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Theses/dissertations from 2024 2024.

DEVELOPING AN IMMUNOMODULATORY STRATEGY USING BIOPHYSICAL CUES TO MODULATE MACROPHAGE PHENOTYPE FOR FRACTURE HEALING AND BONE REGENERATION , Harshini Suresh Kumar

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

A Wearable Fiber-Free Optical Sensor for Continuous Measurements of Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygenation , Xuhui Liu

3-DIMENSIONAL MUSCLE CONSTRUCTS: USING HYDROGELS IN ORDER TO MODEL THE EFFECTS OF EXERCISE IN DISEASE CONDITIONS , Mark McHargue

MULTISCALE AND MULTIMODALITY OPTICAL IMAGING OF BRAIN HEMODYNAMICS AND FUNCTION , Mehrana Mohtasebi

DEFINING SAGITTAL PLANE GAIT MECHANICS AND JOINT LOADING IN PEOPLE WITH MARFAN SYNDROME , Justin Melan Pol

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

USE OF IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF T GONDII BIOLOGY , Amer Asiri

An Electrochemical, Fluidic, Chip-Based Biosensor for Biomarker Detection , Lauren Bell

VOLUNTARY CONTROL OF BREATHING ACCORDING TO THE BREATHING PATTERN DURING LISTENING TO MUSIC AND NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT OF HEART RATE AND RESPIRATION , Dibyajyoti Biswal

Characterizing the Internal Porous Structure of Equine Proximal Sesamoid Bones Subjected to Race Training Using Fast Fourier Transforms , Joseph Erik Davis

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

CHARACTERIZATION OF MODULATION AND COHERENCE IN SENSORIMOTOR RHYTHMS USING DIFFERENT ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC SIGNAL DERIVATIONS , Stephen Dundon

Analysis of Graded Sensorimotor Rhythms for Brain-Computer Interface Applications , Chase Allen Haddix

NOVEL TOOLS FOR ANALYSIS OF DISORDERED SLEEP AND MOTOR BEHAVIOR IN PRECLINICAL MODELS OF DISEASE , Dillon M. Huffman

CHANGES IN CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY, AND NEURAL ACTIVITY BY MUSIC: EFFECTS OF BREATHING PATHWAY ON FEELING EMOTIONS , Mohammad Javad Mollakazemi

Facilitating Analysis of Toxoplasma gondii Bradyzoite Metabolic Activity via Image Processing and Multivariate Logistic Regression for High Throughput Classification of Mitochondrial Morphologies , Brooke Place

WORK-RELATED CHANGES IN THE TRUNK STIFFNESS OF NURSING PERSONNEL , Clare Tyler

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS IN THE EPILEPTIC BRAIN: ACCURATE DETECTION, EFFECT OF VIGILANCE STATE, AND SAMPLE SIZE CONSIDERATIONS , Amir Fared Partu Al-Bakri

ATV Dynamics and Pediatric Rider Safety , James T. Auxier II

Assessment of White Matter Hyperintensity, Cerebral Blood Flow, and Cerebral Oxygenation in Older Subjects Stratified by Cerebrovascular Risk , Ahmed A. Bahrani

EFFECTS OF A HIP ORTHOSIS ON LUMBOPELVIC COORDINATION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH AND WITHOUT LOW BACK PAIN , Colin Drury

Noncontact Multiscale Diffuse Optical Imaging of Deep Tissue Hemodynamics in Animals and Humans , Siavash Mazdeyasna

Work Related Diurnal Changes in Trunk Mechanical Behavior , Maeve McDonald

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

A POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN R-WAVE AMPLITUDE ALTERNANS AND T-WAVE ALTERNANS IN ECGs , Sahar Alaei

BIOMECHANICAL EFFECTS OF A HIP ORTHOSIS ON LUMBO-PELVIC COORDINATION , Matthew Ballard

CALIBRATED SHORT TR RECOVERY MRI FOR RAPID MEASUREMENT OF BRAIN-BLOOD PARTITION COEFFICIENT AND CORRECTION OF QUANTITATIVE CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW , Scott William Thalman

A BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE FOR CLOSED-LOOP SENSORY STIMULATION DURING MOTOR TRAINING IN PATIENTS WITH TETRAPLEGIA , Sarah Helen Thomas

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Biomedical Engineering Theses and Dissertations

This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Co-delivery of Adipose-derived Stromal Cells and Endothelial Colony Forming Cells in Novel Cell-assembled Scaffolds as a Pro-angiogenic Cell Therapy Platform , Sarah A. From

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Multiparametric Classification of Tumor Treatment Using Ultrasound Microvascular Imaging , mahsa bataghva

Towards Patient Specific Mitral Valve Modelling via Dynamic 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography , Patrick Carnahan

Developing a Finite Element Model for Evaluating the Posterior Tibial Slope in a Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy , VIctor Alexander Carranza

Analysis and Characterization of Embroidered Textile Strain Sensors for Use in Wearable Mechatronic Devices , Jose Guillermo Colli Alfaro

Developing Bioactive Hydrogels Containing Cell-derived Extracellular Matrix for Bone and Cartilage Repair , Ali Coyle

Modelling of a TCA-driven Wearable Tremor Suppression Device for People with Parkinson’s Disease , Parisa Daemi

Using Machine Learning Models to Address Challenges in Lung Cancer Care , Salma Dammak

Longitudinal dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid Aꞵ, pTau and sTREM2 reveal predictive preclinical trajectories of Alzheimer’s pathology , Bahaaldin Helal

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING BIOMARKERS FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE: A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH , Dimuthu Henadeerage Don

Detecting Treatment Failure in Rheumatoid Arthritis with Time-Domain Diffuse Optical Methods , Seva Ioussoufovitch

Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Compatible Mechatronic Needle Guidance System for Prostate Focal Laser Ablation Therapy , Eric R. Knull

The Development of Stimuli-responsive Hydrogels from Self-Immolative Polymers , Jared David Pardy

Free-hand Photoacoustic Imaging of Breast Cancer Tissue , Elina Rascevska

Development of a Cell-based Regenerative Strategy to Modulate Angiogenesis and Inflammation in Ischemic Muscle , Fiona E. Serack

Investigation of Dynamic Culture on Matrix-derived Microcarriers as a Strategy to Modulate the Pro-Regenerative Phenotype of Human Adipose-derived Stromal Cells , McKenna R. Tosh

Evaluating EEG–EMG Fusion-Based Classification as a Method for Improving Control of Wearable Robotic Devices for Upper-Limb Rehabilitation , Jacob G. Tryon

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

A two-layer continuous-capillary oxygen transport model: Development and application to blood flow regulation in resting skeletal muscle. , Keith C. Afas

Development of a Hybrid Stereotactic Guidance System For Percutaneous Liver Tumour Ablation , Joeana N. Cambranis Romero

Large-scale Analysis and Automated Detection of Trunnion Corrosion on Hip Arthroplasty Devices , Anastasia M. Codirenzi

The Role of Transient Vibration of the Skull on Concussion , Rodrigo Dalvit Carvalho da Silva

Biomechanical Investigation of Complete and Partial Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries , Callahan Doughty

Towards A Comprehensive Software Suite for Stereotactic Neurosurgery , Greydon Gilmore

The Bio-Mechanical Development and Kinematic Evaluation of Zone I and Zone II Injuries and their Corresponding Surgical Repair Techniques using an In-Vitro Active Finger Motion Simulator: A Cadaveric Study , Mohammad Haddara

Image-based Cochlear Implant Frequency-to-Place Mapping , Luke William Helpard

Mechanical Evaluation of Gyroid Structures to Combat Orthopaedic Implant Infections , Sydney Hitchon

The Development of a Motion Sensing Device for Use in a Home Setting , Jaspreet K. Kalsi

A Novel Ultrasound Elastography Technique for Evaluating Tumor Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Locally Advanced Breast Cancer , Niusha Kheirkhah

Thermo-responsive Antibiotic-Eluting Coatings for Treating Infection near Orthopedic Implants , Jan Chung Kwan

Effects of Modulating the Culture Microenvironment on the Growth and Secretome of Human Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells , Zhiyu Liang

Conducting Polypyrrole Hydrogel Biomaterials For Drug Delivery And Cartilage Tissue Regeneration , Iryna Liubchak

Motion and Crosslinked Polyethylene Wear in Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty , Christopher Millward

Intracardiac Ultrasound Guided Systems for Transcatheter Cardiac Interventions , Hareem Nisar

Investigation of Cell Derived Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery and Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Stem/Stromal Cells , Shruthi Polla Ravi

Quantitative Image Analysis of White Matter Dysregulation Using Brain Normalization for Diagnostic Analysis of Pediatric Hydrocephalus , Renee-Marie Ragguett

Automation through Deep-Learning to Quantify Ventilation Defects in Lungs from High-Resolution Isotropic Hyperpolarized 129Xe Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Tuneesh Kaur Ranota

Early Biological Response of Articular Cartilage to Hemiarthroplasty Wear , Debora Rossetti

Sol-Gel Derived Bioceramic Poly(Diethyl Fumarate – Co – Triethoxyvinylsilane) Composite , Aref Sleiman

The Application of Digital Volume Correlation Bone Strain Measurements in the Osteoarthritic Glenohumeral Joint , Jakub R. Targosinski

Development of Brain-Derived Bioscaffolds for Neural Progenitor Cell Culture and Delivery , Julia Terek

Modelling and Evaluation of Piezoelectric Actuators for Wearable Neck Rehabilitation Devices , Shaemus D. Tracey

Development of a Combined Experimental-Computational Framework to Study Human Knee Biomechanics , Samira Vakili

Investigation on the Performance of Dry Powder Inhalation System for Enhanced Delivery of Levosalbutamol Sulfate , Yuqing Ye

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Development of a Wireless Telemetry Load and Displacement Sensor for Orthopaedic Applications , William Anderson

Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery , Neda Aslankoohi

Fabrication Of Inkjet-Printed Enzyme-Based Biosensors Towards Point-Of-Care Applications , Yang Bai

The Use of CT to Assess Shoulder Kinematics and Measure Glenohumeral Arthrokinematics , Baraa Daher

The Development of Region-Specific Decellularized Meniscus Bioinks for 3D Bioprinting Applications , Sheradan Doherty

In Vitro Analyses of the Contributions of the Hip Capsule to Joint Biomechanics , Emma Donnelly

Long-Circulating, Degradable Lanthanide-Based Contrast Agents for Pre-Clinical Microcomputed Tomography of the Vasculature , Eric Grolman

Mixed-reality visualization environments to facilitate ultrasound-guided vascular access , Leah Groves

Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy , Loxlan W. Kasa

Extracellular Matrix-Derived Microcarriers as 3-D Cell Culture Platforms , Anna Kornmuller

3D Printed Polypyrrole Scaffolds for pH Dependent Drug Delivery with Applications in Bone Regeneration , Matthew T. Lawrence

Development of Multifunctional Drug Delivery Systems for Locoregional Therapy , Xinyi Li

Motion Intention Estimation using sEMG-ACC Sensor Fusion , Jose Alejandro Lopez

Biomaterial for Cervical Intervertebral Disc Prosthesis , Helium Mak

Biomechanical Analysis of Ligament Modelling Techniques and Femoral Component Malrotation Following TKA , Liam A. Montgomery

Snapshot Three-Dimensional Surface Imaging With Multispectral Fringe Projection Profilometry , Parsa Omidi

4DCT to Examine Carpal Motion , Sydney M. Robinson

Seizure Detection Using Deep Learning, Information Theoretic Measures and Factor Graphs , Bahareh Salafian

Modeling Fetal Brain Development: A semi-automated platform for localization, reconstruction, and segmentation of the fetal brain on MRI , Jianan Wang

Immobilized Jagged1 for Notch3-specific Differentiation and Phenotype Control of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells , Kathleen E. Zohorsky

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Simulation Approaches to X-ray C-Arm-based Interventions , Daniel R. Allen

Implementing a multi-segment foot model in a clinical setting to measure inter-segmental joint motions , Tahereh Amiri

Cardiac Modelling Techniques to Predict Future Heart Function and New Biomarkers in Acute Myocardial Infarction , Sergio C. H. Dempsey

Feasibility of Twisted Coiled Polymer Actuators for Use in Upper Limb Wearable Rehabilitation Devices , Brandon P.R. Edmonds

Metal Additive Manufacturing for Fixed Dental Prostheses , Mai EL Najjar

Using an Internal Auditory Stimulus to Activate the Developing Primary Auditory Cortex: A Fetal fMRI Study , Estee Goldberg

Development of Water-Soluble Polyesters for Tissue Engineering Applications , Trent Gordon

Development Of Hybrid Coating Materials To Improve The Success Of Titanium Implants , Zach Gouveia

A 3D Printed Axon-Mimetic Diffusion MRI Phantom , Tristan K. Kuehn

Development of an Active Infection Monitoring Knee Spacer for Two-Stage Revision , Michael K. Lavdas

Computational Modeling of the Human Brain for mTBI Prediction and Diagnosis , Yanir Levy

Pulmonary Imaging of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease using Multi-Parametric Response Maps , Jonathan MacNeil

Optimization of Indentation for the Material Characterization of Soft PVA-Cryogels , Md. Mansur ul Mulk

Development and Validation of Augmented Reality Training Simulator for Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Renal Access , Yanyu Mu

A Biomechanical Investigation into the Effect of Experimental Design on Wrist Biomechanics and Contact Mechanics , Clare E. Padmore

Structure-Function Relationships in the Brain: Applications in Neurosurgery , Daiana-Roxana Pur

The Effect of Joint Alignment After a Wrist Injury on Joint Mechanics and Osteoarthritis Development , Puneet Kaur Ranota

Development and Validation of Tools for Improving Intraoperative Implant Assessment with Ultrasound during Gynaecological Brachytherapy , Jessica Robin Rodgers

Studies on Carbon Quantum Dots with Special Luminescent Properties and Their Capability of Overcoming the Biological Barriers , Ji Su Song

Machine Learning towards General Medical Image Segmentation , Clara Tam

The Migration and Wear of Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty , Madeleine L. Van de Kleut

Video Processing for the Evaluation of Vascular Dynamics in Neurovascular Interventions , Reid Vassallo

Preparation of Intra-articular Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis , Ian Villamagna

Deep Reinforcement Learning in Medical Object Detection and Segmentation , Dong Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Fabrication and Characterization of Collagen-Polypyrrole Constructs Using Direct-Ink Write Additive Manufacturing , Rooshan Arshad

Development of a Force-Based Ream Vector Measurement System For Glenoid Reaming Simulation , David Axford

Investigation of Visual Perceptions in Parkinson's Disease and the Development of Disease Monitoring Software , Matthew Bernardinis

Tissue Equivalent Gellan Gum Gel Materials for Clinical MRI and Radiation Dosimetry , Pawel Brzozowski

Implementation of User-Independent Hand Gesture Recognition Classification Models Using IMU and EMG-based Sensor Fusion Techniques , José Guillermo Collí Alfaro

Scaffold Design Considerations for Soft Tissue Regeneration , Madeleine M. Di Gregorio

Remote Navigation and Contact-Force Control of Radiofrequency Ablation Catheters , Daniel Gelman

High-throughput Fabrication of Drug-loaded Core-shell Tablets with Adjustable Release Profiles from Surface-erodible and Photocrosslinkable Polyanhydrides , Armin Geraili Nejadfomeshi

Apply dry powder on drug loading and enteric coating of esomeprazole magnesium trihydrate beads and capsules , Xiaojing Ge

Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) - based nanostructured biosensor for detection of glucose , Eugene Hwang

A Heterogeneous Patient-Specific Biomechanical Model of the Lung for Tumor Motion Compensation and Effective Lung Radiation Therapy Planning , Parya Jafari

The Co-Delivery of Syngeneic Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells and Macrophages on Decellularized Adipose Tissue Bioscaffolds for In Vivo Soft Tissue Regeneration , Hisham A. Kamoun

Improving Material Mapping in Glenohumeral Finite Element Models: A Multi-Level Evaluation , Nikolas K. Knowles

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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Laboratory Management Models in Core Facilities , Karmen Michael Owen

Detecting Physiological Concentrations of Alzheimer’s Associated Amyloid-β Protein Utilizing a Cell-Based Response , Brittany Elizabeth Watson

Volume Change Measurements of Cancer Cells in a Microfluidics Platform , Yukuan Yu

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Investigating the Impact of Endothelial Dysfunction and Aging On Vascular Remodeling Using Mouse Models , Liya Du

Histomechanical Compatibility of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts , Colton J. Kostelnik

The Effect of Pulsed Field DC Electrophoresis and Field Amplified Sample Stacking on the Microchip Electrophoretic Separation of Organic Dyes , Travis Geoffrey Stewart

Long Non-coding RNA PVT1 – An Exploratory Study in Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer , Kevin Tabury

Interrogating the Role of ING4 in Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Cancer , Zanshé Thompson

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

An in Vitro Approach To Vascular Therapeutic Testing , Shahd Ali Hasanain

Age and Sex Dependency of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Progression in a Mouse Model of Marfan Syndrome , Nazli Gharraee

Impaired Metabolic Flexibility in a Mouse Model Of Leigh Syndrome , Richard Sterling McCain Jr

Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction and Effects on Arterial Wall Microstructure , Jeffrey Thomas Rodgers

The Immune Modulatory Role of Endocannabinoid Anandamide to Suppress Inflammation Through Regulation of Microrna and Microbiome , Muthanna Ali Sultan

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Advanced Geometric Analyses in Vascular Disease and Interventions , Dara Ahmadi Azar

Nitric Oxide Expression With Age and Diet in the Arterial Wall of Apoe Knockout Mice , Kara Cooper

cis -Resveratrol Upregulates Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetase and Inhibits the Proliferation of Select Breast Cancer Cell Lines , Marion Cone Hope III

Using Human Granulosa Cells to Select the Most Competent Embryos for Uterine Transfer in in Vitro Fertilization Cycles , Richard John Kordus

Effect of Cannabinoid Treatment on Immune Cell Functions During Acute Lung Injury , Amira Kamil Mohammed

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Beneficial Effects of Resveratrol Against Colitis and Colorectal Cancer Mediated by the Host Microbiome, Epigenome, and Immune Response , Haider Rasheed Daham Alrafas

Three-Dimensional Plasma Cell Survival Microniche in Multiple Myeloma , Katrina A. Harmon

Adipose Tissue Engineering: A Therapeutic Strategy for the Treatment of Obesity and Glucose Intolerance , Michael A. Hendley

Role of P-Glycoprotein in Alzheimer’s Disease for Enhanced Brain Elimination of Amyloid-β , Hope Holt

Three-Dimensional Collagen Tubes for In Vitro Modeling , Rebecca Jones

Experimental Methods and Techniques for Improved Biomechanical Characterization of Diverse Murine Aortopathies , Brooks Alexander Lane

Experimental Study of Free-Solution Separation Under Pulsed Electrophoresis in Microchip , Xin Liu

Biophysical Analyses of Left Ventricular Remodeling Secondary to Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Pressure Overload , William Manuel Torres

RAGE Expression and Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease: in Vitro Model Development and Investigation of a Potential Peptoid Inhibitor , Lauren Michell Wolf

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Identification of the Mechanisms Through Which Botanicals Attenuate Pathogenesis of Human Diseases , Esraah Alharris

A Comprehensive Reengineering Of The Hospital Emergency Triage System , Nicholas D. Boltin

Matrix Stiffness Modulates Mesenchymal Stem Cell Sensitivity to Geometric Asymmetry Signals , Maria Eugenia Piroli

Association Between Mechanics And Biology In Vascular Graft Remodeling , David Andrew Prim

Modulation Of Amyloid-β Aggregation Via Small Molecules And Glycine Zipper Alterations , Steven Zebulon Vance

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Atherosclerotic Plaque Adhesion Strength and its role in Plaque Rupture , Bilal Merei

Far-Field Optical Microscopy Based on Stimulated Emission Depletion , Yunxia Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

A Theoretical Study of Polymer based Drug Delivery Systems , Ebtisam Abdullatif Aldaais

Automated Image Analysis And Spatial Computational Modeling Of NF-kB In Cerebrovascular Endothelial Cells , Kasey Catalfomo

Therapeutic Potential Of Catechins And Derivatives For The Prevention Of Alzheimer’s Disease , Shelby Elaine Chastain

A Mechanical Approach to the Characterization of Material Failure of Atherosclerotic Lesions , Lindsey A. Davis

Enabling Studies to Optimize Biomaterials for the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction , Eva Adriana Romito

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Effects of Cell Adhesion Peptides, pH, and Matrix Shape on Maintenance of Breast Cancer Stem Cells in an Engineered Hydrogel Matrix , Leily Daneshian

Design and Development of a Ventilation Chamber for Testing Efficacy of Tracheal Stents , Caroline N. Horton

Material Considerations for Development of 3D Printed Bronchial and Tracheal Stents , Nidah M. Hussain

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Isolation of Natural Nrf2 Activators from American Ginseng , Akrm Abdalrahman

Genes Mediating Cardiac Remodeling During Pregnancy and the Early Post-Partum-Period in Mice , Esam Aljrbi

A Three-Dimensional in Vitromodel of Atherogenesis , Pin Hsuan Chang

Identifying Performance Criteria of Fully Bioresorbable Scaffolds for Endovascular Applications , Jahid Ferdous

Novel Conditioning Protocols Focusing on Oxygen Manipulation to Enhance Stem Cell Transplantation , Brandon William Hanna

Developing a Bioreactor for Biaxial Mechanical Testing and Conditioning of Vascular Tissue , Steve Marcous

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Native and Engineered Vascular Tissue Mechanics , Boran Zhou

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Toward Directing Cell Fate: Carbon Nanotubes As Modulators of Extracellular and Transporters of Intracellular Cues , Qingsu Cheng

Biomechanics of Porcine Renal Artery and the Development of A Replacment Vessel , Mohamed Gabr

Osteon-Mimetic Nanocomposite Materials For Bone Regeneration , Ozan Karaman

Microencapsulation of a Connexin-43 Mimetic Peptide as a Novel Wound Healing Agent in an Ocular Injury Model , Keith Brian Moore

Gold Nanoparticles and Peptoids as Novel Inhibitors of Amyloid Beta Aggregation in Alzheimer's Disease , Kelly Ann Moore

Effect of Physiological Oxygen Levels On Osteogenic Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells , Suchit Sahai

Investigation of START Domain Proteins in Human Luteinized Cells and COS-1 Cells , Bo Shi

Characterizing Hypoxia and Its Behavioral Effects In 3-Dimensional Cell Aggregates , Matthew Lorincz Skiles

The Effect of αCT-1 Peptide on Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Following Injury , Adam Clay Vandergriff

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Flow-Induced Forces Regulate the Development of Cardiac Valves , Stefanie Vawn Biechler

Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) Microscopy and Pacific Orange Dye Optimization For H9C2 Cox-1 Imaging Via Indirect Immunocytochemistry , John Wesley Merriman

Vasculogenic Scaffolds: How Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions Regulate Vascular Differentiation and Morphogenesis , Samantha Jo Stinson

A Novel Quantitative Mechanical Test of Atherosclerotic Plaque Stability , Ying Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Synthesis and Characterization of Thermally Responsive Nanocapsules Surface Decorated With Folic Acid For Targeted Drug Delivery and Cancer Destruction , Kyle Bradley Gilstrap

Study of Polyphenols and Naphthalimide Analogs As Inhibitors of Amyloid- β Protein Aggregation In Alzheimer'S Disease , Chen Suo

Development and Characterization of Micro/Nano Scale Biomaterials For Biomedical Applications , WUJIE ZHANG

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

Study of Structural and Physical Properties of Small Molecule and Nanoparticle Inhibitors of Amyloid-B Protein Fibril Formation In Alzheimer'S Disease , Deborah Soto-Ortega

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

A Novel Technique for Fabricating Aligned Nanofibers by Using Solution Electrospinning , Ozan Karaman

Synthesis and Characterization of Injectable Star-shaped Poly(Lactide-co-Glycolide-co-Acrylate) Macromers , Jianping Wu

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Ph.D. Degree Requirements

Students must meet the requirements specified by the  University of Utah Graduate School and the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering . In addition, students must complete the following requirements to be eligible for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biomedical Engineering:

Ph.D. research

Ph.D. students must complete independent research and advance the state of knowledge in the field. Completion of the research requirement is demonstrated by publishing three (or more) peer-reviewed publications as first author, as approved by the research supervisory committee.

Credit hour requirements

A Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program of study typically includes 90-120 total credit hours beyond the baccalaureate level. Course work should include at least 6 credit hours of advanced (7000) level courses. Completion of significant, peer-reviewed, original research is the primary requirement of the Ph.D. program and usually requires at least 60 credit hours of dedicated research (Bioen 7970). Students must also complete the graduate  biomedical engineering core curriculum  (17 credit hours of core courses or approved substitutes) and at least 13 credit hours of graduate level science and engineering courses for a total of 30 course credit hours beyond the baccalaureate level. The research supervisory committee may require students to take additional courses depending on the student’s performance on the qualifying exam, academic background, or other factors. The minimum allowable grade for any course counted toward the requirements for your graduate degree in Biomedical Engineering is a B-.

Starting with the graduate students who entered the PhD program in 2011/12 academic year, every PhD student has to fulfill the teaching mentorship requirement by completing 4 credit hours of BME 7880 TA Mentorship course by the end of their fourth year. The teaching mentorship assignments will be determined based on the student track specialization, his/her teaching interests and current TA needs in the Department.

The doctoral  Program of Study  in Biomedical Engineering must list all relevant courses taken beyond the baccalaureate degree, and must list all research credits (Bioen 7970) to be applied toward the Ph.D. degree. Up to 30 credit hours previously applied toward an M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering can be included as part of the Ph.D. program of study but listed on the  Program of Study Form  at “0” credits applied to the Ph.D. itself. These prior courses can be used to justify waiver of all or part of the course credit hour requirements described above, subject to specific approval by the Director of Graduate Studies and Ph.D. Research Supervisory Committee.

Research supervisory committee

All Ph.D. students form a research supervisory committee consisting of at least 5 University of Utah faculty members. The committee must include at least 3 faculty members with tenure-track appointments in Biomedical Engineering. An external reviewer is optional (see below).

Qualifying exam

The Ph.D. qualifying exam in Biomedical Engineering consists of two parts: a written comprehensive exam in the student’s field of study and a research proposal describing the student’s specific Ph.D. research. The written exam should be taken no later than the fall of the third year and the research proposal no later than the end of the fourth year.

Written Comprehensive Exam

The Ph.D. written comprehensive exam is administered by the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering each year within the first two weeks of the fall semester. Students should inform the Director of Graduate Studies of their intent to take the exam and submit a proposed Preliminary Program of Study  Plan of Study  at least one semester prior to the exam date. The preliminary program of study is a list of all courses that the student plans to complete as part of the requirements for the Ph.D. The preliminary program of study must be approved by the graduate advisor and the research supervisory committee. Students can choose to take the exam in any of the  PhD program tracks . Please consult with the Director of Graduate Studies or your research supervisory committee to select the most appropriate exam. The exams are prepared and graded by a committee of biomedical engineering faculty members with expertise in the exam area. Students may contact the chairperson of their exam committee to discuss the format of the exam. The format of the exams may vary somewhat from committee to committee, but will generally consist of a set of in-depth questions from the field of specialization and will include comprehensive questions from the biomedical engineering core. The exam will take 8 hours. Books and notes will not be allowed in the exam. The Director of Graduate Studies will inform the students of their exam outcomes. Students who fail will be given a second opportunity to pass the exam. The strengths and weaknesses of students that pass the exam will be noted by their exam committee in a written report that will be placed in the student’s file. The student’s supervisory committee will review this report before the oral qualifying exam and may direct their questions accordingly.

Research Proposal

The research proposal consists of a written and oral presentation of the proposed Ph.D. research. Adherence to the  PhD timeline is expected: a failure to deliver research proposal by the end of Fall Semester of Year 3 may result in a loss of RA support and associated tuition waiver. The written portion of the research proposal should follow NIH required format. The written portion of the research proposal must be delivered to the supervisory committee at least two weeks prior to the oral presentation. An announcement and abstract of the proposal presentation must be publicly posted at least one week prior to the presentation. The oral presentation is followed by questions from the audience. The supervisory committee then meets in a closed-door session to examine the student in the absence of their graduate research advisor. To pass the exam, the student must demonstrate adequate preparation to begin effective research: the student must be well versed in the fundamentals, have cogent familiarity with the primary literature in the proposed area of research, and demonstrate an ability to design and communicate a scientific research plan. In some cases, the committee may pass the student contingent upon successfully responding to issues raised during the oral qualifying exam. Students are given two opportunities to pass. A report of the research proposal and oral exam outcome must be signed by the supervisory committee and delivered to the department  (pdf form) .

Ph.D. candidacy

A student becomes a Ph.D. candidate after passing the written comprehensive exam and successfully completing both parts of the research proposal (written & oral).

Seminar presentation

Ph.D. students must present at least one oral podium presentation or seminar  (department pdf form) .

External reviewer

The review of Biomedical Engineering PhD dissertation by an external reviewer is no longer required, but is optional. The PhD candidate and her/his supervisory committee should consider this option if deemed necessary. The external reviewer must hold an academic appointment at an institution outside the University of Utah and should submit a written evaluation of the dissertation to be read at the time of defense.

Dissertation

Preparation of the dissertation must adhere to University of Utah Graduate School requirements. The Dissertation typically includes three or more peer reviewed publications written by the candidate that have (or will) appear in supervisory committee-approved journals as well as introductory and concluding chapters. A draft copy must be delivered to the external reviewer as noted above. Copies of the dissertation must be given to the advisor, each member of the supervisory committee and to the biomedical engineering graduate academic advisor at least two weeks prior to the defense. One copy will be placed in the departmental office for public viewing.

Dissertation defense

The Ph.D. candidate must successfully defend his/her dissertation in a public forum in accordance with the rules of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Price College of Engineering and the Graduate School. The location, date, and time of the defense must be announced at least 10 days in advance. The oral presentation is followed by general questions from the audience. If relevant, the external review of the dissertation is presented near the end of the public session. The review should be delivered by the external reviewer. In some cases an oral reading by the thesis advisor will suffice if the external reviewer is unable to attend the defense. Following the public defense the research supervisory committee further examine the candidate in a closed session (the external reviewer can be included in the closed session by committee invitation). To successfully defend the dissertation the candidate must effectively apply the scientific method, demonstrate the significance of his/her contributions to the field, and professionally communicate the results in both written and oral form. Following the defense, the supervisory committee and the external reviewer (if any) meet in private to discuss the candidate’s work and defense. The vote to pass the candidate is taken by the committee alone; the external reviewer does not have a vote. The committee can pass the candidate, pass the candidate contingent upon the candidate’s successfully responding to issues raised at the defense, or fail the candidate. Ph.D. candidates are given two opportunities to pass the defense. Changes and improvements to the dissertation, recommended or required by the reviewer and/or the committee members, are incorporated into the document prior to obtaining final reading approval from the committee chair and the department chair for submission to the thesis editor.

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Degree Requirements

Students pursuing a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering must earn a minimum of 90 credit hours beyond the B. S. degree. An M.S. degree is not required for admission to the program.

Of these 90 hours, 40-55 equivalent credit hours may be taken for research and dissertation (BMES 7994).

Clinical Rotation

In addition to the course requirements, the program requires a clinical rotation for all Ph.D. students, along with completion of a medical ethics program.

Student Advisory Committee

Prior to submitting a program of study, and no later than the second academic semester, each student must form an advisory committee. The advisory committee is composed of the major professor and a minimum of four other faculty members. At least two must be SBES faculty members (including the chair), and at least three members must be in engineering. (Advisory committee members can be from either institution. Students may have more than five members on the Ph.D. committee if desired.)

Qualifying Examination

The examination must be taken by the end of the second semester for students entering directly into the Ph.D. program or within one year of entering the program after completing the M.S. degree.

Preliminary Examination

All Ph.D. students must take a preliminary examination administered by the student's advisory committee.

The student will present his/her dissertation research proposal. The examination will cover all course material and the proposed research plan, including the student's knowledge of the literature, and the feasibility and originality of the proposed work.

The examination should be taken at or near the completion of the coursework during the third or fourth year and must be taken at least nine months prior to scheduling the final examination.

Final Examination

To complete the program, students must pass the final examination, including approval of the dissertation in final form. 

More Information

For more detailed information on degree requirements, advisory committees and examinations, see the Virginia Tech  graduate catalog  and the SBES graduate manual .

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The PhD program in Biomedical Engineering at BU is a highly quantitative approach to the biomedical sciences, based on principles of engineering and physical science. Details of the academic requirements for the PhD in Biomedical Engineering can be found in the BME Graduate Student Handbook . Key elements of the program are outlined here.

Admission, Prerequisites, and Financial Aid

Students with undergraduate training in engineering, mathematics, physics, or quantitative natural sciences are invited to apply. All new PhD students who are admitted to the Biomedical Engineering department are offered fellowships for their first year. Over two semesters, while the students are also taking courses, they perform several lab rotations and arrange with an approved professor for a research assistantship starting the summer after the first academic year, assuming that the student has been making satisfactory progress in his/her academic studies. Since the Biomedical Engineering department at BU is one of the largest in the country, with a wide range of research areas, this approach is advantageous for students as well as professors, giving both a chance to get to know each other and to assess the fit of the student to the lab before committing.

All applications must be submitted by December 15 for admission for the following fall semester. Students can apply online through the college’s Graduate Programs website.

Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the PhD in Biomedical Engineering program will be able to:

• Demonstrate a strong foundation of biomedical engineering knowledge in the phenomena of molecular and cellular biology and in physiology from a quantitative and systems perspective as measured by successful completion of coursework and the qualifying examination.
• Demonstrate the ability to obtain, analyze, and synthesize quantitative data and generate hypotheses pertaining to biological systems.
• Demonstrate the ability to perform and effectively communicate original scientific research in biomedical engineering as measured by conference presentations, peer-reviewed and other publications, and the completion of a novel doctoral thesis.

Course Requirements

Post-bachelor’s PhD students must complete a minimum of 64 credits (formal courses plus research credits) prior to graduation, earning at least 56 credits at BU. These include eight structured graduate courses (32 credits) and two semesters of Teaching Practicum (8 credits). Additional credit requirements are fulfilled with research credits, to reach the minimum total of 64. Specific course requirements include:

• ENG BE 605 Molecular Bioengineering (4 cr)
• ENG BE 606 Quantitative Physiology for Engineers (4 cr)
• ENG BE 790 Biomedical Engineering Seminar (0 cr)
• ENG BE 791 BME PhD Laboratory Rotation (3 cr over two semesters)
• ENG BE 792 Literature Review (2 cr)
• ENG BE 801 Teaching Practicum I (4 cr)
• ENG BE 802 Teaching Practicum II (4 cr)
• Three BE graduate-level electives at 500 level or higher (12 cr)
• Two graduate-level technical electives at 500 level or higher (may also be BE electives) (8 cr)
• Math course from approved list (4 cr)
• A minimum of 12 research credits of ENG BE 900 (pre-prospectus)/991 (post-prospectus)

Post-master’s PhD students must enroll for a minimum of 32 credits and must take six approved structured courses, including ENG BE 605, BE 606, BE 790, BE 791, BE 792, BE 801, BE 802, the math requirement, and two graduate-level technical electives (at least one BE). Each post-MS student consults individually with the Associate Chair for Graduate Programs to determine overlap of prior coursework with PhD curriculum requirements. Students must complete a minimum of 4 research credits of ENG BE 900.

All graduate students are assigned an academic advisor who is a full-time faculty member in the department. Once a student joins a lab, their research advisor also becomes the student’s academic advisor, or a co-advisor is chosen in the case of a research advisor who is not in the Biomedical Engineering department.

Oral Qualifying Examination

The Biomedical Engineering oral qualifying examination is taken at the end of the first academic year. Upon successfully passing the exam and satisfying the math requirement, the student officially becomes a PhD candidate.

Prospectus Defense

Within six semesters of matriculation, the student is required to present an oral defense of their prospectus to their dissertation committee and have the written dissertation prospectus approved. The committee evaluates the potential of the proposed research and the student’s academic preparation to engage in dissertation research.

Progress Reports

Following the prospectus defense, the student must meet at least once every 12 months with his/her dissertation committee to provide a progress report, allowing the committee to assess progress toward program milestones. Starting at the prospectus defense, the student’s dissertation committee must indicate expected milestones for the next dissertation committee meeting. These meetings are to be held on a regular basis in order for the student to report progress and the committee to provide feedback. The student must forward to his/her committee a written report detailing progress toward milestones and the next planned steps at least one week before each meeting.

See Course Requirements in the Doctoral Programs Overview section of this Bulletin.

Dissertation Defense

A PhD candidate is expected to prepare and carry out an independent and original research project in partial fulfillment of the dissertation requirement. The dissertation committee, with a minimum of five members, must include at least two primary BME faculty members and one member from a different department or institution. Frequently, scholars from other colleges within the University, as well as outside the University, serve on dissertation committees. A Special Appointment in Engineering request form is available from the Biomedical Engineering department for this purpose.

MD/PhD Combined Degree Program

The combined degree program is conducted under the joint auspices of the BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and the College of Engineering and is intended for qualified individuals who are strongly motivated for an education and a career in both medicine and research.

The program typically requires eight years of study/research in both schools and leads to award of both the MD and PhD degrees.

The applicant must meet the requirements for admission to both the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine as a candidate for the MD degree and the Biomedical Engineering department as a candidate for the PhD degree. Typically, the student attends the first two years of instruction in the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine , then transfers to the Biomedical Engineering department for approximately four years of coursework and research, culminating in the dissertation defense, after which the student returns to the Medical Campus to complete the third and fourth years of medical training.

Read more about degree, eligibility, and admission requirements . Requirements for application to the MD/PhD program can be found on the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine website.

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Bioengineering PhD Model Program

Bioengineering is a diverse and growing field encompassing many topics including biomaterials, biomechanics including robotics, biophysics and neuromotor control.  

The guidelines given here form a starting point for a discussion with the faculty about areas of interest. Students should become familiar with both these bioengineering course guidelines as well as the school's overall PhD course requirements , and work in close consultation with their advisors to develop an individualized program plan that is consistent with those requirements. Courses provide the background knowledge that is needed to successfully complete research and allow students to learn more broadly about a field or related fields in a structured fashion.

Students can consider structuring their coursework in the following framework:

• Applied math and computation, 2-3 courses. The goal is to acquire analytical and computational tools for modeling and data analysis. Typical courses include AM 121, AM 201, AM 205, AM 216, AM 232, AC 209a.
• Cells, Tissues, and Biomaterials: ES 222, ES 230, ES 221, ES 228, ES 220, ES 293, ES 240, AP 225, AP 235
• Applied Mechanics: ES 240, ES 241, ES 246, ES 228, ES 220, AP 235
• Signal, Image and Data Processing: ES 201, ES 226r, ES 250, ES 255, AM 254, CS 283
• Controls and Robotics: ES 201, ES 202, ES 226r, ES 249, ES 259, ES 252r, CS 289
• Medical Imaging & Image Processing: CS 283, ES 250, ES 258, ES 293
• Design and Instrumentation: ES 227, ES 228, ES 259, ES 276, ES 277, ES 291, PHY 223
• Physiology and biology, 1-2 courses. Background in biological function that informs thesis research and prepares students for future research in bioengineering. Subject areas may range from molecular to cellular to organs to system-level anatomy and function. Typical courses include: ES 222, CELLBIO 304qc.

It is also worth noting that Harvard and MIT students may cross register for courses at either institution.

The Model Program provided above is intended to provide guidance and should not be construed as a requirement; students, in consultation with their advisor(s) , have the flexibility to construct any Ph.D. Program Plan that meets the overall PhD Program course requirements.

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Qualifying Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Dissertation Defense

Ph.D. Program Overview

Students who have earned a baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate degree in engineering or in a related field such as mathematical, physical, or life sciences are eligible to be considered for admission to the Ph.D. program if they have a minimum grade point average of 3.25 out of 4.00. Students may, under exceptional circumstances, be considered for conditional admission with a lower grade point average.

The doctoral program, including acceptable transfer credits, requires a minimum of 72 semester hours of core courses, elective courses, and dissertation research.  Of these, at least 42 semester hours must be graduate level courses and at least 12 semester hours must be dissertation research. The core courses required of all graduate students are provided on the  Graduate Curriculum and Policies page . The elective courses are expected to conform to the candidate’s chosen research focus and are determined at the discretion of his/her examining committee. In addition, doctoral candidates are expected to pass a qualifying exam, a comprehensive exam, and a final dissertation defense, all of which are evaluated by his/her examining committee. Admission to the Ph.D. program is conditional until the student successfully completes the qualifying examination. 

Research advisor/mentor:  The research mentor is a faculty member who will guide the candidate in their dissertation research, managing the administration of exams (qualifying exam, comprehensive exam, and dissertation defense), often providing financial support and in guiding the candidate toward a chosen career path upon graduation. Identifying a research mentor is one of the most important and indispensable steps for a Ph.D. candidate. Therefore, the earlier a research mentor is identified, the better. Indeed, most Ph.D. candidates identify and have communicated with their research mentor even before starting their doctoral studies. All students seeking a Ph.D. are encouraged to identify their research mentor within the first semester of graduate studies.

Academic advisor:  The academic advisor is a BME primary faculty member who will guide the candidate on general academic requirements of their graduate studies including the approval of courses for registration. If the research mentor is a BME primary faculty, then he/she will also serve as an academic advisor. However, if the research mentor is not a BME primary faculty member, an academic advisor from BME will be assigned to the candidate (or may be chosen by the candidate).

Examining committee:  The examining committee is a group of faculty members formed specifically to guide and evaluate the candidate on the comprehensive exam and dissertation defense. The graduate student should form the Ph.D. examining committee in consultation with his/her research mentor (who will chair the examining committee). It should consist of at least four faculty members and satisfy the following:

• At least three committee members should be members of the University of Iowa tenure-track faculty; • At least two committee members should be BME primary faculty members; and • The chair of the examining committee should be the candidate’s research mentor, hold an appointment in BME (primary or affiliated) and be a member of the University of Iowa tenure-track faculty.

Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

The Ph.D. Qualifying Exam (QE) is the first of three exams administered during a student's studies. An evaluation committee will seek to assess whether the graduate student is prepared to begin research in his/her chosen area of focus toward a Ph.D. degree. Students admitted to the Ph.D. program are expected to take the ‘standard qualifying exam’ at the end of the first year. Students in the University of Iowa BME M.S. thesis program who intend to pursue a Ph.D. in BME may choose to have their M.S. thesis defense serve as their qualifying examination.

Standard qualifying exam:  The standard QE is for students who have been admitted to the BME Ph.D. program.  The evaluation committee is comprised of three members from the BME  graduate committee  with expertise relevant to the student's research area.   The evaluation committee will not include the student's research mentor.  Ad-hoc member(s) from outside the BME graduate committee may be included if the student’s research area requires additional expertise than available within the BME graduate committee.

• Near the end of the spring semester or the beginning of the summer semester, the candidate will work with her/his research mentor to draft QE questions relevant to their research area and consistent with existing policies. The evaluation committee will refine it as appropriate and assign it to the candidate. An oral QE exam will be scheduled roughly 60-90 days after the committee approves the question.  Sample question(s) from earlier QEs may be used as a guide.
• The QE response report is required to be submitted to the evaluation committee by each candidate. This response report will be no longer than 6 pages, single-spaced, 11-point font, not including references.  In preparing the response, the student may not consult with his/her research mentor. The report is due to the committee at least one week in advance.
• The candidate should present their oral response to the evaluation committee. This presentation is expected to be about 20 minutes followed by about 20 minutes of Q&A. QE oral presentations will be scheduled by the graduate program office.   
• The evaluation committee may vote to pass a candidate with additional conditions if needed.
• The candidate’s research mentor may be consulted by the graduate committee and his/her views considered during deliberations as per its discretion. A written letter may be requested if needed.
• If a candidate fails the QE, a second opportunity may be provided to retake the QE as per the evaluation committee’s discretion.

MS thesis defense as qualifying exam:  Students enrolled in the M.S. thesis program who seek to pursue a Ph.D. degree in BME may choose to make their MS thesis defense as the qualifying examination. In a combined MS thesis defense/qualifying exam,

• The thesis/examining committee composition should satisfy all requirements of the standard QE examining committee.
• The three-member examining committee will evaluate the student’s MS thesis effort and performance in voting on both the MS thesis defense and QE as well.
• Passing of both the MS thesis defense and the QE will require a majority of the three-member committee to vote to pass.
• The vote on the MS thesis defense is independent of the vote on the QE exam. Therefore, the examining committee has the right to vote to fail one while passing the other.

Required documentation:  The Qualifying Exam Form will be completed on the student's behalf.  The committee chair will obtain the student folder from the main BME office prior to the exam.  Upon completion of the QE, the committee chair will obtain signatures from faculty committee members and submit it to the department office. 

Please ensure you submit your report to your committee at least one week in advance.

Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam

The Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam (CE) is the second of three exams that graduate students in Biomedical Engineering will have to pass toward obtaining their Ph.D. degree. The CE exam, administered by the candidate’s examining committee will evaluate the candidate’s proposed Ph.D. dissertation project plan. Ph.D. candidates should take the comprehensive exam within two years of completing the qualifying examination. The CE includes the submission of a report and an oral examination. According to Graduate College policy, the comprehensive exam must be satisfactorily completed not later than the session prior to the session of graduation.

Role of research mentor:  The candidate’s research mentor will chair the examining committee. Unlike in the qualifying exam, it is expected that the candidate’s research mentor will work with and assist in preparing him/her for the comprehensive exam.

Examining committee:   The examining committee for the comprehensive exam should conform to the requirements above and be formed under the guidance of the research mentor. 

Required documentation:  Three weeks before the scheduled oral comprehensive exam, the candidate should submit the BME request for the exam to the Graduate Program Coordinator.  The 'Doctoral plan of study' and 'Request and Report for comprehensive examination' will be completed on behalf of the student and submitted to the Graduate College. The report of the comprehensive examination form will be available in the candidate's file at the BME office while the request form and plan of study will be forwarded to the Graduate College. Prior to the oral CE, the chair of the examining committee (or another committee member) should pick up the candidate's file from the dept. office and bring it to the exam. Upon completion of the comprehensive exam, the committee chair should have the report of the comprehensive examination form signed by all the members and return it to the department office. Relevant forms may be downloaded from the  BME Graduate Program Forms and Documents  page.

Please ensure you submit your research plans/report to your committee two weeks in advance.

Comprehensive exam report:  The candidate is expected to prepare a CE report in the format of a research proposal laying out the proposed dissertation project plan. The proposal should include the following:

• Title page: Student name; Committee members and their academic departments; Committee chairman (research adviser).
• Research proposal: Specific Aims, Significance, Innovation, and Approach
• Timeline: Give a specific schedule for the completion of the proposed studies, with explicit reference to the work proposed in the Research Plan.
• Bibliography: A complete list of cited references.

 The comprehensive report should follow the National Institutes of Health R01 proposal format (NIH SF424 R&R Application – Research Strategy section).  The CE report should be submitted to the examining committee at least 2 weeks prior to the scheduled oral examination date.

Comprehensive exam administration:  During the oral comprehensive examination, the candidate will present his/her research plan to the examining committee followed by a question and answer session. At the discretion of the committee, a closed Q&A session (i.e., only the candidate and the committee members) may also be conducted. Upon completion, the committee will convene in private and vote to pass or fail the candidate based on the merits of the proposed dissertation project plan. The committee may also recommend changes to the candidate’s dissertation project plan.

After passing the comprehensive exam:

• Doctoral candidates should strive to conform to the approved project goals and timeline for their dissertation project and communicate with their research mentor and examining committee when substantive changes are anticipated.
• Post-comp students should register for seminar each semester.
• Post-comp students who have completed 72 credit hours, need to maintain ‘continuous registration by registering for a minimum of 1 semester hour (please note that BME Graduate Seminar, BME:5010, does not fulfill the continuous registration requirement.)  Refer to the Graduate College policies on continuous registration .  To maintain full-time status please obtain the necessary "short hours" form from the department office.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense

The dissertation defense is the final examination for the awarding of a doctoral degree and defines the culmination of years of dissertation research by the candidate. As with the CE, the dissertation defense will also be administered by the candidate's examining committee. In the typical case, graduate students have their dissertation defense about 4 to 5 years after starting graduate studies.

Role of research mentor:  The candidate’s research mentor will chair the examining committee. As with the comprehensive exam, it is expected that the candidate’s research mentor will work with and assist in preparing him/her for the dissertation defense.

Examining committee:  The Ph.D. candidate is expected to retain the same examining committee as the one that evaluated and passed him/her for the comprehensive examination. Changes to committee composition are only permitted when strongly justified such as when one of the members has moved from the University. Irrespective, the examining committee should conform to the requirements above.

Required documentation:  Three weeks before the dissertation defense date, or by the  Graduate College  deadline (whichever falls earlier), the candidate should submit the BME request for exam form to the Graduate Program Coordinator.  The 'Request and Report for Doctoral Final Exam' will be completed on behalf of the student and submitted to the Graduate College. The report of final examination form will be available in the candidate's file at the BME office while the request form will be forwarded to the Graduate College.  Prior to the final defense, the chair of the examining committee (or another committee member) should pick up the candidate's file from the dept. office and bring it to the defense. Upon completion of the defense, the committee chair should have the report of final examination form signed by all the members and return it to the department office. Relevant forms may be downloaded from the  BME Graduate Program Forms and Documents  page.  

Dissertation report:  The dissertation report must conform to the instructions in the graduate college thesis manual. The report must be submitted to the examining committee members at least 2 weeks before the date of the dissertation defense.

Dissertation defense (oral):  An oral defense in front of the examining committee must be scheduled. It is expected to be an open event. In typical cases, the candidate will present his/her dissertation project effort and findings followed by a Q&A session. At the discretion of the examining committee, a private Q&A session (i.e., only the candidate and the committee members) may be conducted. The examining committee will then convene in private, discuss and vote to pass or fail the candidate. The student will be considered to have passed the dissertation defense if a majority of the members vote to pass. If the student fails the defense, he/she may retake it at the discretion of the examining committee.

After passing the dissertation defense:  Congrats! You've earned a rare honor. Now just a few more things to take care of:

• Submit the dissertation report to the graduate college after making any final edits recommended by your examining committee.
• All committee members have the right to examine corrected drafts as well as earlier drafts to assure that recommended changes have been made before the thesis is submitted to the Graduate College. 
• Speak to the BME graduate program assistant in the department office regarding any additional loose ends with your graduation.
• Update your information on BME-GETS - The BME Graduate Education Tracking System (login to  ICON  and look under the semester, "Ongoing").
• Get signatures from your committee on your thesis Certificate of Approval page and ensure you meet Graduate College deadlines for first deposit and final deposit.

Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Program description.

The primary goal of the PhD in Biomedical Engineering (BME) is to provide students with an indepth, advanced education that will give them the tools needed to perform fundamental and applied independent research in biomedical engineering. In addition, students will gain the requisite technical knowledge that they may wish to apply to management, marketing, sales, and entrepreneurial activities related to biomedical engineering.

The PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering is awarded to a student upon successful completion of 75 credits and the defense of a comprehensive dissertation research project. The credits are broken down as minimums of 27 course credits – 12 core courses plus 15 electives – and 27 doctoral dissertation research credits, with flexible choices in coursework and/or research for the remaining credits. A maximum of 30 course credits may be transferred from previous graduate course work. Doctoral dissertation credits can only be taken upon passing the qualifying exam. Students should be able to complete the doctoral program within four to six years.

A BS degree in biomedical engineering or a related field of science or engineering is generally required for admission to the BME PhD program. Applicants with degrees in other fields or from other colleges may be admitted with undergraduate or graduate deficiencies as evaluated by the Graduate Admissions Committee. Students entering at the BME PhD program with an MS degree are expected to have an MS degree in biomedical engineering or a related field of science, medicine, or engineering.  In addition to the degree requirement, acceptance to the program will depend on (1) academic excellence, (2) research interests congruent with those of program faculty, and (3) positive recommendations (e.g., from former research advisors). GRE scores are optional. Admissions committee members or faculty members whose research interests match those of the candidate, either in person or by a conference call, will interview viable candidates. Enrollment in the NYU Global Fellows program is available to those who choose a research advisor at the NYU Abu Dhabi campus.

Qualifying Exam and Dissertation

Program requirements.

The program requires the completion of 75 credits, comprised of the following:

Other courses may be selected with the approval of the Graduate Studies Committee.

Students must take a course on responsible conduct in regards to research in accordance with the rules of the National Institutes of Health for student training programs.

More electives may be taken depending on if students wish to focus on coursework or dissertation research. Courses listed under the core requirement may be used for electives, after the student has filled the core requirement. However, the same course cannot count as both a core and an elective. See Biomedical Engineering, PhD for a list of optional electives.

A minimum of 27 credits of dissertation are required for this Ph.D. degree. Once dissertation research begins, students must enroll in at least 3 credits of dissertation each fall and spring term (the summer term is optional) until graduation.

Students are required to enroll in BE-GY 9730 each semester. Students are required to enroll in BE-GY 9740 for four semesters.

Note: The Ph.D. degree requires a total of 75 credits to graduate. The minimum credit requirements for the core, electives, and the dissertation total to 54 credits. This design is intentional so that students are afforded the flexibility to structure the remaining 21 credits in the way that best suits their interests and goals. Students have the option of either electing to take more courses or more dissertation credits or a combination of both for these 21 credits.

Passing a doctoral qualifying examination is required in order to begin taking dissertation research credits. The qualifying exam will be based on assigned thematically focused publications. This exam may be taken as early as the end of the first year, and not later than the middle of the second year. In the case of failure, the right to a second examination within six months is at the discretion of the examination committee in consultation with the Biomedical Engineering program committee. The qualifying examination must be passed by the end of the second year.

Once students have passed the qualifying exam, they may then enroll in dissertation research. A minimum of 27 credits of dissertation are required for this Ph.D. degree. Once dissertation research begins, students must enroll in at least 3 credits of dissertation each fall and spring term (the summer term is optional) until graduation.

Sample Plan of Study

Learning outcomes.

Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will:

• Provide students with an indepth, advanced education that will give them the tools needed to perform fundamental and applied independent research in biomedical engineering.
• Provide requisite technical knowledge that students may wish to apply to management, marketing, and sales activities related to biomedical engineering.
• Provide knowledge for entrepreneurial activities related to biomedical engineering.

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Writing and defending the doctoral dissertation is the last major milestone in the PhD programs in biomedical engineering and bioinformatics. The defense should take place at least one year after you pass the preliminary examination .

You must be in good academic standing and have completed all other graduation requirements before defending your dissertation.

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Important preparatory steps.

In the term you plan to defend your dissertation, you must submit your intent to graduate. Log in to the university portal at my.uic.edu. Find the “Student Self-Service” – “Records Menu” at the bottom left of the Welcome tab. Click on “Graduation” in the new Records page and then click “Apply to Graduate.” Read the information carefully and follow the instructions given. For more information, visit the Graduate College graduation page .

You must be registered for the term in which you defend your thesis (including the summer term, if that is when your defense is scheduled) with one exception: If your defense will take place within the first 10 days of the fall or spring term or the first five days of the summer term, and if you were registered for the previous term, then further registration is not required.

Doctoral students who have completed all degree requirements except the dissertation and who do not wish to register for additional coursework may petition and register for zero hours as they work on their dissertations. Please check with the graduate program coordinator to confirm that all degree requirements have been fulfilled prior to petitioning for zero hours. The petition must be submitted by the 10th day of the term (or the fifth day of the term in summer) and should include the choice of option A or B, outlined below. Students should register for 0 credit hours of PhD thesis research (BME 599) by the registration deadline even if the petition is still pending approval.

• Option A: Range IV (0 hours) tuition, tuition differential, and all related fees, including CampusCare (unless under the opt-out option) are assessed. Students requesting Option A only have to petition one time for zero-hour approval.
• Option B: No fees are assessed; only Range IV (0 hour) tuition (and differential, if applicable) is assessed. Students who elect Option B are ineligible for access to certain on-campus facilities, such as the gym, and are ineligible for student health insurance (CampusCare). Doctoral students who request Option B must specify Option B on the petition and the terms requested (maximum two terms per petition). If more than two terms of Option B are needed, a new petition must be filed before the start of that term. Students must re-file a petition for Option B by the 10th day of the term (or the fifth day of the term in summer) so that the student bill is correctly calculated.

More information about zero-hour registration, including important information for international students, can be found on zero-hour registration page

Registration for terms after the term of a successful defense is not required unless you are the recipient of a fellowship, assistantship, and/or tuition and fee waiver, or if you are on a student visa.

Submission Deadlines

For graduation eligibility in a given term, you must submit the dissertation and receive approval based on the Graduate College academic calendar . If you do not defend your dissertation and receive approval based on the deadline for a specific term, you will be eligible for graduation in the following term instead.

Advisor and Committee Requirements

All PhD candidates must have an advisor who is a full member of the UIC graduate faculty. The advisor is considered the primary reader of the dissertation.

The dissertation committee must be approved by the Graduate College at the recommendation of the director of graduate studies. It should be the same as your preliminary examination committee unless there are extenuating circumstances.

Like the preliminary exam committee, the dissertation committee consists of at least five people. Specific requirements include:

• at least two core UIC biomedical engineering faculty (defined as tenured or tenure track faculty with a 50% or greater appointment in the UIC biomedical engineering department)
• at least one additional UIC College of Engineering faculty (can be UIC biomedical engineering)
• at least one member must come from outside the UIC biomedical engineering department
• at least three members must be full members of the UIC Graduate College
• at least two members must be tenured faculty
• the chairperson of the committee must have full membership in the UIC Graduate College (but does not necessarily need to be tenured)

Students should note that any committee members who are not members of the UIC Graduate Faculty must have their CV included with the committee recommendation form .

You must submit the committee recommendation form to the graduate program coordinator for approval from the director of graduate studies and then to the Graduate College for approval at least three weeks prior to your dissertation defense date. Please note:

• The form must be typed on the PDF. Handwritten versions will not be accepted.
• Your full name on the form must exactly match the name on the final dissertation that is submitted to the Graduate College.
• The program code for the bioengineering program is 20FS0408PHD. The program code for the biomedical engineering program is 20FS5971PHD.
• The program code for the bioinformatics program is 20FS1909PHD.
• The thesis title may not exceed 105 characters, including spaces, and it may not include any abbreviations.
• The dissertation title on the form must exactly match the title of the final dissertation that is submitted to the Graduate College.

Changes to the committee or the dissertation title may be requested before the defense occurs using the Request for Change in Thesis Title/Committee Member(s) Form . Students who may need changes are strongly encouraged to submit this form and receive approval in advance of their defense date. If you need to change your title or committee list afterward, this form must be submitted to the Graduate College, rather than the biomedical engineering department, which triggers the creation of a new examination report. It would then be your responsibility to obtain all the signatures from your committee members for the new report and re-submit it.

Announcement of the Dissertation Defense

To enable the sharing of research among colleagues at UIC, dissertation defenses must be open to the academic community of the university and must be publicly announced one week in advance. You are responsible for emailing the graduate program coordinator at least one week prior to the defense date with the elements of the announcement: date, time, location, advisor, title, and abstract. The defense announcement will be distributed to the students and faculty.

Dissertation Defense Timeline

At least two months prior to the defense

• Consult your with research advisor regarding the anticipated defense date and confirm that your committee members all will be available at the selected date and time.
• Confirm your registration (coursework, research or zero hours) for term in which you will defend.
• Submit your intent to graduate (see the “Important Preparatory Steps” section above for details).

At least three weeks prior to the defense

• Complete the committee recommendation form and submit to the graduate program coordinator for director of graduate studies’ approval.
• Reserve a room for your dissertation defense. Use the  Room Reservation site when requesting a biomedical engineering classroom.

Two weeks prior to the defense

• Send your dissertation defense announcement to the graduate program coordinator with date, time, location, advisor, title, and abstract. This announcement information is due no later than one week prior to the defense, but additional time is appreciated.

One week prior to the defense

• Provide copies of your completed dissertation to each member of the committee.
• Submit your dissertation through iThenticate and generate the reports required by the committee and the Graduate College. (See the “iThenticate Procedures” section below for details.)

Immediately following the defense

• Confirm that every committee member has signed the examination report form, indicating a grade (“Pass” or “Fail”).
• Make sure the chairperson indicates the examination date and any conditions that may have been made by the committee.
• Submit the signed form to the graduate program coordinator within two business days of the defense.

In the weeks following the defense

• E-mail a copy of the committee-approved dissertation to the graduate program coordinator for format approval. You will be notified within 1 business day if it is ready to be submitted through the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) system. (See the “ETD” section below for details.)
• Upload the final dissertation to the Graduate College through the ETD system. Follow all instructions related to the format requirements and pay the publishing fee.

Defense Procedures and Grading

The student’s defense presentation must be limited to less than one hour. Additional time will be allowed for direct examination by the thesis committee and discussion among the committee members alone.

The Executive Committee of the Graduate College has endorsed a return to in-person defense of preliminary/qualifying examinations, theses and dissertations as of Spring 2022. A limited use of Zoom and similar technologies for hybrid defenses will be permitted in cases where (1) members of the committees have a documented excused absence from the UIC campus, (2) the student is currently remote and unable to return to campus, or (3) where external committee members are employed more than 50 miles from UIC – making travel to campus problematic or expensive.

The student and advisor will be notified when the Examination Report Form is available. Committee member votes should be indicated on this form.

The committee vote is “pass” or “fail.” A candidate cannot be passed if more than one vote of “fail” is reported.

The Examination Report Form must include the pass/fail decision and signature by the entire committee. The Examination Report Form must be submitted to the graduate program coordinator within two business days of the thesis defense.

iThenticate Procedures

The student is the sole author of the thesis, and it is the student’s responsibility to ensure that all information is correctly cited and that proper copyright permissions have been obtained. The iThenticate screening process is one tool toward that end and must be completed prior to the thesis defense.

iThenticate account information will be e-mailed from [email protected] to you upon receipt of the Committee Recommendation Form by the Graduate College. The Graduate College website includes a page on iThenticate review procedures .

There are three iThenticate report documents that need to be submitted to the Graduate College through a shared Box folder. Detailed instructions and a demonstration video are available on the Graduate College’s iThenticate page . Please be sure that the Box folder is shared with the Graduate College using [email protected] (along with your advisor) and that it includes all three reports required by the Graduate College. The final report must show zero percent overlap.

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Submission

The Graduate College Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) guidelines and the Thesis Manual can be found at thesis page  These elements will assist you in preparing and submitting your thesis.

Following your defense, the final version of your thesis must be reviewed by your advisor and the graduate program coordinator before it is submitted to the Graduate College through the ETD submission system . Students are required to pay a publishing fee as outlined in the ETD guidelines.

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Doctoral Program (PhD)

The PhD degree provides an opportunity for you to pursue a program of research in a specialized area and to develop a dissertation that embodies the results of original research and gives evidence of high level independent scholarship.

The purpose of the PhD degree program is to allow you to gain the knowledge and research skills to contribute to a company or university in a research setting. 

Research Areas

Our faculty is actively engaged in research programs sponsored by industry, federal and state agencies. Moreover, they have active research programs within the department and in collaboration with colleagues in other departments at the University at Buffalo, as well as with many external collaborators.

The four cutting-edge themes of our department are:

• Molecular-cellular, Cell, and Tissue Engineering
• Biomedical Sensors, Instrumentation and Diagnostics
• Computational Engineering and Modeling
• Medical Imaging and Analysis

While PhD students typically pursue degree options within one of the above technical areas, graduate study and research programs, by nature, are designed to allow for flexibility to meet your interest. As a PhD student, along with your advisor, responsible for developing the program of study that fits the your needs and career goals.

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Doctor of Philosophy in biomedical engineering

Program specialization at the PhD degree level may be undertaken in five areas:

• biomechanics of injury
• biomedical instrumentation
• biomedical imaging
• biomaterials and tissue engineering
• computational and systems biology

These program specializations are available to both part-time and full-time students, in either research or non-research degree programs.

Enrollment and graduation statistics

As of Winter 2021, there are 32 students enrolled in the Ph.D. BME Program

Graduation numbers are reported below:

• 6 students graduated in 2017
• 9 students graduated in 2018
• 3 students graduated in 2019
• 9 students graduated in 2020

Detailed information on enrollment and graduation can be obtained through the  American Society for Engineering Education  (ASEE).

Admission requirements

Admission to the Doctorate of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering Program is contingent upon  admission to the Graduate School . Beyond that, applicants also need to meet the below additional department admissions requirements. International applicants are required to submit a  WES Evaluation .

The minimum requirements for admission into the doctoral program in biomedical engineering are:

• A student seeking admission to the doctoral program must have a bachelor's or master's degree in biomedical engineering, or other closely related field from an accredited institution.
• A GPA of at least 3.5/4.0 in the applicant's bachelor's degree or a GPA of at least 3.3/4.0 in the applicant's master's degree is required.
• At least 12 earned credits in the BME courses
• A GPA of at least 3.3/4.0 in the BME courses
• An approved faculty member who agrees to be the student's Ph.D. advisor
• Verbal greater or equal to 150
• Quantitative greater or equal to155
• Analytical writing 3.5 or greater
• Three (3) letters of recommendation.
• A statement of research interests and goals.
• TOEFL - Computer Based Test(CBT) > 215 (203-214, conditional admission)
• Written Based Test (PBT) > 550 (537-549, conditional admission)
• Internet Based Test(IBT) > 79 ( 74-78, can give conditional admission)
• No "IPT"(Institutional Inst. Paper Based Test) TOEFL score accepted
• IELTS - Minimum score 6.5
• MELAB - Minimum score 8.5

For admission and full funding consideration, please have your application completed by  March 1st . Most decisions will be released by April 1st.

 Program Description

The UTHSC College of Graduate Health Sciences together with the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Memphis offers a joint graduate program leading to the PhD in Biomedical Engineering (BME). As a special field, BME applies engineering, physical sciences, and mathematical methods to problems involving health care; it demands close integration of many areas and forms of knowledge including the areas listed above, the life and health sciences, and current practice in clinical care.  Usually in BME the student is admitted as a thesis-based MS degree student which is followed by a Ph.D.  The minimum graduate school requirement for the Joint Program is 57 credits (plus 6 credits for the MS thesis and 24 credits for the Ph.D. dissertation).  Students and their faculty committee agree on the actual number of credits; few take the exact number shown.  Some courses can be chosen from lists; others are chosen with the consent of the faculty advisor and committee. The term “engineering choice” is understood to include applicable course work.

The program’s primary faculty are divided between the two campuses and offer academic and research activities that focus on engineering aspects of four major sub-disciplines: (1) Biomechanics and Movement Science (2) Biomaterials and Regenerative Technology; (3) Biosensors and Electrophysiology and, (4) Cellular Biomechanical Responses. These sub-disciplines are bolstered by collaborations with secondary and adjunct faculty at the two universities and other affiliated institutions.

Admission and Selection

Admission as a full-time student requires a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent with an undergraduate grade point average of at least 3.0 from an accredited college or university and a combined score totaling at least 300 for the verbal and quantitative sections of the revised Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). Individuals with a professional or graduate degree in science from an accredited US/Canadian institution, or with scores from other commonly recognized standardized graduate admissions exams, may petition for an exception. Three letters of recommendation from previous instructors or persons capable of judging the applicant’s qualifications for graduate study are also required. Any applicant to the graduate program whose first language is not English and who has earned neither a bachelor’s nor a master’s degree from a college or university in an English-speaking country must have achieved a TOEFL score of at least 213/79 on the computer-based/Internet-based exam or an IELTS score of 6.5 (earned within 2 years prior to application). Any applicant to the CGHS whose first language is not English but who has earned a baccalaureate or master’s degree from a college or university in an English-speaking country where instruction was in English may be exempted from the requirement for the TOEFL or IELTS examination.

Technical Standards and Accommodations

The minimum abilities for eligibility to participate successfully in educational programs and activities by students enrolled in the College of Graduate Health Sciences are listed below. All persons who wish to enter one of the programs in the College should be aware of the minimum abilities required for success. Admission decisions for the College programs do not take disabilities into consideration; students may disclose their disabilities after admission.

Minimum abilities are as follows:

• To make proper assessments and ethical judgments regarding research and professional decisions.
• To communicate effectively with colleagues and professional staff.
• To acquire necessary information developed through classroom instruction, laboratory experience, independent learning, and consultation.
• To search and evaluate articles in the scientific literature.
• To obtain, interpret, and accurately document research data.
• To complete computer-based assignments and use computers.
• To understand and carry out safety rules and precautions in the laboratory.
• To handle emergencies in the laboratory, including fire, exposure to dangerous agents, and explosions.

These abilities may be accomplished through direct student response, use of prosthetic devices, or personal assistance (e.g., readers, signers, and note takers). Upon admission, students are invited to disclose any disabilities (with certification) to the Student Academic Support Services and Inclusion (SASSI) https://www.uthsc.edu/sassi/ . The college will provide reasonable accommodations, as required by the student’s documented disabilities with SASSI, and at the student’s written request to the Dean, College of Graduate Health Sciences. Purchase of prosthetic devices to aid the student in meeting these requirements is the responsibility of the student. On a case-by-case basis and upon written request of the student, the College may assist in providing attending services.

Curriculum Summary

The following are the general requirements for PhD assuming that the student already holds a Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering. It is important to realize that because of the nature of the PhD program, setting specific requirements for graduation is nearly impossible. The PhD committee is the body that ultimately decides what courses are needed for each individual based on his/her background and dissertation.

The table below illustrates typical semester patterns of courses, exams and research for a thesis-based MS degree that is followed by a Ph.D. The minimum graduate school requirement for the Joint Program is 57 credits (plus 6 credits for the MS thesis and 24 credits for the PhD dissertation). Students and their faculty committee agree on the actual number of credits; few take the exact number shown. Some courses can be chosen from lists; others are chosen with the consent of the faculty advisor and committee. The term “engineering choice” is understood to include applicable course work.

• BIOM 811 - Life Sciences for Biomedical Engineering I Cr Hrs: 3
• BIOM 815 - Biomedical Measurements and Instrumentation Cr Hrs: 3
• BIOM 803 - Professional Development Cr Hrs: 1

Total: 10 credit hours

• BIOM 821 - Life Sciences for Biomedical Engineering II Cr Hrs: 3
• Math Elective Cr Hrs: 3
• Engineering Elective Cr Hrs: 3
• Elective (measurement or control theory) Cr Hrs: 3
• BIOM 800 - Master’s Thesis and Research Cr Hrs: 1-9

Total: 12 credit hours

• Life Sciences Elective Cr Hrs: 3
• Engineering Elective Cr Hrs: 3 *
• BIOM 900 - Doctoral Dissertation and Research Cr Hrs: 1-9

Total: 9 credit hours

• BIOM 900 - Doctoral Dissertation and Research Cr Hrs: 1-9 *

Total: 6 credit hours

Total for the degree: 92 credit hours*.

* Additional credit hours may be required to maintain full-time status. Continuous registration for dissertation research is required until the degree requirements are met .

Graduation Requirements

Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average or greater throughout the program.

Examination Requirement

Prior to admission to candidacy, students pursuing the project option must pass a comprehensive written examination (Level A exam). This examination is given at the end of the second semester of the student’s curriculum and has four sections covering the topics of life sciences, mathematics, instrumentation, and biomedical engineering. A student must pass all of the four sections of the exam. In addition, student are given an oral examination in which they present their current or proposed research project and answer questions about the project and their written examination. Students are allowed two attempts to pass the examination. A Level B examination consisting of a written research grant proposal that is submitted to the students committee and is orally defended by the student shall be taken 18 to 24 months after the student has entered the program.

Admission to Candidacy

The student must apply for degree candidacy no later than two terms prior to the term in which the dissertation is presented. A comprehensive examination (oral and written) covering the fields indicated by the program must be passed prior to admission to candidacy. In the event of failure, the candidate may not appear for reexamination until permission is granted by the program. The result of the second examination is final.

Admission to candidacy for this degree depends upon the student’s (1) passing the required comprehensive examination, (2) demonstration of research potential and accomplishment at least equivalent to that for completion of a master’s thesis, (3) certification by the student’s Faculty Committee and the Program Chair, and (4) approval by the Dean. Upon admission to candidacy, all graduate students, including those who have been enrolled part-time, must be enrolled full-time for the remainder of their program, unless an exception is approved by the Dean.

Research, Electronic Dissertation, and Oral Defense

Research accomplishment is a principal requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, and the dissertation must show substantial evidence of independently achieved and original results. This research and preparation of the dissertation must in each case be conducted in accordance with general College policies and under the immediate direction of the student’s Research Advisor and Faculty Committee. The dissertation is written after completion of experiments or other graduate studies designed to answer the questions posed by the statement of the problem. The scientific content and style of the dissertation are the responsibility of the student and student’s Faculty Committee. The dissertation must be formatted and delivered according to the electronic thesis and dissertation policies outlined in these bylaws under “ET/D Program Policies”.

The final oral defense of the research shall be publicized to the University community and shall be conducted by the student’s Faculty Committee. When the defense is successfully completed, a Report of Final Examination is signed by all Faculty Committee members and forwarded to the Dean of the CGHS.

MEMP PhD Thesis Defense (10:00am): Sydney E. Sherman

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Koch Institute, Luria Auditorium 500 Main Street, Cambridge MA, Room 76-156 and Zoom (See below for full information)

Single-sided magnetic resonance sensors for clinical detection of volume status

Several pathological processes affect the body's ability to regulate volume status. In each of these disease states, the body loses some ability to regulate fluid balance and maintain an euvolemic state. Deviations from euvolemia have been shown to increase morbidity and mortality. The ability to detect pre-symptomatic changes in volume status would allow for more responsive management of these conditions and prevention of higher-mortality complications. Direct evaluation and quantification of early-stage changes in volemic state is not currently a clinical measure. T 2  relaxometry, a magnetic resonance imaging technique, may offer a feasible method to quantify volume status. In this work we explore the design of single-sided magnetic resonance sensors for the quantification of volume status, evaluate the clinical performance of the sensor, and elucidate further physiological considerations for fluid diagnostics.

The primary research question that motivated this thesis is: can a point-of-care relaxometer sensitively distinguish muscle interstitial fluid shifts in a single measurement? Several approaches are used to answer this question including instrumentation development, signal acquisition studies, and human subject studies. We describe the design of a point-of-care, single-sided magnetic resonance relaxometer. The constructed sensor can acquire slice-selective signal from 8mm above the instrument’s surface with a high signal-to-noise ratio. We review instrument performance on phantoms, ex-vivo tissue, and human subjects. Preliminary observational clinical studies of two cohorts, healthy athletes and in-patient hemodialysis patients, were conducted and validate the instrument is able to detect signal selectively from the muscle interstitial compartment and distinguish healthy adults and those with end stage renal disease with a single measurement. We discuss the implementation of multi-exponential fitting of acquired data. This enables analysis of individual muscle tissue compartments. We demonstrate strategies to double signal acquisition and improve T2 fitting accuracy through the simulation and implementation of linear frequency swept adiabatic radio frequency pulses.  These decrease the sensitivity of applied RF pulses to B 1  and B 0  inhomogeneity and reduce the effects of stimulated echoes. Finally, we explore physiological considerations for the instrument’s clinical implementation with an MRI study of chronic kidney disease and healthy control subjects. This allows for the evaluation of physiological factors which may affect the device’s accuracy and offer further future areas for study.

The single-sided magnetic resonance sensor and signal acquisition and processing techniques described demonstrate high potential for quantitative clinical assessment of volume status. This work focuses exclusively on healthy subjects or adults with chronic kidney disease, but the principles demonstrated are agnostic to many underlying disease pathologies.

Thesis Supervisor: Michael J. Cima, PhD  David H. Koch Professor of Engineering; Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thesis Committee Chair: Elfar Adalsteinsson, PhD Eaton-Peabody Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Institute for Medical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thesis Readers: Matthew Rosen, PhD Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Investigator, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Mass General Research Institute; Kiyomi and Ed Baird MGH Research Scholar, Mass General Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital  Sagar Nigwekar, MD Physician Investigator, Nephrology, Mass General Research Institute; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Physician, Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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• Submitting your SIR (Statement of Intent to Register)
• We ask you SIR as soon as possible (whether you are attending UC Davis or not) so that we can plan accordingly, and you can complete all the steps to start here in the Fall.  Please submit your SIR by April 15. To submit your SIR : Please click on the link in the email you received from the Office of Graduate Studies informing you about your formal admission offer.  If you lost this email, or if the link takes you to an error page, please contact Christal Wintersmith and she will request the system re-send the email to you.  After you submit your SIR, you will want to complete all the steps in your checklist (you will see this after submitting your SIR). Additional program specific information will be shared by the end of April. Please be patient for this information.
• Official Transcripts
• All students must submit their official transcripts to the Office of Graduate Studies . If you submitted your official transcripts before you graduated, you will also need to order a final transcript with your degree posted, and resubmit this transcript. The official transcript(s) should be sent directly to the Office of Graduate Studies. Find out more here.
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• If you are interested in deferring your admission, please email the Graduate Coordinator to discuss your options. The BMEGG typically approves deferral requests for 1 year, to the next Fall Quarter. After receiving approval from the Graduate Coordinator, you would submit your SIR as a "yes" (by Aug. 1, 2024), but  DO NOT  enroll in fall courses (if you enroll, you can no longer defer).  Deferral Requests will be automatically denied if: - If the request is made after UC Davis instruction starts - If you have enrolled in classes - If you submit your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) as a "no" - If you were admitted to the MS program, and you plan to attend a MS program elsewhere during the deferral period

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12 grad students named as finalists for 2024 three minute thesis competition.

After six intense preliminary rounds, twelve exceptional scholars have emerged from a pool of 65 talented candidates, earning their place as finalists in Georgia Tech's highly anticipated annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. On Friday, April 5, 2024, these finalists will hit the stage, harnessing their research expertise, to deliver compelling presentations in a three-minute format.

Congratulations to the following twelve finalists:

Karina Bhattacharya MID Industrial Design 

Vinodhini Comandur, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering 

Mo Jarin, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering 

Anamik Jhunjhunwala, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering 

Valeria Juarez, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering 

Alexandra Patterson, Ph.D. Bioengineering 

Jeffrey Pattison, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering 

Kantwon Rogers, Ph.D. Computer Science 

Mallika Senthil, MS Biomedical Engineering 

Wenting Shi, Ph.D. Chemistry and Biochemistry 

Shreyas Srivathsan, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering 

Raghav Tandon, Ph.D. Machine Learning 

This year’s 3MT competition takes place on Friday, April 5, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in the Atlantic Theater in the John Lewis Student Center. The entire Georgia Tech community is encouraged to attend the competition, which occurs as the finale of the 2024 Grad Student Appreciation Week. 3MT will also be streamed online and can be viewed at https://gatech.zoom.us/j/98696536715 .  Audience members and online viewers can vote for their favorite presenter to win the People’s Choice Award.  

Ph.D. winners can win up to $2,000 in research travel grants. The master's winner will receive a $1,000 research travel grant.   

Tech’s 3MT competition is coordinated by the Office of Graduate Education in partnership with the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), The Naugle Communications Center, and the Language Institute.  

For more information, visit grad.gatech.edu/3mt . 

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Join us for a presentation and defense by Ryan Drover, as he defends his Ph.D. thesis at the Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT). Let's come together to support Ryan in this significant milestone of his academic journey.

Time: 04/09/2024 (Tuesday) 1:00 pm

Location: CE-CERT room 105

Name: Ryan Drover

Title: Bridging Traditional Understandings of Aerosol Dynamics to Real-World Maritime Emissions and Respiratory Health Delivery Methods

Abstract: Advancements in air quality research and the demand for more accurate environmental health assessments have highlighted the need for methodologies that bridge the gap between laboratory findings and real-world conditions. This dissertation includes a retrospective of maritime emissions, utilizes complete vessel operational and emissions parameters on active container ships, and provides evaluation to establish a novel aerosol delivery method for health studies, collectively aiming to enhance the management of air pollution and its health implications. 

A major global fuel consumer and emissions source, maritime shipping has been historically understudied, and so emissions controls and policy have been misapplied. A historic technical review was conducted, utilizing an extensive internal dataset to develop new insights into the emissions profile of ocean-going vessels (OGVs). This analysis provides insight into the pollutants released by these ships across decades of regulatory changes and yields operational insights, suggesting pathways for more effective regulatory strategies. 

In the subsequent chapter, this work applies GPS monitoring on active container ships, combined with in-use engine operational data and emissions testing, to develop an understanding of how vessel operations modify the contributions to air pollution. This approach offers a significant advancement over traditional engine load-based emission estimations, providing guidance to improve the accounting of emissions in real-time and historically, under real-world operating conditions, and identifying areas of regulatory oversight. This granularity enables the identification of specific maneuvers and activities, particularly in sensitive areas, that disproportionately affect emission levels.

The final chapter evaluates a recently introduced method for aerosol delivery in biomedical studies, designed to mimic real-world respiratory exposure to pollutants more accurately than traditional laboratory techniques. In simulating representative conditions under which subjects are exposed to aerosols, the physical deposition of particles in the lung and the resulting inflammatory response enable a clearly quantified improvement in methodology. 

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BIO-STAR AI Symposium

Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University

The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University is hosting its first-ever BIO-STAR AI Symposium. Join us as we bring together leading experts in healthcare and artificial intelligence to discover how AI will be transformational in the biomedical engineering field in the future.

Wednesday, april 10, 2024.

• 2p: Break Out Session #A : STAR-AI Education. IBB Room 3316.
• 3p: Poster Session #1 Display. IBB Nerem Atrium
• 3p: Break Out Session #D : STAR-AI Resource. IBB Room 3316.
• 5:45p: Opening Remarks :  Alyssa Panitch, Wallace H. Coulter Department Chair.  IBB Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
• 6p: Opening Keynote Speakers :  Responsible AI in The Real World: What Does It Take To Implement and Evaluate Safe, Trustworthy, and Actionable AI in Real Clinical Settings?   Evan Orenstein, MD, Vice President of Data & Analytics and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA); and Naveen Muthu, MD, Director of Health Informatics Core Innovation Services, CHOA.  IBB Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
• 6:45p: Poster Session #2 Display. IBB Nerem Atrium.
• 7p: Networking with Finger Food & Drink. IBB Nerem Atrium.
• 8p: End of first day

Thursday, April 11, 2024

• 7a: Poster Session #2 Display. IBB Nerem Atrium.
• 7:30a: Breakfast and Networking *. IBB Nerem Atrium.
• 8a: Opening Remarks.  IBB Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
• 8:10: Keynote Speaker :  Specializing AI for Multi-Scale Brain Mapping: Impacting Trusted and Interpretable Theranostics for Neurodegenerative Disease. Michael Miller, PhD, Professor and Director of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.  IBB Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
• 9a: Panel #A : Need-Driven and Impact-Driven STAR-AI Research and Education. IBB Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
• 10a: Coffee Break and Networking *. IBB Nerem Atrium.
• 10:15a: Panel #B : Need-Driven and Impact-Driven STAR-AI Research and Education. IBB Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
• 11:15a: Panel #C : Industry-Academic Partnership in STAR-AI. IBB Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
• 12:15p: Poster Session #3 Display. IBB Nerem Atrium.
• 12:20p: Lunch and Networking *. IBB Nerem Atrium.
• 1:30p: Breakout Session Break Out Session #B : Need-Driven and Impact-Driven STAR-AI.    IBB Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
• 1:30p: Breakout Session Break Out Session #D : STAR-AI Resource.  IBB Room 3316.
• 2:30p: Break Out Session #A : STAR-AI Education. IBB Room 3316
• 2:30p: Break Out Session #C : Industry-Academic Partnership in STAR-AI.    IBB Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
• 3:30p: Coffee Break and Networking *. IBB Nerem Atrium.
• 3:45p: Reporting on Break Out Sessions A, B, C, D on Biomedical STAR-AI Branding with Action Items. IBB Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
• 4:45p: Best Poster Awards.  IBB Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
• 4:55p: Closing and Post Sympsoium Action Summary. IBB Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
• 5p: End of Symposium.

*During breaks and lunch, network with fellow attendees and view student posters in the IBB Atrium.

• BIO-STAR AI Symposium PDF Agenda You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print.  Download the Free Acrobat Reader.

Student Research Poster Contest

Biomedical engineering students interested in sharing their research related to AI and Medicine or AI and Healthcare are invited to submit their posters to be featured at the AI Symposium.

This opportunity offers both undergraduate and graduate students the chance to highlight their research and be recognized for their contributions to the study of AI and biomedical engineering.

A group of judges comprised of faculty and subject experts will review each poster for the quality of the content presented.

The student who presents the best poster will be awarded a spot at the International Summer Leadership Academy BIO-X on AI, ML, Data Science in Healthcare, Medicine and Biology.

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and co-sponsored by the IEEE EMB Society, the IEEE BRAIN, the Department of Biomedical Engineering at University of Houston, and the Technical University of Crete, the Academy will be held from June 2 - June 8, 2024 in Chania, Crete, Greece.

Meals and accommodations will be covered as part of the award.

Learn more about the Academy here .

Keynote Speakers

Evan Orenstein, MD Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Orenstein’s research quality or safety issue in clinical care. Dr. Orenstein and his team work to address these issues by using a combination of analytics and qualitative work, observing the workflows where these problems happen, and gathering data. Let’s look at flu vaccine distribution as an example.

Dr. Orenstein completed his undergraduate degree at Yale University, where he worked in a mathematical epidemiology lab focusing on infectious disease modeling. He received his medical degree from Emory University, where he spent one year in Bamako, Mali working on a clinical trial of maternal influenza immunization and studying its cost-effectiveness.

During his pediatric residency at CHOP, he cofounded the New Epic Resident Development (NERD) Squad, a partnership of pediatric residents and informatics faculty dedicated to involving front-line clinicians more deeply in designing and evaluating new workflow tools in the electronic health record.

His clinical informatics interests include reducing medical errors and provider burnout from redundant documentation, improving physician efficiency and effectiveness with the EHR through simulation, cognitive informatics to improve the usability of documentation and decision support interfaces, and building capacity in clinical informatics locally and globally.

Naveen Muthu, MD Director of Health Informatics Core Innovation Services, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University, Pediatric Hospitalist

Dr. Naveen Muthu co-directs AI strategy in Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. He has been involved in multiple predictive model implementations and evaluations.

He also co-directs the Pediatric Clinical Decision Support Collaborative, a consortium of 11 pediatric health systems aiming to leverage CDS to improve quality and safety in pediatric healthcare.

Michael I. Miller, PhD Darling Massey Professor and Director of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

Michael I. Miller is the Bessie Darling Massey Professor and Director of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. He is also co-director of the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute.

As a biomedical engineer who specializes in data science, Miller is pioneering cutting-edge technologies in computational medicine to understand and diagnose neurodegenerative diseases. His research focuses on the functional and structural characteristics of the human brain in health and disease, including Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. By developing new tools to analyze patient brain scans, derived from advanced medical imaging technologies, Miller aims to predict the risk of developing neurological disorders years before the onset of clinical symptoms. His lab is currently devising cloud-based methods to build and share libraries of brain images—and the algorithms used to understand them—associated with neuropsychiatric illness. Miller’s research is highly translational, and he has co-founded four start-up companies in the past decade.

Miller has co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, as well as two highly cited textbooks on random point processes and computational anatomy. In 2002, he was recognized by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Essential Science Indicators for garnering the highest rate of increase in total citations in the field of engineering for his work in computational anatomy.

He has received numerous awards for his work, including the national Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Biomedical Engineering Thesis Award in 1982, the Johns Hopkins Paul Ehrlich Graduate Student Thesis Award in 1983, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1986. He was named an inaugural Johns Hopkins University Gilman Scholar in 2011 for demonstrating a distinguished record of research, teaching, and service. He is an elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Biomedical Engineering Society.

Miller earned his BS from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1976, and his MS in electrical engineering and PhD in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1978 and 1983, respectively. He was the Newton R. and Sarah L. Wilson Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis until joining Johns Hopkins University in 1998. He was named the Herschel and Ruth Seder Professor in Biomedical Engineering in 2003, before his appointment as the director of biomedical engineering in 2017. He was also previously the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Imaging Science.

Wallace H. Coulter Professor, Chair of Biomedical Informatics (Emory University)

Wallace H. Coulter Assistant Professor, Bernie Marcus Early Career Professorship

Wallace H. Coulter Professor and Rozelle Vanda Wesley Professor

Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at Emory University School of Medicine

Wallace H. Coulter Researcher focuses on semi-supervised learning and large language models (LLMs)

BME, Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor at Georgia Tech. Wallenberg Academy Fellow at Uppsala University

Wallace H. Coulter Associate Professor

Associate Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Fellow

Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Engineering, Professor

Submit your registration today to participate in this inaugural symposium.

April 10-11, 2024

The BIO-STAR AI Symposium (Safe, Trustworthy, Actionable, Responsible Artificial Intelligence) is organized and sponsored by the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. The event looks to bring together experts in both academia and industry to advance discussion around artificial intelligence and biomedical engineering, particularly biomedical engineering data.

• To be an innovator and a leader in emerging biomedical data engineering and AI.
• To train next generation biomedical engineers who are capable of handling data and information.
• To establish biomedical data engineering and AI educational program.
• To establish a biomedical data engineering and AI research thrust.
• To establish industrial partnership.
• To establish BME data and AI tool resources.
• To deliver a summary report to the Coulter BME chair.
• To publish a white paper to define biomedical AI.
• To improve BME graduates’ knowledge and capabilities in data engineering and AI.
• To develop AI solutions to improve healthcare among all stakeholders (patients, physicians, payers, administrators…).
• To establish the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University as a leader in the wider community.

Organizing Committee

The organizing committee for the biomedical ai symposium is comprised of faculty in the wallace h. coulter department of biomedical engineering..

Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Kavli Fellow, GCC Distinguished Cancer Scholar

Wallace H. Coulter Department Chair, Professor

Professor and Patsy and Alan Dorris Chair in Pediatric Technology, Associate Chair for Translational Research

Professor, Executive Director, Emory Empathetic AI for Health Institute

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  Sponsored by the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering

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BME PhD students’ start-up attracts $1.3 million from investors

April 2, 2024 — A start-up created by Efraín Torres — who graduated from BME’s PhD program last fall — and PhD student Parker Jenkins has broken $1.3 million in funding, most of which will go toward building out their prototype. 

Torres, Jenkins, and the team at Adialante have developed a new kind of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that has the potential to change medical care for millions. Now, they are working to quickly move the portable, low-cost MRI scanner to market and are looking to complete their seed round of financing at $3.5 million. 

Their product’s potential is massive, as Torres explains: 

“This MRI scanner is going to disrupt the field. The goal is to make a difference in communities like the ones I grew up in on the south side of Chicago, where the clinics are very bare bones and lacking even second-rate technology. Soon, it’ll be possible for MRI scanners to be wherever they’re needed — minute clinics, doctor’s offices, and even refugee camps.”

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Intensification of evaporation of uranium hexafluoride

• Chemical Engineering Science and Chemical Cybernetics
• Published: 14 August 2013
• Volume 47 , pages 499–504, ( 2013 )

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• A. M. Belyntsev 1 ,
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• O. B. Gromov 2 ,
• A. A. Bychkov 1 ,
• A. V. Ivanov 2 ,
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• P. I. Mikheev 4 ,
• V. I. Nikonov 2 ,
• I. V. Petrov 1 ,
• V. A. Seredenko 2 ,
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The theoretical mechanism of the sublimation of uranium hexafluoride are considered. The most contribution to the rate of evaporation of UF 6 is introduced by the conductive mode of heat exchange. Various modes of the intensification of the evaporation of uranium hexafluoride during the nitrogen supply in pulse mode to the product mass are investigated. The nitrogen supply results in the turbulization of gas flow within a vessel (Re = 2500–4000) and significantly increases the rate of evaporation of uranium hexafluoride with the substantial decrease in a weight of the nonevaporable residue of 5.6–1.0 kg. The complex application of the pulse nitrogen supply in combination with heating the bottom of the vessel is the most effective method for evaporating uranium hexafluoride. The rate of evaporation of UF6 increases by a factor of almost four in comparison with the design mode. The developed methods are applied in industry and provide the stable operation of Saturn reactors during the conversion of uranium hexafluoride into its dioxide.

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Belyntsev, A.M., Sergeev, G.S., Gromov, O.B. et al. Intensification of evaporation of uranium hexafluoride. Theor Found Chem Eng 47 , 499–504 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579513040040

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However, up to now, the main carriers of catalytic additives have been mineral sorbents: silica gels, alumogels. This is obviously due to the fact that they consist of pure homogeneous components SiO2 and Al2O3, respectively. It is generally known that impurities, especially the ash elements, are catalytic poisons that reduce the effectiveness of the catalyst. Therefore, carbon sorbents with 5-15% by weight of ash elements in their composition are not used in the above mentioned technologies. However, in such an important field as a gas-mask technique, carbon sorbents (active carbons) are carriers of catalytic additives, providing effective protection of a person against any types of potent poisonous substances (PPS). In ESPE “JSC "Neorganika" there has been developed the technology of unique ashless spherical carbon carrier-catalysts by the method of liquid forming of furfural copolymers with subsequent gas-vapor activation, brand PAC. Active carbons PAC have 100% qualitative characteristics of the three main properties of carbon sorbents: strength - 100%, the proportion of sorbing pores in the pore space – 100%, purity - 100% (ash content is close to zero). A particularly outstanding feature of active PAC carbons is their uniquely high mechanical compressive strength of 740 ± 40 MPa, which is 3-7 times larger than that of  such materials as granite, quartzite, electric coal, and is comparable to the value for cast iron - 400-1000 MPa. This allows the PAC to operate under severe conditions in moving and fluidized beds.  Obviously, it is time to actively develop catalysts based on PAC sorbents for oil refining, petrochemicals, gas processing and various technologies of organic synthesis.

Victor M. Mukhin was born in 1946 in the town of Orsk, Russia. In 1970 he graduated the Technological Institute in Leningrad. Victor M. Mukhin was directed to work to the scientific-industrial organization "Neorganika" (Elektrostal, Moscow region) where he is working during 47 years, at present as the head of the laboratory of carbon sorbents.     Victor M. Mukhin defended a Ph. D. thesis and a doctoral thesis at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (in 1979 and 1997 accordingly). Professor of Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. Scientific interests: production, investigation and application of active carbons, technological and ecological carbon-adsorptive processes, environmental protection, production of ecologically clean food.   

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