Bioengineering Fact Sheet
Degree Programs
- Bachelor of Science (BS) encompasses engineering, biology, and medicine and prepares students for medical school (MD), PhD programs, MD/PhD programs, or industry.
- Master of Science (MS) prepares students for further study or for careers in industry or research.
- Combined Bachelor/Master of Science (BS/MS) is a five-year accelerated degree that requires one year of additional research and graduate study beyond the bachelor's degree.
- Master of Medical Engineering (MME) is a part-time four-year evening program for practicing engineers who want training and research experience in bioengineering, medicine, and biology.
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) prepares individuals for independent and productive professional careers in academia and industry.
- 19 PhD
- 6 MS
- 16 MME
- 29 BS BIOE
- Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare (D2H2)
- Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
- Computational and Integrative Bioengineering
- Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
- Medical Imaging & Image-Guided Therapy
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Program on Technology Commercialization (PTC) is an interdisciplinary program designed to educate UW seniors and graduate students on how to move technologies to market.
- NSF ERC: UW Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB)
- NIH-funded National Simulation Resource
- NIH-funded Resource Facility for Population Kinetics
- NIH-funded National ESCA and Surface Analysis Center for Biomedical Problems
- NIH-funded BRP for Tissue Engineering of Myocardial Patches
- Center for Nanotechnology
- Center for Medical and Industrial Ultrasound (CIMU)
- Biosensors and Microfabrication
- Molecular Bioengineering
- Image Computing Systems Laboratory
- 31 core
- 42 adjunct, 40 affiliate
- Most senior faculty members are the highest grade level of their professional societies (NAE, AIMBE, BMES, IEEE, AVS, others)
- 439 invention disclosures; 167 patents issued; 117 patents pending; 82 license agreements
Graduate Students (as of Autumn 2007)
- 105 on-campus graduate students
- 20 students with external individual fellowships (Whitaker, NSF, NIH, NDSEG, etc.)
- 29 master of medical engineering (MME) students
- 44% women
- 10% underrepresented students
- Many internal and external awards, including:
- 16 National Science Foundation Fellows
- 1 Gates Foundation Fellowship
- 1 Whitaker Foundation Fellows
- 1 Ford Foundation Fellow
- 1 NSERC Fellowship
- Biomedical Engineering Society meritorioius achievement award, student chapter of BMES (2006)
- National Society of Black Engineers Graduate Student of the Year (2002)
- Herbert W. Nickens Minority Medical Scholarship (2003)
- Multiple Student Awards, Annual Meeting of Society for Biomaterials
- 134 undergraduate students
- Average entrance GPA: 3.90 (HS); 3.78 (early); 3.46 (upper division)
- 6 past Goldwater Scholars
- Many internal and external awards
- 41% women
- 2% underrepresented students
External Research Grant & Contract Awards
- Total of $26.2 million (July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006)
- #1 in NIH Research Awards to biomedical engineering for 2005 (see article)
- 30 Bioengineering researchers contributed to 26 innovations (nearly 10% of UW total) in fiscal year 2005
- 17 Bioengineering researchers contributed to 15 US patents (almost 42% of UW total) )in fiscal year 2005
- #3 in the National Research Council ranking of Bioengineering Departments
- Millions of dollars generated in royalties and licensing fees from department's intellectual properties
- Over 30 start-up companies resulting from our research