Overview & Objectives

We're an interdisciplinary and collaborative department based in the College of Engineering and closely tied to the College of Medicine and many other university organizations. Within the COE, we work with faculty from every other department to ensure our students build a well-balanced and solid engineering foundation. Within the COM, we work with the departments of Surgery, Anesthesiology, Radiology and Cardiology to ensure the same well-balanced and solid foundation in medicine.

Students are admitted to the University of Florida Graduate School through our department, and affiliate members of our faculty act as research advisors for our students. A five-member supervisory committee supervises doctoral students. Three of the members are part of the BME faculty and usually specialize in the area of research the student is studying, and at least one typically comes from the COM or another health-related profession outside of the COE.

Course work and research experiences are organized around one of our six research areas. The focus of the degree programs is to obtain a solid engineering background with an understanding of how engineering principles apply to a diverse selection of biomedical applications.

Educational Objectives

• Provide students with a broad knowledge base of biomedical engineering and specialized knowledge and experience in at least one of six research areas
• Provide students with the ability to apply fundamental engineering principles from several traditional engineering disciplines to identify, analyze and solve clinical problems and improve health care
• Provide students with the ability to design and conduct scientific and engineering experiments, and to analyze and interpret the resulting data
• Provide students with experience and understanding of design requirements and constraints in the clinical and biological science environment, including technology transfer
• Provide students with the skills needed to communicate effectively, work collaboratively, and understand their professional and ethical responsibilities and the impact of clinically significant engineering solutions in a societal and economic context

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J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida
130 BME Building | P.O. Box 116131
Gainesville, FL 32611-6131
P. 352.846.2950 | F. 352.392.9791

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