Biomedical Engineering
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Program Overview

Engineering Progress, Transforming Health

Advancing healthcare through engineering requires creativity, precision, and skills. This program equips you with the tools to design and innovate in biomechanics, tissue engineering, biomedical devices, and more. Located in a hub for engineering and technology, you’ll learn to analyze, design, and evaluate complex systems that address real-world challenges.

Guided by experienced faculty, you’ll engage in hands-on learning in advanced labs and collaborate on impactful research projects. The flexible curriculum allows you to tailor your studies with electives and complete your degree with a design project or a master’s research thesis, preparing you to lead in this dynamic field.

» Why LTU?

  • Study in the nation’s #1 region for engineering and technology.
  • Learn from expert faculty specializing in biomechanics, tissue engineering, biomedical devices, and bioMEMS. 
  • Gain hands-on experience through applied research projects.
  • Customize your degree with electives that align with your goals.
  • Complete a design project or master’s thesis for your capstone.
  • Small class size with personalized attention from faculty and advisors.

Curriculum

» Curriculum Documents

Option I: Research Thesis

Course Name

Course #

Credits

Core Courses (5 courses)

15-16

Electives (2-3 courses)

6-9

Master’s Research Thesis

Must have BME Graduate Director approval. Capstone graduate research with topic agreed on by advisors and students. Students work in collaboration with a faculty advisor. Students are expected to meet regularly with their advisors. Course requirements include an oral defense presentation and thesis that are reviewed by committee. Upon completion, students submit the thesis to the University for publication.

BME6903

6-9

Option II: Design Project

Course Name

Course #

Credits

Core Courses (5 courses)

15-16

Electives (3-4 courses)

9-12

Master’s Design Project

Must have BME Graduate Director approval. Capstone graduate project with topic agreed on by advisors and student. Projects may include design projects, forensic investigations, analysis, or others. Course requirements include a final report and final presentation reviewed by committee.

BME6803

6-9

Core Courses

Course Name

Course #

Credits

Choose one of the following advanced Mathematics Courses:

Engineering Analysis 1

Course designed to explore topics needed to enhance analytical skills of engineering for obtaining deeper understanding of scientific principle. Topics include Vectors and Vector spaces, Matrics and System of Linear Equation, Eigenvalues and Eigen Vectors, Solution of Ordinary Differential Equation, LaPlace Transforms, Fourier Series, Fourier Integrals and Fourier Transforms, Vector Calculus and Numerical Methods. Lecture 3 hours.

EME5253

3

Engineering Analysis

Numerical methods for algebraic and differential equations. Matrix solutions, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization, uncoupling, non-linear systems. Change of coordinates, orthogonalization, matrix factorization, approximation and interpolation, Housholder reflections.

EEE5114

4

Engineering Analysis 2

Basic operations of complex numbers. Analytic functions and Cauchy-Riemann condition. Cauchy integral formula. Residue theorem. Conformal mapping and its applications. Bessel functions. Legendre functions. Orthogonality of characteristic functions and boundary value problems. Applications of Lagrange multipliers.

EME6283

3

Choose three of the following biomedical engineering courses:

Biocompatibility

This course focuses on wound healing and the tissue response to foreign materials. Topics include; the organization, activation, and mechanisms of the immune system as well as, bioactive materials and the molecular basis for surface recognition and masking.

BME5203

3

Advanced Biomaterials

This course provides in-depth review of contemporary biomaterials and their applications. Topics include cellular and molecular aspects of host response, surface and interface design and characterization, and biomimetic design.

BME5213

3

Engineering Applications in Orthopedics

Course not found.

BME5303

3

Cell Mechanobiology

Biochemical signaling in response to various mechanical stresses in the context of physiology and pathophysiology. Topics include the behavior of live cells during cell motility, force generation, and interaction with the extracellular matrix; the advanced biomechanical testing tools used for in vitro
characterization of living cells; mechanotransduction that converts mechanical forces into biochemical signaling.

BME5313

3

Biosignals and Systems

This graduate level course will focus on the advanced techniques in measurement and analysis of biosignals and their applications in biomedical devices and systems. This course will begin with brief review of fundamentals in signal collection and processing, and then will emphasize on the analysis and design of biomedical devices at the system level. Major topics cover both traditional mainstream biomedical devices such as pulse oximetry, ECG, and EEG, and advanced techniques including sensing and manipulation of biomolecules, intracellular biopotential measurements, and micro-robotics diagnostic devices. Students will work on projects to apply concepts covered in lectures and learn hands-on skills involving MATLAB and Arduino programming.

BME5403

3

Quantitative Physiology

The course provides an overview of the quantitative aspects, principles and control mechanisms of human physiology including the cardiovascular, neuromuscular, respiratory, renal and endocrine systems at the organ, tissue and cellular levels. The course also includes the review of modern approaches to modeling these processes and their translational applications in modern biomedical research and biomedical engineering.

BME5703

3

Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering

Covers a specialized topic in biomedical engineering for which there is strong faculty and student interest.

BME5093

3

Elective Courses (6-12 Credits)

Choose from biomedical engineering courses (level 5000 or above) or choose courses from another department (level 5000 or above) with MSBME Graduate Admissions Committee approval. Students may also choose level 4000 courses under special circumstances with MSBME Graduate Admissions Committee approval, and the total of level 4000 course credits cannot exceed six credits.

For more details please see the Catalog below.

Accelerated BSBME+MSBME 5-Year Program

A student enrolled in the BSBME program can take graduate-level courses (level-5000 or above) as electives during their senior year and transfer the credits (up to 9 credits) to the MSBME program. This allows the student to complete both the BSBME and MSBME degrees within 5 years.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the MSBME program as a regular graduate student requires the demonstration of high potential for success based on the following:

  1. Submission of the Online Application for Graduate Admission
  2. Official transcripts of all college work*,**
  3. Resume
  4. A minimum of one Letter of Recommendation (employers and professors are preferred);
  5. Statement of Purpose (Optional, 1 page)

*Applicants must have earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited U.S. institution –or– a non-U.S. degree equivalent to a four-year U.S. baccalaureate degree from a college or university of government recognized standing.

** A Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or technical related field and plan to complete specified undergraduate curriculum courses (minimum GPA of 3.0);

Students with a GPA lower than 3.0 or with baccalaureate degree in a field other than engineering may be admitted on a provisional basis. These students must satisfy prerequisite requirements as determined by the MSBME Graduate Admissions Committee before they can be granted official graduate status. They will be evaluated for official graduate student status upon completion of six semester hours of graduate coursework, achieving a minimum grade of 3.0 in each course. All coursework must be completed within five years after the program is started.

 

MSBME Transfer Policy

For applicants transferring from other graduate programs into the MSBME program, no more than six graduate semester credit hours may be transferred, and these must be from an accredited institution. Any exceptions to this policy must be approved by the MSBME Graduate Admissions Committee. A minimum grade of 3.0 must have been achieved in all transfer courses. Credit for courses taken in a graduate program other than biomedical engineering will be reviewed to determine whether they may be substituted within the MSBME program at Lawrence Tech. A request for transfer courses to be considered must be made in writing at the time of application and must be accompanied by transcripts, course descriptions, and syllabi for each proposed transfer course.

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