Specialty
Area |
Some Applications (this is only a sampling not a comprehensive list) |
Traditional Engineering Alignment |
Relevant Courses |
Polymer Biomaterials |
Biomaterials in drug delivery
Polymers in implantable materials
Polymer coatings on medical
devices
Tissue engineering
Artificial organs (related to
material characterization,
synthesis, and design)
|
Macromolecular/
Polymer Science
and Engineering |
Polymer Science
Biomaterials
Structure of Biological
Materials
Artificial Organs
Tissue and Cell Engineering Polymer Engineering
Polymers |
Tissue
Engineering
Biomaterials |
Biomaterials in drug delivery
Polymers in implantable materials Polymer coatings on medical
devices
Tissue engineering
Artificial organs
(related to the
application of polymeric
materials for tissue repair and
integration) |
Chemical
Engineering
|
Transport (mass transport
with biological examples)
Biochemical Engineering
(bioreactor design, scale-
up issues)
Developmental Biology
Artificial
Organs
Tissue and Cell Engineering
Polymer Science
|
Orthopedic
Biomaterials |
Orthotic and prosthetic devices,
both internal and external |
Material Science
and Engineering |
Materials Science
Polymer Science
Biomaterials
Strength
of Materials
Musculoskeletal
Biomechanics
Materials for Prosthesis &
Orthotics
Polymers in Medicine
Relation of Materials to
Design
|
Systems
and
Controls |
Control of medical devices
(defibrillators, drug pumps,
stimulators,
etc.)
Extracting information from
physiological signals (ECG, EMG,
blood pressure, etc.) |
Systems
and Controls
Engineering |
Circuits & Instruments
Biomedical Signals &
Systems
Modeling of Biomedical
Systems
Signal Processing
Control Engineering
Engineering Optimization
Dynamical Systems
|
Instrumentation |
Devices to monitor signals within the body (electrocardiogram,
respiration, temperature) or sense biological signals (pH, concentration of
enzymes and proteins, chemical variables) to diagnose disease |
Electrical
Engineering |
Biomedical Instrumentation
and Lab
Logic Design and
Computers
Circuits Signals and
Systems
Electronic Analysis and
Design
Biomedical
Transducers
Electronics for Biomedical
Engineering
Microprocessors
Integrated Circuits/
Electronic Devices
Microprocessor-based
Design
|
Bioelectricity |
Medical devices that are used in the diagnosis and treatment of
cardiac and neural systems, including pacemakers, defibrillators,
stimulators, etc. |
Electrical
Engineering |
Electronic Circuits
Digital Systems Design
Biomedical
Instrumentation
Electromagnetics
Electronic Analysis & Design
Structure & Function of
Excitable Cells
Microprocessor-Band Design
|
Imaging
and Computing |
Medical imaging
Computer-assisted surgery
Cell imaging and
technology
Software in biotechnology
Endoscopic imaging
Medical
instrumentation software |
Computer/
Software
Engineering
|
Computer Programming
Data Structures
Systems Programming
Biomedical Image
Processing and Analysis
Biomedical Instrumentation
Software Programming
Computers in BME
Physics of MR Imaging
Artificial
Intelligence
Database Systems
|
Biomechanics |
Orthodic and prosthetic devices
(internal and external)
Sport equipment
Vehicle safety equipment
rehabilitation equipment |
Mechanical
Engineering |
Mechanics
Computers in Mechanical
Engineering
Kinematics Analysis
and
Systems
Design of Mechanical
Systems
Prosthetic Systems
Biomechanics
of Motor
Control
Musculoskeletal
Biomechanics
|
