Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech
University
B.S. in Biomedical
Engineering
The Biomedical Engineering Department
was established in 1972 and has gained respect as a leader in undergraduate
education, research, and service. The Department was the seventh program to
become accredited in Biomedical Engineering (1978) and draws students around
the nation and the world. Approximately 50% of the BmE students are from
outside the state of
Program Objectives
The objectives of our program are:
BIENOb1 (Careers): Graduates of the program will find
employment as biomedical engineers or be admitted for continued study in
engineering, science, business, medicine, or other professional programs.
BIENOb2 (Skills): Graduates of the program will apply
the skills obtained from the program to biomedical or other multidisciplinary
fields.
BIENOb3 (Professionalism): Graduates of the program will
communicate effectively, undertake professional responsibilities, and function
effectively as members and leaders of multi-disciplinary teams.
BIENOb4 (Life-Long Learning): Graduates of the program will
continue to develop their knowledge and skills throughout their careers.
The program provides a fundamental
education in Biomedical Engineering and a specialty in one of the following
areas: Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
Computer Information, or Premedicine. The B.S. curriculum consists of 134
semester credit hours, including 31 hours of biomedical engineering courses, 18
hours of other required engineering courses, 12 hours of technical electives,
11 hours of biological sciences, 18 hours of mathematics and statistics, 14
hours of chemistry and physics, and 30 hours of humanities. The curriculum
culminates with a senior design project, spread over the winter and spring
quarters of the senior year. The design course provides instruction in
structured engineering design and enables the students to choose and solve
problems using the skills and knowledge they have gained in their undergraduate
careers.
Upon graduation, our students pursue a
variety of career and higher education paths, including work in industry,
enrollment in medical school, and enrollment in graduate school at the MS and
Ph.D. level. Graduates have also pursued
other educational opportunities, such as a Masters in Business Administration
and law school.
Accreditation
The Biomedical Engineering Program at Louisiana Tech is one of only twenty
two in the United States which is accredited by The Accreditation Board of
Engineering and Technology (ABET) and was the seventh program to achieve this
goal. Graduates of the program are well prepared for taking the Fundamentals of
Engineering examination. Established in 1972, the Biomedical Engineering
Department remains as one of the oldest, largest and strongest such programs in
the
Students in Biomedical Engineering
We have been fortunate to have a
number of outstanding students, many of which have continued to obtain their
Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering and have strong publication records. From
the class of 2005, two of our students were awarded National Science Foundation
fellowships, and from the class of 2006 another of our students received this
award. These awards are the premier graduate fellowships provided by the
National Science Foundation, and they provide each awardee with $30,000 per
year over three years. One student from
our 2007 graduate class received a National Defense Science and Engineering
Graduate Fellowship, which is provides similar support.
In the past two years, students from
our program have been hired at the Bachelors level by Baxter Healthcare,
Graduates during the last two years were
admitted to graduate school at Purdue, Texas A&M, Louisiana State
University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and
Other graduates during the past two
years have been admitted to medical school at
The program continues to attract the
best students in the university, many of whom come from out of state to study
biomedical engineering here.
Faculty in Biomedical Engineering