor. Neuromuscular adaptation to changes in the myo-mechanical environment.
Mark E. Schafer, PhD (Drexel University). Research Professor. Diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical ultrasound.
Patricia A. Shewokis, PhD (University of Georgia). Professor. Roles of cognition and motor function during motor skill learning; role of information feedback frequency on the memory of motor skills, noninvasive neural imaging techniques of functional near infrared spectroscopy(fNIRS) and electroencephalography (EEG) and methodology and research design.
Adrian C. Shieh, PhD (Rice University). Associate Teaching Professor. Mechanobiology, mechanotransduction, tumor microenvironment, cell and tissue biomechanics.
Wan Y. Shih, PhD (Ohio State University). Professor. Piezoelectric microcantilever biosensors development, piezoelectric finger development, quantum dots development, tissue elasticity imaging, piezoelectric microcantilever force probes.
Kara Spiller, PhD (Drexel University). Professor. Macrophage-biometerial interactions, drug delivery systems, and chronic would healing. Cell-biomaterial interactions, biomaterial design, and international engineering education.
Marek Swoboda, PhD (Drexel University). Assistant Teaching Professor. Cardiovascular engineering, cardiovascular system, diagnostic devices in cardiology, piezoelectric biosensors, and pathogen detection.
Amy Throckmorton, PhD (University of Virginia). Professor. Computational and experimental fluid dynamics; cardiovascular modeling, including steady, transient, fluid-structure interaction, lumped parameter, microelectromechanical systems, and patient-specific anatomical studies; artificial organs research; and engineering.
Bhandawat Vikas, PhD (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine). Associate Professor. Sensorimotor integration, whole-cell patch clamp and imaging in behaving animals, optogenetics, neuromechanics, locomotion.
Margaret Wheatley, PhD (University of Toronto) John M. Reid Professor. Ultrasound contrast agent development (tumor targeting and triggered drug delivery), controlled release technology (bioactive compounds), microencapsulated allografts (ex vivo gene therapy) for spinal cord repair.
Ming Xiao, PhD (Baylor University). Associate Professor. Nanotechnology, single molecule detection, single molecule fluorescent imaging, genomics, genetics, genome mapping, DNA sequencing, DNA biochemistry, and biophysics.
Yinghui Zhong, PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology). Assistant Professor. Spinal cord repair, and engineering neural prosthesis/brain interface using biomaterials, drug delivery, and stem cell therapy.
Leonid Zubkov, PhD, DSc (St. Petersburg State University, Russia). Research Professor. Physiology, wound healing, physiologic neovascularization, near-infrared spectroscopy, optical tomography, histological techniques, computer-assisted diagnosis, infrared spectrophotometry, physiologic monitoring, experimental diabetes mellitus, penetrating wounds, diabetes complications, skin, animal models, radiation scattering, failure analysis
Catherin von Reyn, PhD (University of Pennsylvania). Assistant Professor. Cell type-specific genetic engineering, whole-cell patch clamp in behaving animals, modeling, and detailed behavioral analysis to identify and characterize sensorimotor circuits.

Emeritus Faculty

Dov Jaron, PhD (University of Pennsylvania) Calhoun Distinguished Professor of Engineering in Medicine. Professor Emeritus. Mathematical, computer and electromechanical simulations of the cardiovascular system.
Rahamim Seliktar, PhD (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow). Professor Emeritus. Limb prostheses, biomechanics of human motion, orthopedic biomechanics.
Hun H. Sun, PhD (Cornell University). Professor Emeritus. Biological control systems, physiological modeling, systems analysis.
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