Biomedical Engineering
Integrating engineering science, biology, & medicine into a cross-disciplinary field focused on improving human health & solving problems in healthcare delivery
Biomedical Engineering (BME) is a young department that was founded in 2017 as part of a larger life sciences initiative at UMass Amherst to prepare students in biomedical engineering and to contribute to cutting-edge research in this field.
The research conducted within the department is in the broad areas of bioinstrumentation and imaging, biomaterials, tissue engineering and regeneration, and biomechanics. We work in close collaboration with colleagues in the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) and the UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester.
View our ABET accreditation educational objectives and student outcomes here.
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College of Engineering's Liu and Atukorale Receive NIH Trailblazer Awards
T. Leo Liu (MIE) and Prabhani Atukorale (BME) will each receive $400,000 over three years to investigate exploratory, developmental, high-impact topics.
Ping Lab at UMass Amherst Introduces Groundbreaking DNA Detection Method with Unmatched Performance
Ping’s nano-mechanoelectrical approach pushes the sensitivity of DNA detection by over 100 times for applications in diagnostics, healthcare, & drug discovery.
College of Engineering Welcomes Four New Faculty Members
The College of Engineering is privileged to engage four highly motivated and gifted faculty working in the BME and ECE departments, as well as the MSE Program.
