Visit the Biomedical Engineering Web site The Department's biomedical engineering program is the application of engineering concepts and technologies to solve biological and medical problems. This broad definition of engineering concepts encompasses those from the physical, mathematical, and computer sciences. We are bridging the gaps that have historically separated the biological sciences from engineering and the physical sciences. The Department's primary guiding principle is that all educational and research programs must be firmly rooted in both biological and engineering sciences. This principle means that whether you come to us from a predominantly biological or engineering/physical science background, your education here will equip you to deal in-depth with concepts in both domains. Furthermore, as a student here you will work in the laboratories of our faculty on cutting-edge research problems in biology or medicine, with the full spectrum of modern biological and engineering tools at your disposal. An important aspect of our biomedical engineering educational programs is the breadth of career opportunities to which they provide access. Many of our undergraduates go on to medical or graduate school, covering virtually the entire spectrum of biological and engineering disciplines; others find employment in engineering or biotech industries. Many of our graduate students pursue academic careers in medicine, engineering, and science, where they achieve professorial status in fields as diverse as electrical engineering, medical computing science, medicine, neuroscience, and physiology, in addition to biomedical engineering. Others are employed in a variety of private sector companies, from the petroleum industry to pharmaceuticals. We are able to provide this breadth of educational preparation because our programs span four University divisions: the Schools of Medicine, Engineering, and Arts and Sciences, and the Applied Physics Laboratory. Our students take courses in all divisions, ranging from advanced biochemistry and molecular biology to nonlinear systems analysis and engineering materials science. In all four divisions students participate in fundamental biological research projects as well as more applied, clinical projects. These projects vary from studies of the molecular biology of ion channels to the imaging and mechanical analysis of normal and pathological human hearts to the design of biodegradable polymers for localized drug delivery in patients with brain tumors. | 
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