Biomedical Engineering
Field Description
The field provides rich, interdisciplinary opportunities in research and education leading to the Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering. It integrates engineering and the life sciences to prepare students for diverse careers in academe, industry, and government.
The field focuses on both the molecular and macroscopic aspects of biomedical engineering and comprises five research areas: biomedical instrumentation; drug delivery, design and metabolism; biomaterials; computational and systems biology; and medical biomechanics. Facilities commonly used include the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility, the NSF STC in Nanobiotechnology, the Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), the Cornell Theory Center, the Cornell Center for Advanced Technology in Biotechnology, and the programs in the Department of Biomechanics and Biomaterials at the Hospital for Special Surgery, the Orthopedic Affiliate of the Cornell Medical College.
It is anticipated that students entering into the field of Biomedical Engineering will have received formal training in a recognized sub-discipline of engineering. Students obtain thorough training in biomedical engineering research. They also master the Ph.D. course work for a minor in a traditional engineering discipline and another minor in an area of the life sciences. Formal course work in the major includes a two-semester course in the Foundations of Biomedical Engineering, advanced BME analysis of biological systems, at least one other advanced course in bioengineering, and required seminars. Further, PhD students are expected to complete a six week immersion experience in medical research and clinical practice at Weill Medical College, as well as completing a graduate student teaching experience. M.S. students complete the Foundations in Biomedical Engineering course, two semesters of seminars, and typically four to five additional courses in engineering and the life sciences. These requirements are subject to revision.
Students are supervised by a core of faculty members who represent twelve departments in the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Engineering, Human Ecology, Veterinary Medicine, and the Weill Medical College. Currently biomedical engineering is a program, but a process to form a distinct department is underway.
Contact Information
Website: https://www.bme.cornell.edu/bme/programs/graduate-programsEmail: bh42@cornell.edu
Phone: 607 255-2573
Weill Hall 121A
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-5201
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Subject and Degrees
Biomedical Engineering
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Biomedical Engineering
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- Campus: Ithaca
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- Research Interests: biomechanics; tissue engineering; biomaterials
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- Research Interests: bioengineering of complex protein machines; functional genomics; protein engineering; cellular protein folding
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- Research Interests: biomedical engineering; biomedical imaging, especially image reconstruction; biosensors; analysis of complex data sets; computational biology
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- Research Interests: biomaterials; drug delivery
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- Research Interests: cell and tissue engineering; biomaterials
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- Campus: Ithaca
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- Research Interests: microbioanalytical devices, biofluidics, combinatorial chemistry and drug delivery, bioparticle processing and cellular analysis, analytical biochemistry
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- Research Interests: molecular bioengineering for macromolecule-based drug delivery; nucleic acid engineering; intracellular delivery; nanobiotechnology
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- Research Interests: drug/gene delivery; viral vaccine stabilization; high-throughput drug formulation; biomaterial synthesis
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- Research Interests: computer analysis of biomedical images; computer aided diagnosis of lung cancer from three-dimensional CT images; analysis of video microscope images
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Biomedical Engineering: biomedical engineering
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Biomedical Engineering: biomedical engineering
- Research Interests: biomedical engineering
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Biomedical Engineering: biomedical engineering
- Research Interests: Biomedical Engineering
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Biomedical Engineering: biomedical engineering
- Research Interests: Biomedical Engineering
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Biomedical Engineering: biomedical engineering
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Biomedical Engineering: biomedical engineering
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- Campus: Ithaca
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- Research Interests: orthopaedic biomechanics; functional adaptations of the skeleton; musculoskeletal repair; adolescent bone mass acquisition
- Campus: Ithaca
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- Campus: Ithaca
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- Campus: Ithaca
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- Research Interests: Biomedical Engineering
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Biomedical Engineering: biomedical engineering
- Research Interests: biomedical engineering
- Campus: Ithaca
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- Research Interests: bone implant systems; wear of joint replacements; bone mechanics
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- Research Interests: molecular, cellular, and tissue engineering; micro-nanobiotechnology
- Campus: Ithaca
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- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Biomedical Engineering: biomedical engineering
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- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Biomedical Engineering: biomedical engineering
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- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Biomedical Engineering: biomedical engineering
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