Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Denny Research Building 140
(213) 740-7237
FAX: (213) 821-3897
Email: bmedept@usc.edu
bme.usc.edu

Chair: Peter Yingxiao Wang, PhD

Associate Chair: Megan McCain, PhD

Faculty

Chonette Chair in Biomedical Technology: David Z. D’Argenio, PhD

Chonette Early Career Chair: Megan McCain, PhD

Gordon S. Marshall Early Career Chair: Stacey D. Finley, PhD

Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky Chair in Convergent Biosciences: Ellis Meng, PhD

David Packard Chair in Engineering: Theodore W. Berger, PhD

Cornelius J. Pings Chair in Biomedical Sciences: Mark Humayun, PhD (Ophthalmology)

Provost Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Physiology and Biophysics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Pediatrics, Radiology and Ophthalmology: Scott Fraser, PhD (Biological Sciences)

University and Provost Professor of Neurology, Biomedical Engineering, and Biological Sciences: Steve Kay, PhD (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

Dean’s Professor in Biomedical Engineering: Michael C.K. Khoo, PhD; Vasilis Marmarelis, PhD

The Dr. Karl Jacob Jr. and Karl Jacob III Early-Career Chair and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Medicine: Eun Ji Chung, PhD

Professors: Theodore W. Berger, PhD (Neurobiology); David Z. D’Argenio, PhD*; Stacey D. Finley, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Quantitative and Computational Biology); Scott Fraser, PhD (Biological Sciences); Mark Humayun, PhD (Ophthalmology); Steve Kay, PhD; (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology); Michael C.K. Khoo, PhD (Pediatrics); Gerald E. Loeb, MD; Vasilis Z. Marmarelis, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Megan McCain, PhD (Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine); Ellis Meng, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Francisco Valero-Cuevas, PhD (Biokinesiology); Peter Yingxiao Wang, PhD (Molecular Microbiology and Immunology); Stanley M. Yamashiro, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Qifa Zhou, PhD (Ophthalmology)

Associate Professors: Eun Ji Chung, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); Bartlett W. Mel, PhD; Keyue Shen, PhD; Jesse T. Yen, PhD; Cristina Zavaleta, PhD

Assistant Professors: Vasileios N. Christopoulos, PhD; Maral Mousavi, PhD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences); Jennifer Treweek, PhD; Yaoheng Yang, PhD

Professor of Engineering Practice: Jean-Michel I. Maarek, DocIng

Associate Professor of Engineering Practice: Brent Liu, PhD

Senior Lecturers: Brittany Kay, PhD; Kathy Lu, PhD; John Mai, PhD

Research Associate Professors: Jean-Marie Bouteiller, PhD; Francesco Cutrale, PhD; Dong Song, PhD

Emeritus Professor: K. Kirk Shung, PhD

Joint Appointments: David Agus, MD (Medicine); Brian Applegate, PhD (Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery); Andrea Armani, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); Donald Arnold, PhD (Biological Sciences); George A. Bekey, PhD (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Speech Science); Paula Cannon, PhD (Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology); Yong Chen, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering); Peter J. Chung, PhD (Physics and Astronomy); Peter S. Conti, MD, PhD (Radiology); Vinay Duddalwar, PhD (Clinical Radiology); Dominique Duncan, PhD (Neurology); James Finley, PhD (Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy); Athanassios Fokas, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering Practice); Arkadiusz Gertych, PhD (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center); Tracy C. Grikscheit, MD (Surgery); Justin Haldar, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Bo Han, PhD (Surgery); Kathryn Havens, PhD (Clinical Physical Therapy); Christianne N. Heck, PhD (Clinical Neurology); Daniel P. Holschneider, MD (Psychiatry); H. K. Huang, DSc (Radiology); Darryl H. Hwang, PhD (Radiology); Andrei Irimia, PhD (Gerontology, Neuroscience); Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD (Radiology); Neda Jahanshad, PhD (Neurology); Rajiv Kalia, PhD (Physics and Astronomy, Computer Science, Chemical Engineering and Material Science); Radha Kalluri, PhD (Otolaryngology); Kwang Jin Kim, PhD (Medicine and Physiology); Peter Kuhn, PhD (Biological Sciences, Medicine, and Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering); Jason Kutch, PhD (Biokinesiology); Gianluca Lazzi, PhD (Ophthalmology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clinical Entrepreneurship); Richard Leahy, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering and Radiology); Brian Lee, MD, PhD (Clinical Neurological Surgery); Darrin Lee, PhD (Clinical Neurological Surgery); Natasha Leporé, PhD (Radiology and Children’s Hospital); Jay Lieberman, PhD (Orthopaedic Surgery); Sook-Lei Liew, PhD (Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, Neurology); Leonid Litvak, PhD (Advanced Bionics Corp.); Charles Liu, MD, PhD (Neurological Surgery); Rong Lu, PhD (Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine); Anupam Madhukar, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Physics); Noah Malmstadt, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); Mara Mather, PhD (Gerontology, Psychology); J. Andrew MacKay, PhD (Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences); Jill McNitt-Gray, PhD (Biological Science); Carolyn Meltzer, PhD (Radiology); Janet Moradian-Oldak, PhD (Biomedical Sciences – Dental); Leonardo Morsut, PhD (Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine); Shannon Mumenthaler, PhD (Medicine); Krishna Nayak, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Konstantina S. Nikita, PhD (BME/KSOM); John Oghalai, PhD (Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery); Ishwar Puri, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Philip Requejo, PhD (Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center and Kinesiology); Richard Roberts, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Chemistry); Jonathan Russi, PhD; Nicolas Schweighofer, PhD (Biokinesiology); Steven Siegel, PhD (Psychiatry and Behavioral, Neurosurgery, Population and Public Health Sciences); Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD (Ophthalmology); Yonggang Shi, PhD (Neurology); Paul Thompson, PhD (KSOM/Ophthalmology); Arthur W. Toga, PhD (KSOM/Ophthalmology); Priya Vashishta, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); Danny Wang, PhD (Neurology, Radiology); Pin Wang, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science); James Weiland, PhD; John C. Wood, MD, PhD (Medicine/Radiology); Hangbo Zhao, PhD (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering); Charles Zukowski, PhD (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science)

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

Degree Requirements

Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives

Graduates of the undergraduate program in Biomedical Engineering are expected to attain the following objectives within a few years after graduation:

• Be engaged in, or working toward a career in the biomedical industry, other industrial sectors, healthcare, government or academia. 
• Engineer a better world and address challenges in their chosen profession, taking into consideration ethical and societal concerns.
• Collaborate within their profession across technical disciplines.
• Continue to develop their professional skills by being active in professional societies, continuing their formal education in graduate and professional programs, engaging with the USC alumni network, and through professional training.

Undergraduate Program Criteria

The program leading to a Biomedical Engineering (BS)  provides both breadth and depth across the range of engineering topics implied by the title. The program prepares graduates to have an understanding of biology and physiology; and the capability to apply advanced mathematics (including differential equations and statistics), science and engineering to solve the problems at the interface of engineering and biology. The curriculum prepares graduates with the ability to interpret data from living systems, addressing the problems associated with the interaction between living and non-living materials and systems.

Minor in Craniofacial and Dental Technology

For a complete listing, see the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC .

Programs

• Biomedical Engineering (BS)
• Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Emphasis (BS)
• Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Emphasis (BS)
• Biomedical Engineering, Molecular and Cellular Engineering Emphasis (BS)

• Biomedical Data Analytics (MS)
• Biomedical Engineering (MS)
• Medical Device and Diagnostic Engineering (MS)
• Medical Imaging and Imaging Informatics (MS)

• Health, Technology and Engineering Graduate Certificate

• Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Courses

• BME 101 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
• BME 201 Biomedical Engineering Practice
• BME 202 Control and Communication in the Nervous System
• BME 204 Biomedical Prototyping and Fabrication
• BME 210 Biomedical Computer Simulation Methods
• BME 302L Medical Electronics
• BME 308 Computer-Aided Design for Bio-Mechanical Systems
• BME 350 Biomedical Engineering Industrial Project
• BME 390 Special Problems
• BME 402 Control and Communication in the Nervous System
• BME 403L Physiological Systems
• BME 404 Computational Neuromechanics
• BME 405L Senior Projects: Measurements and Instrumentation
• BME 406 Introduction to Bioengineering in Medicine
• BME 408 Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technologies
• BME 410L Introduction to Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
• BME 412 Craniofacial and Dental Technology
• BME 413 Bioengineering Signals and Systems
• BME 414 Rehabilitation Engineering
• BME 415 Regulation of Medical Products
• BME 416L Development and Regulation of Medical Products
• BME 423 Statistical and Data Science Methods in Biomedical Engineering
• BME 425 Basics of Biomedical Imaging
• BME 426 Basics of Biomedical Imaging: Ionizing Radiation
• BME 427 Basics of Biomedical Imaging: Non-Ionizing Radiation
• BME 430 Principles and Applications of Systems Biology
• BME 431 Mechanics and Transport in Medicine and Biology
• BME 445aL Senior Design Project
• BME 445bL Senior Design Project
• BME 450 Introduction to Biosensors and Diagnostics Devices
• BME 451L Fundamentals of Biomedical Microdevices
• BME 452 Introduction to Biomimetic Neural Engineering
• BME 453 Engineering Biomedical Innovations
• BME 459L Introduction to Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery
• BME 466L Capstone Project Laboratory
• BME 489 Biochemical Engineering
• BME 490x Directed Research
• BME 499 Special Topics
• BME 501 Advanced Topics in Biomedical Systems
• BME 502 Advanced Studies of the Nervous System
• BME 504 Neuromuscular and Bio-Robotic Systems
• BME 505aL Laboratory Projects in Biomedical Engineering
• BME 505bL Laboratory Projects in Biomedical Engineering
• BME 506 Bioengineering of Disease and Cell Therapeutics
• BME 510 Cellular Systems Engineering
• BME 511 Physiological Control Systems
• BME 513 Signal and Systems Analysis
• BME 514 Physiological Signals and Data Analytics
• BME 515 Deep Learning and Applications in Biomedical Engineering
• BME 520 Modeling of Bio-Systems
• BME 521 Thermal and Biological Transport Phenomena I
• BME 522 Thermal and Biological Transport Phenomena II
• BME 523 Measurement and Processing of Biological Signals
• BME 525 Advanced Biomedical Imaging
• BME 527 Integration of Medical Imaging Systems
• BME 528 Medical Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Informatics Applications
• BME 530 Introduction to Systems Biology
• BME 533 Seminar in Bioengineering
• BME 535L Ultrasonic Imaging
• BME 536 Ultrasonic Transducers
• BME 540 Biofluid Mechanics: Transport and Circulatory Systems
• BME 551 Introduction to Bio-MEMS and Nanotechnology
• BME 552 Neural Implant Engineering
• BME 555aL Health Product Development
• BME 555bL Health Product Development
• BME 559 Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery
• BME 566a Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering
• BME 566b Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering
• BME 566c Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering
• BME 566d Topics in Health, Technology and Engineering
• BME 567a Case Studies in Health, Technology and Engineering
• BME 567b Case Studies in Health, Technology and Engineering
• BME 575 Computational Neural Engineering
• BME 582 CMOS:Nano Neuromorphic Circuits
• BME 590 Directed Research
• BME 594a Master’s Thesis
• BME 594b Master’s Thesis
• BME 594z Master’s Thesis
• BME 599 Special Topics
• BME 608 Wearable Technology
• BME 620L Applied Electrophysiology
• BME 650 Biomedical Measurement and Instrumentation
• BME 670 Early Visual Processing
• BME 671 Late Visual Processing
• BME 680 Modeling and Simulation of Physiological Systems
• BME 790 Research
• BME 794a Doctoral Dissertation
• BME 794b Doctoral Dissertation
• BME 794c Doctoral Dissertation
• BME 794d Doctoral Dissertation
• BME 794z Doctoral Dissertation