Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
The Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering has BS, MS and PhD programs in bioengineering and chemical engineering. Over the last few years, we have hired five new faculty members, including a new Chair (starting January 2010), a chaired professor and three assistant professors. A search is currently underway to hire an additional assistant professor in the area of sustainable energy (biofuels).
Both of the undergraduate programs are accredited by ABET. The number of undergraduate students has increased significantly in recent years. We had 74 entering students in Fall 2009. The bioengineering curriculum was revised to include engineering science courses from the chemical engineering program. As a result, most of the courses taken in the first two years are the same for both programs. Click on Undergraduate Programs (link) to find out more.
Our graduate programs have been revised so that both programs now have 30 credit MS degrees and 42 credit PhD degrees. By lowering the credit requirements, we expect our students to have more time to focus on their research and thus be able to complete their degrees sooner. We will be adding courses to reflect the research interests of our new faculty members. Click on Masters Programs (link) and Doctoral Programs (link) to find out more.
If you need additional information or have questions, please contact the department.
Radhakrishna “Suresh” Sureshkumar
Professor and Department Chair
John Heydweiller
Program Director for Chemical Engineering
Julie Hasenwinkel
Program Director for Bioengineering
Full-time faculty (click here for high-resolution image)
Front row (left to right): Jeremy Gilbert, Patrick T. Mather, Ashok S. Sangani, John C. Heydweiller, James Henderson.
Back row (left to right): Julie Hasenwinkel, George C. Martin, Andrew Darling, Radhakrishna “Suresh” Sureshkumar, Rebecca Bader, Dacheng Ren, Lawrence L. Tavlarides.
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