The regenerative medicine track applies cells, biomaterials, and biochemical and biomechanical factors to create functional substitutes to replace tissues or organs lost due to age, disease, injury, or congenital defects, and functional mimics to aid the study of biological systems.
Application areas include musculoskeletal, urologic, neural, and vascular tissues and organs, wound healing and hemostasis.
Required Courses (select 6 hours)
BMEN 480 – Biomedical Engineering of Tissues
One of:
BMEN 482 – Polymeric Biomaterials
BMEN 483 – Polymeric Biomaterial Synthesis
Track Courses (select 6-9 hours)
BMEN 482 – Polymeric Biomaterials
BMEN 483 – Polymeric Biomaterial Synthesis
BMEN 486 - Biomedical Nanotechnology
BMEN 489 - Special Topics
BMEN 491 – Research*
CHEM 466 – Polymer Chemistry
CHEN 451 – Introduction to Polymer Engineering
MEEN 458 - Processing & Characterization
MSEN 410 – Materials Processing
MSEN 420 – Polymer Science
Other Courses (select 0-3 hours)
ACCT 640 - Acct Concepts & Procedures (MSF students only)
BMEN 404 – FDA Good Laboratory and Clinical Practices
BMEN 469 – Entrepreneurial Issues in BMEN
BMEN 4XX – BMEN Elective (subject to approval)
CHEM 228 – Organic Chemistry II
ENGR 385 – Co-Op (one semester credit hour per term up to three credit hours)
ENGR 410 - Global ENGR Design (Int'l ENGR certification students only)
VTPP 401 – History of Medicine in Europe (Germany Abroad Program only)
VTPB 410 – Cell Mechanisms of Disease
Notes:
*No more than 3 hours of BMEN 491 will count toward technical elective requirements.
Proposed deviations from the required courses, track courses and other courses from the sections above must be approved in advance by a Track Coordinator and the Director of Undergraduate Programs.
Track Coordinators
Daniel L. Alge
- Director, Graduate Programs, Biomedical Engineering
- Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Office: ETB 5028
- Phone: 979-458-9248
- Email: dalge@tamu.edu
Akhilesh K. Gaharwar
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Tim and Amy Leach Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Presidential Impact Fellow
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: ETB 5024
- Phone: 979-458-5540
- Email: gaharwar@tamu.edu
Melissa A. Grunlan
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Charles H. and Bettye Barclay Professor in Engineering
- Presidential Impact Fellow
- Chancellor's EDGES Fellow
- Affiliated Faculty, Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: ETB 5030
- Phone: 979-845-2406
- Email: mgrunlan@tamu.edu
Shreya Raghavan
- Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Cain Faculty Fellow II
- Office: ETB 5016
- Phone: 979-458-3126
- Email: sraghavan@tamu.edu
Taylor Ware
- Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering
- Cain Faculty Fellow I
- Office: ETB 5064
- Phone: 979-845-9374
- Email: taylor.ware@tamu.edu
Feng Zhao
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Office: 5033
- Phone: 979-458-1239
- Email: fengzhao@tamu.edu