Biomedical Engineering Program Overview

2. Biomedical Engineering at TAMU
Quick Facts
• 17 Tenure/Tenure Track Professors
• 4 Research Professors, 11 Jointly appointed Faculty
• 200% growth from 2003-2008
• 3 Endowed Professorships
• 7 start-up companies created, 64+ patents and disclosures filed
• 532 students (Fall 2010)
• ABET accredited since 1977 (5th accredited program in the country)
• Ranked 18th graduate, 2nd undergraduate public university
(U. S. News & World Report, 2005, 2010)
• $5+ million in research expenditures
• 2011 new $104M, 212,000 sq.ft. state-of –the-art building opened
• biomed.tamu.edu

3. Biomedical Engineering Research Areas
• Vascular Biomechanics
• Cardiac, Vascular, and Cellular
Mechanics
• Cell Mechanobiology
• Molecular Dynamics
• Nanosensors
• Optical Biosensing
• Tissue Microscopy
• Biomaterials
• Computational Mechanics

4. Sample Medical Disease Research Areas
• Early noninvasive and minimally
invasive cancer detection
including hybrid imaging &
quantum dot devices
• Noninvasive and minimally
invasive glucose monitoring
• Designing advanced polymers to
treat potentially deadly cerebral
aneurysms-without surgery

5. Sample Medical Disease Research Areas
• Cardiovascular disease from
subcellular level to whole being
• Developing hybrid tissues to
rebuild body parts that might
otherwise be beyond repair
• Study and development of
sensors and therapeutics for
neuro-diseases, such as
Alzheimer's
• Non-stick biomaterials for
sensing and drug delivery from
nano- to micro-scales

6. Sample Medical Disease Research Areas
• Developing microscale sensor/actuator technology for
diagnosis and treatment using a single device,
integrating functional nanoscale devices into a
microscale package as well as patterned devices
• Study of the biomechanics of the heart and vessels
and devices to improve heart mechanics, stent
designs, etc.
• Pushing the boundaries in MRI and innovations in
hardware and methodology to help diagnose and treat
disease differently

7. Translational Research
• Faculty start-ups include
– BioTex, Visualase, (Dr. Coté)
– CorInnova (Dr. Criscione)
– Angiomechanix, Failure Analysis of
Cardiovascular Technologies (Dr. Moore)
– Shape Memory Therapeutics, Bridgeway
Scientific, Sierra Interventions
(Dr. D. Maitland)
• Intellectual property licensed by
– Bose, Endovasix, Micrus
• Research funding from
– Alcon, Cordis, Abbott Labs, Boston Scientific

8. Faculty Research Collaborations: U.S.
• Houston Medical Center: Texas Heart Institute, M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center,and Baylor College of Medicine
• MIT
• Yale University
• Stanford University
• Duke University
• University of California at San Diego
• University of California at Irvine
• University of Missouri
• University of Maryland
• University of Michigan
• University of Pittsburgh
• Oak Ridge National Lab
• Lawrence Livermore National Lab
• NASA - JSC

9. Faculty Research Collaborations: Europe
• Queen Mary University (London)
• University of Edinburgh
• Universite de la Mediterranee (Marseille)
• Graz University of Technology
• Swansea University
• Queen’s University (Belfast)
• University of Salermo
• University of Pisa
• Université Paris XII
• KTH (Sweden)
• University of Zagreb
• Imperial College (London)
• University of Wurzburg (Germany)
• Utrecht University
• Ghent University