Santa Clara University

Undergraduate - Bioengineering Program

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The fastest growing segment of engineering today, bioengineering holds the promise of improving the lives of all people in very direct and diverse ways.


Bioengineering is the application of electrical, chemical, mechanical, and other engineering principles to understand, modify, or control biological systems. Examples of bioengineering advances include: artificial knee and hip joints, cardiac pacemakers, kidney dialysis machines, arthroscopic surgical tools, MRI and CAT Scanning systems, inhaleable insulin systems, automated defibrillators, genomics, and proteomics.

 
 
For further information, contact:


Dr. Yuling Yan, Associate Professor
Bioengineering Program Director
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
408-554-4485; yyan1@scu.edu

Dr. Tim Hight, Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
Bioengineering Program Associate Director
(408) 554-6870; thight@scu.edu

Dr. John Birmingham, Associate Professor
Physics Department
Bioengineering Program Associate Director
(408) 551-7185; jbirmingham@scu.edu

Dr. Craig Stephens, Associate Professor
Biology Department
Bioengineering Program Advisor
(408) 551-1898; cstephens@scu.edu

Dr. Sally Wood, Professor
Electrical Engineering Department
Bioengineering Program Advisor
(408) 554-4058; swood@scu.edu

Dr. Brian J McNelis, Assoc. Prof.
Chemistry Department
Bioengineering Program Advisor
408-554-4797; bmcnelis@scu.edu

Shoba Krishnan, Assoc. Professor
Electrical Engineering Department
Bioengineering Program Advisor
(408) 554-4666; skrishnan@scu.edu