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Biomedical Engineering is a discipline that is practiced by professionals trained as engineers who specialize in the medical and biological sciences. As engineers, Biomedical Engineers assert their multidisciplinary expertise for designing new medical instruments and devices, and for innovating new technological solutions for detection, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease.
Our degree programs in Biomedical Engineering respond to the need for educating engineers to take part in, and to help lead the biotechnology revolution of the Twenty-First Century. Biomedical engineers are essential for pushing the frontiers of science and technology, and for developing new tools and techniques that harness life to solve some of our most fundamental problems. We do not aim to graduate engineers who can just understand and work with biological scientists, but rather educate engineers to become biological scientists with an engineering perspective on design and problem solving. Consequently our undergraduate program enables students to acquire technical depth in engineering in addition to breadth in the biological sciences. Our graduate program is tailored to the individual student's interests, offering specializations in biomaterials, biomechanics, bioinstrumentation and BioMEMS, biomedical imaging, cellular scale bioengineering, neuroengineering, and rehabilitation and human performance.
The department has approximately 200 biomedical engineering undergraduate students (including pre-engineer freshmen) and 90 graduate students. Our faculty is world renowned and consists of outstanding senior and junior members, including 10 fellows of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers, 11 NSF Young Investigators (CAREER, NYI, PYI), 14 Whitaker Foundation Investigators, and 2 who were named among the world's 100 top young innovators by Technology Review. There are 16 core Biomedical Engineering faculty members, with additional 30 affiliate members from the College of Engineering and the Medical School who collaborate on research, advise our students, give lectures, and teach courses.
In 2002 our department moved into our permanent home with state of the art facilities in the newly constructed Engineering Centers Building, where students and faculty study, invent and discover. We are located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in close proximity to the Medical School, UW Hospital and Clinics, and our world-class bioscience and biotechnology facilities. All of these facilities offer our students and faculty an environment that is unparalleled for research, learning and innovation, making the University of Wisconsin-Madison a unique place to study Biomedical Engineering.
Robert G. Radwin (Large image) |
Design transforms scientific knowledge into reality. It is the essence of engineering. Today's remarkable advances in biotechnology and medical science demand that biomedical engineers receive special training to bring the promises of these advances to fruition. Creating new medical instruments, making the world accessible to people with disabilities, or developing new therapeutic devices requires that we educate engineers in multiple disciplines, foster innovation and instill a strong command of design.
Our objective is to offer a unique undergraduate degree program that promotes design throughout the education of biomedical engineers. We believe that biomedical engineers can effectively acquire design skills by following an educational program that offers a combination of technical depth, hands-on experience, real-world challenges and industry involvement. An educational program that emphasizes design must train students in cutting edge technologies, prepare engineers for the future needs of the biomedical industry and foster innovation and creativity. We feel that design is best learned by increments and mentoring, which is why we engage our students in design throughout their education. Our innovative approach to team-based learning in design courses enables students at early and intermediate levels to work together and allows beginning students to learn from the experience of their more advanced peers.
Graduate students have the opportunity to study with world-class faculty in collaboration with researchers in the biosciences and clinical departments who engage our graduate students in solving some of the most challenging problems in biology and medicine. Graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison can study in a wide variety of biomedical engineering specializations including biomaterials, biomechanics, bioinstrumentation and BioMEMS, biomedical imaging, cellular scale bioengineering, neuroengineering, and rehabilitation and human performance.
We appreciate your visit to our website and hope that you will contact us with questions you may have about our undergraduate or graduate degree programs and research. There are many outstanding opportunities in biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin, leading to challenging and rewarding careers. We look forward to hearing from you!
Robert G. Radwin, PhD
Professor and Chair
Our department offices and research facilities are located in the new state of the art Engineering Centers Building.
There are 17 primary and 45 affiliates or adjunct Biomedical Engineering faculty members.
Numerous BME faculty members belong to multiple departments or have joint appointments, so BME students have opportunities for pursuing a flexible interdisciplinary program of study to suit an individual's needs.
The University of Wisconsin is ranked first among public institutions, and second overall in annual research expenditures.
Annual expenditures for Biomedical Engineering research exceed $11,380,000.
The University of Wisconsin was ranked 14th among all schools of Biomedical Engineering to receive NIH awards in 2005.
At least 12 Biomedical Engineering faculty members have earned distinguished National Science Foundation CAREER, NYI, or PYI Awards. Three have won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Many faculty members are fellows of BMES, AIMBE and other professional societies.
The Department of Biomedical Engineering is one of only nine to receive a W. H. Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partnership award in Biomedical Engineering.
There were 36 new US patent applications filed by BME faculty members in 2006.
In 2006 University of Wisconsin Biomedical Engineering faculty startup companies took first, second and third place in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Competition.
Biomedical Engineering graduate student traineeship and fellowships awarded last year included:
The University of Wisconsin Biomedical Engineering Society chapter received the national Meritorious Achievement Award (most active student chapter) for four consecutive years.
20% of BME seniors graduate in the top 10% of the University of Wisconsin campus.
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