Biomedical Mechanical Engineering

Why choose Biomedical Mechanical Engineering?

Shaping the future in Engineering and Computer Science.

Biomedical engineering is a rapidly expanding field. Our program graduates engineers proficient in those areas of biomedical engineering which are related to mechanical engineering: the design of medical devices such as artificial hearts, implants, and prostheses, the development and selection of bio-compatible metallic and non-metallic materials for implants and medical equipment, robotics for medical applications, biomechanics, and rehabilitation engineering. The program structure parallels that of the regular Mechanical Engineering program, replacing seven mechanical engineering courses in the regular program with biomedically-oriented courses.

This program, like the regular Mechanical Engineering program, has a broad scope, so that graduates may have a wide range of career choices. Biomedical systems are among the most complex of mechanical systems: the program therefore gives a comprehensive education in standard mechanical engineering principles while emphasizing their application to biomedical systems.

The program therefore retains all the strengths of the regular Mechanical Engineering program, and graduates from this program would be well qualified to work in “conventional” mechanical engineering as well as in the biomedical field. The chosen name for the program and for the degree, Biomedical Mechanical Engineering, reflects this. The program does not include pre-medical courses for admission to medical studies, but these can be added as extra courses.