• BME 2000

    Biomedical Engineering Design and Discovery
     Rating

    2.97

     Difficulty

    3.25

     GPA

    3.75

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Provides students with the skills necessary to engage in meaningful engineering design, and focuses on the latter stages of the engineering design process - detailed design, prototyping, and evaluation. Students develop skills in computer assisted design, embedded controls, prototyping, analysis and teamwork. A major focus of the class is the execution of a design project. Prerequisites: PHYS 1425, and BME major or minor. Recommended Corequisite: PHYS 2415 or ECE 2200.

  • BME 4550

    Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering
     Rating

    4.36

     Difficulty

    2.24

     GPA

    3.77

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Applies engineering science, design methods, and system analysis to developing areas and current problems in biomedical engineering. Topics vary by semester. Recent topics include Medical Imaging Systems Theory, BME Advanced Design, BME Electronics Lab, and Systems Biology Modeling and Experimentation. Prerequisite: third- or fourth-year standing or instructor permission.

  • BME 6705

    Recent Advances in Public Health Genomics
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.78

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The course will cover human genetics and genomics, including the human/mammalian genome variation, determination of genomic variation on phenotype and disease risk, mapping and characterizing genetic variants on phenotype, determining the putative impact of genetic variants on gene expression (transcriptomics, epigenomics), the promise and implications of genome science on precision medicine and the ethical, legal & social implications.Pre-requisite: BIOL 3010 or BIOL 4210 or instructor consent.

  • BME 6311

    Research Fundamentals
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.80

    Last Taught

    Spring 2024

    Students will gain a fundamental understanding of the theoretical principles underlying biomedical measurements. Topics are organized sequentially from signal initiation through signal processing to downstream statistical analysis of measurements. Students will be exposed to the practical implementation of general principles through homework assignments that involve the analysis and evaluation of molecular, cellular, and clinical measurements. Prerequisites: 1. BME 6101: Physiology I (or equivalent) 2. SEAS graduate student status 3. Some previous exposure to probability-statistics, Fourier analysis, and linear systems 4. Or Instructor Permission

  • BME 4064

    Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design II
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.83

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Second half of a year-long design project required for BME majors. Students select, formulate, & solve a design problem related to a device or a system. Projects use conceptual design, skills obtained in the integrated lab & substantial literature and patent reviews. Projects are sponsored by faculty, physicians and/or companies. Students may work on their own with outside team members when appropriate or with other students in integrative teams. Prerequisite: 4th year standing in the Biomedical Engineering major or instructor permission.

  • BME 3030

    Design and Innovation in Medicine
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.83

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Project-driven course focusing on biomedical product design with emphasis on marketability, innovation, entrepreneurship and business. Topics include design fundamentals, problem/needs identification, delineation of realistic constraints and product specifications, intellectual property, market analysis, entrepreneurship, specific advanced design, business plan development, venture funding, and medical product testing methods. Pre-requisite: BME 2000 or instructor permission.

  • BME 6280

    Motion Biomechanics
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.85

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Focuses on the study of forces (and their effects) that act on the musculoskeletal structures of the human body. Based on the foundations of functional anatomy and engineering mechanics (rigid body and deformable approaches); students are exposed to clinical problems in orthopedics and rehabilitation. Cross-listed as AM 6280. Prerequisite: BME 6103.

  • BME 4063

    Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design I
     Rating

    4.17

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.87

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    A year-long design project required for BME majors. Students select, formulate, and solve a design problem related to a device or a system. Projects use conceptual design, skills obtained in the integrated lab and substantial literature and patent reviews. Projects are sponsored by faculty, physicians and/or companies. Students may work on their own with outside team members when appropriate or with other students in integrative teams. Prerequisite: 4th year standing in the Biomedical Engineering major or instructor permission.

  • BME 4360

    Molecular Data Science
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.88

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Intro to systems-level measurement techniques for capturing molecular information and the mathematical and computational methods for harnessing the information from these measurements to improve our understanding of cell physiology and disease. Practical implementation of the concepts in MATLAB or Python will be applied to existing, real data from published journal articles. Pre-requisites: APMA 3100 or APMA 3110, BME 2104, BME 2315, and CS 1110 or CS 1111 or CS 1112

  • BME 8995

    Supervised Project Research (GRAD STUDENTS ONLY)
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.91

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    FOR GRAD STUDENTS ONLY. A research project in biomedical engineering conducted in consultation with a faculty advisor. Includes the design, execution, and analysis of experimental laboratory work and computational or theoretical computer analysis of a problem. Fulfills the project requirement for the Biomedical Engineering Masters of Engineering degree. Prereqs: Instructor Permission Required.