University Catalog 2026-2027

Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Biology/Medicine: A two semester sequence covering core aspects of relevant biology and physiology6
Advanced Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering (Grad Biochemistry)
General Physiology I
General Physiology II
Graduate-level statistics3
Statistical Methods For Researchers I
Experimental Statistics for Engineers I
Graduate-level mathematics3
Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists I
Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists II
Engineering6
Select 510-590-level or 700-level BME/BMME courses or other 500/700-level courses from the College of Engineering approved in conjunction with the program advisor and director of graduate programs
Scientific/Technical Electives9
Select a minimum of three 500-level or 700-level courses from College of Engineering, College of Textiles, College of Sciences, or other programs as approved in conjunction with the program advisor and director of graduate programs
Mentored Teaching Experience14
Doctoral Supervised Teaching
Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering (Professional Development for Biomedical Engineers)
Advanced Seminar in Biomedical Engineering (8 semesters of 1 credit each)
Dissertation Research31
Students should take BME 893 before passing their preliminary exam and take BME 895 after passing their preliminary exam.
Doctoral Supervised Research
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Total Hours72

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