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Subjects covered.
The course work in the Department is divided into four major technical areas. These are Bioinformatics, Biomechanics, Medical Imaging, and Tissue Engineering.
| Undergraduate | Graduate |
| Biomechanics | Bioinformatics |
| Biological tissue | Human genome sequencing |
| Organ systems | Protein functions |
| Human body dynamics | Computational models of genes, proteins and neurons |
| Genetics | Biomechanics |
| Cell structure/function | Forces and deformations on tissue and structures |
| Biocontrols | Behavior of forces in vivo and affect on tissue |
| Bioinstrumentation | Mechanics of orthopedic tissue in knee and shoulder |
| Biomaterials | Biomechanical properties of tissue after repair and reconstruction |
| Modeling biological systems | Medical imaging |
| Human joint kinematics | Visualization of diseases in brain and other organs |
| Tissue biomechanics | Medical ultrasound |
Imaging biological markers of disease |
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Functional MRI |
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| Tissue engineering | |
Tissue repair and replacement |
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Delivering to surgery: Implanted cells, scaffolds, DNA, protein |
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Mix cells and scaffolds in culture |
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Mechanical and chemical stimulation for tendon repair |
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Skin, tendons, meniscal cartilage repair |
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Degrees granted. The department offers the B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering. There is a premedical option for undergraduates, with dual admissions to Engineering and then the College of Medicine, providing the undergraduate GPA is at 3.4 or above.
Research focus. The department grew out of the Engineering Mechanics program within the Aerospace Department with a strong emphasis in biomechanics. This group joined forces with other persons working in bioengineering within the College and with researchers in the College of Medicine. It is the first joint department across College and provostal lines at UC. The department received major funding from the Whitaker Foundation to support its research. The areas in the graduate section of the table above list the areas of research. The library was able to build initial collections using Whitaker funding.
Dorothy Byers
January 24, 2007