University Catalog 2026-2027

Biomedical Engineering (MS): Thesis Concentration

Thesis Concentration

Required Courses9
General Physiology I 1,2
General Physiology II
Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists I 1,3
Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists II
Linear Algebra
Statistical Methods For Researchers I 1,4
Experimental Statistics for Engineers I
Biomedical Engineering Courses9
Select 510-590-level or 700-level BME courses approved in conjunction with the academic committee 1
Technical Elective Course3
Select one course from the following: At NC State 500-level or 700-level courses from the following course prefixes: BME/BMME (510 or higher), CHE, CE, ECE, ISE, MSE, MAE, NE or other courses as approved in conjunction with the program advisor. At UNC 400 – 700 level courses as approved in conjunction with the program advisor. BME/BMME courses must be 510 -590 or 700 level.
Research Course9
Master's Thesis Research
Total Hours30
1

Other graduate courses in applied or technical fields at NC State or UNC-Chapel Hill must be approved by the program advisor.

2

Alternative course from UNC is BIOL 451 Comparative Physiology 

3

Alternative courses from UNC are MATH 528 Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences I or MATH 535 Introduction to Probability or MATH 577 Linear Algebra

4

Alternative courses from UNC are BIOS 600 Principles of Statistical Inference or BIOS 650 Basic Elements of Probability and Statistical Inference I

Faculty

Department Chair

  • Paul Dayton

Associate Chairs

  • Lianne Cartee, Associate Chair for Education
  • Shawn Gomez, Associate Chair for Research

Directors

  • Lianne Cartee, Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Matthew Fisher, Director of Graduate Studies

Associate Director

  • Naji Husseini, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies

Distinguished Professors

  • Ashley Carson Brown, Lampe Distinguished Professor
  • Lianne Cartee, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor
  • Paul Dayton, William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor
  • Gregory Forest, Grant Dahlstrom Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
  • Caterina M. Gallippi, William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor
  • Harvinder Gill, Ronald B. and Cynthia J. McNeill Term Professor
  • He (Helen) Huang, Jackson Family Distinguished Professor
  • Weili Lin, Dixie Lee Boney Soo Distinguished Professor
  • H. Troy Nagle
  • Roger Narayan
  • Koji Sode, William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor
  • George (Rick) Stouffer, Ernest and Hazel Craige Distinguished Professor 

Professors

  • Ashley Brown
  • Lianne Cartee
  • Michael Daniele
  • Paul Dayton
  • Matthew Fisher
  • Gregory Forest
  • Jason Franz
  • Caterina M. Gallippi
  • Shawn Gomez
  • H. Troy Nagle Jr.
  • Derek Kamper
  • Weili Lin
  • Scott T. Magness
  • George (Rick) Stouffer
  • John F. Muth
  • David Zaharoff

Associate Professors

  • Rahima Benhabbour
  • Yevgeny Brudno
  • Jacqueline Cole
  • Bob Dennis
  • Brian Diekman
  • Kenneth Donnelly
  • Oleg Favorov
  • Donald Freytes
  • Michael Gamcsik
  • David Hill
  • Devin Hubbard
  • Naji Husseini
  • David Lalush
  • Wes Legant
  • Ming Liu
  • Jeffrey Macdonald
  • Adriana San Miguel
  • Virginie Papadopoulou
  • Matthew Penny
  • Ross Petrella
  • William Polacheck
  • Imran Rizvi
  • Nitin Sharma
  • Emir Uzay
  • Anka Veleva
  • Michael Wiggin

Assistant Professors

  • Amy Adkins Alvarez
  • Joseph Burclaff
  • Melissa Caughey
  • Silvia Ceballos
  • Phillip Durham
  • Alon Greenbaum
  • Geoff Handsfield
  • Michael Jay
  • Kennita Johnson
  • Jinwook Kim
  • Margo MacDonald
  • Varun Nalam
  • Hayley Richardson
  • Rinku Roy
  • Francisco Santibanez
  • Sarah Shelton
  • Cameron Taylor
  • Michael Wilkins
  • Ian Andrew Williamson
  • Amol Yadav

Lecturers

  • Kevin R. Grayson
  • Nick Jardine