Biomedical Engineering
graduate fieldoverview
concentrations
degree offered
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degree | academic degree
- Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Degree | academic degree
- Master of Science (M.S.) Degree | academic degree
people
field members
- Aneshansley, Daniel Joseph | Professor
- Baeumner, Antje J | Professor
- Batt, Carl A | Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor
- Bonassar, Lawrence | Associate Professor
- Boskey, Adele Ludin | Professor of Biochemistry
- Butcher, Jonathan T. | Assistant Professor
- Christini, David J. | Associate Professor of Computational Biomedicine / Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics / Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Medicine
- Chu, Chih-Chang | Rebecca Q Morgan '60 Professor
- Craighead, Harold G | <br />Charles W. Lake, Jr. Professor of Engineering, Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics; Director, Nanobiotechnology Center
- Delisa, Matthew | Associate Professor
- Doerschuk, Peter | Professor
- Erickson, David | Assistant Professor
- Fischbach, Claudia | Assistant Professor
- Freed, Jack H | Frank and Robert Laughlin Professor of Physical Chemistry
- Gilmour Jr, Robert F | Associate Dean
- Grubb, David Thomas | Associate Professor
- Henschke, Claudia Ingrid | Professor of Radiology / Professor of Radiology in Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Jenkins, James Thomas | Professor
- Jin, Moonsoo | Assistant Professor
- King, Cynthia A. | Assistant Professor
- King, Michael R. | Associate Professor
- Kirby, Brian | Assistant Professor
- Lal, Amit | Associate Professor
- Lindau, Manfred | Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics and Coordinator of the Engineering Physics Cooperative Program
- Linster, Christiane | Associate Professor
- Luo, Dan | Associate Professor
- Maxfield, Frederick Rowland | Vladimir Horowitz and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience / Professor of Biochemistry
- Olbricht, William Lee | Professor
- Putnam, David A. | Associate Professor
- Reeves, Anthony P | Professor
- Schaffer, Chris | Assistant Professor
- Shuler, Michael Louis | Professor
- Skorton, David J. | President
- Stroock, Abraham Duncan | Associate Professor
- Tan, Jian | Senior Research Associate
- van der Meulen, Marjolein | Dean Assoc
- Varner, Jeffrey D. | Assistant Professor
- Victor, Jonathan David | Fred Plum Professor of Neurology / Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
- Volpe, Bruce T. | Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
- Wang, Yi | Professor
- Webb, Watt W | Samuel B. Eckert Professor in Engineering; Professor of Applied Physics
- Weinstein, Alan Mark | Professor of Medicine / Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
- Xu, Chunhui | Associate Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics and Director of Graduate Studies
- Zabih, Ramin | Prof.
- Zipfel, Warren R. | Professor and Director of DRBIO
affiliations
has affiliated organization
- Cornell University Graduate School | Graduate School
The field of provides rich, interdisciplinary opportunities in research and education leading to the Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering. It integrates engineering and the life sciences to prepare students for diverse careers in academe, industry, and government.
The field focuses on both the molecular and macroscopic aspects of biomedical engineering and comprises five research areas: biomedical instrumentation; drug delivery, design and metabolism; biomaterials; computational and systems biology; and medical biomechanics. Facilities commonly used include the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility, the NSF STC in Nanobiotechnology, the Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), the Cornell Theory Center, the Cornell Center for Advanced Technology in Biotechnology, and the programs in the Department of Biomechanics and Biomaterials at the Hospital for Special Surgery, the Orthopedic Affiliate of the Cornell Medical College.
Students obtain thorough training in biomedical engineering research. They also master the Ph.D. course work for a minor in a traditional engineering discipline and another minor in an area of the life sciences. Formal course work in the major includes a two-semester course in the Foundations of Biomedical Engineering, advanced BME analysis of biological systems, at least one other advanced course in bioengineering, and required seminars. Further, PhD students are expected to complete a six week immersion experience in medical research and clinical practice at Weill Medical College, as well as completing a graduate student teaching experience. M.S. students complete the Foundations in Biomedical Engineering course, two semesters of seminars, and typically four to five additional courses in engineering and the life sciences. These requirements are subject to revision.