Department of Biomedical Engineering
What is Biomedical Engineering?
The main focus of biomedical engineering is to apply scientific and engineering principles to the grand area of biomedicine for the improvement of clinical diagnosis, therapy, daily health care and overall well-being of humans. The biomedical engineering also provides tools and solutions for fundamental researches in biomedicine.
Biomedical engineering is a highly interdisciplinary field; it requires students to have both general knowledge and professional forte for the job market. Through a flexible curriculum design, we encourage students to develop their expertise according to their own interests As the human centric nature of biomedicine is, all our graduates are expected to be competent, enthusiastic, and confident with a broad humanistic mind.
Education Program*:
| Degree | Required course hours to graduate |
| Bachelor of Science (BS) | 131 (97 required+34 elective course units) |
| Master of Science (MS) | 30 (8 seminar+16 course units) |
| Ph.D. | 18 (4 seminar+14 course units) |
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Faculty and Research
There are 15 full time faculty members in the department of BME. All have Ph.D degrees in relevant areas. The main research fields include: medical electronics, biomechanics and biological materials. Some detailed topics are shown as follows:
【Areas of Research】
Medical Electronics
• Digital Image Processing
• Biophotonic and Ultrasounics
• Internet Computing
• Neuroscience and Neuroengiueering
• Cell-Based Biosensor
• Neuroimaging
Biomechanics
• Orthopaedic Biomechanics
• Rehablition Engineering
• Computer Aided Engineering
• Plasma & Soft Matter
• Cell Mechanics
Biological Materials
• Tissue engineering & drug delivery
• Surface and Interfacial Engineering of Biomaterials
• Nano-biomaterials
• Biopolymer