Bioengineering

Peter Lelkes, Chair

Room 811, Engineering Building
215-204-3307

pilelkes@temple.edu

http://engineering.temple.edu/department/bioengineering

Bioengineering Program

The Bioengineering program will be able to integrate engineering science, rigorous mathematical tools and a quantitative approach to the life sciences and apply this spectrum of knowledge in an interdisciplinary fashion to provide solution to basic and applied biological and medical problems.

This goal will be accomplished by offering to the students an integrated set of courses aimed at providing a thorough introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Bioengineering:

• Teach engineering science, analysis, and design in the context of quantitative approaches to solving life science and medicine-related problems.
• Integrate interdisciplinary aspects of biology, physiology, and engineering within courses and design projects.
• Emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of Bioengineering, in terms of problem solving, design, within the framework of interdisciplinary teams focusing on the dialogue between "biology-inspired engineering" and "biology as a specific arm of applied engineering principles."
• Immerse students in key life science and medical principles, while focusing on understanding cell/molecular-level events through quantitative analysis and modeling.
• Provide an exceptional learning environment with significant instruction by Bioengineering faculty and researchers in collaboration with experts from other fields, especially the Health Science Campus.

In this curriculum, incoming freshmen will first and foremost be trained as solid Temple engineers, focusing on applying engineering science, design, and analysis to real life problems specifically in the areas of biology and medicine. This firm engineering foundation will be further enhanced with newly developed Bioengineering courses in specific pathways, such as:

• Biomaterials: A focus on the design, development, and uses of biomaterials in biology and medicine. It also explores the host-biomaterial interface and interactions.
• Bioinstrumentation: A focus on the design, development, and use of instruments used to record, process, and/or control biological functions.
• Biomechanics: A focus on the interaction between forces and motions in tissues, organisms, and biomedical materials.
• Tissue and Regenerative Engineering: A focus on building functional tissues using cells and scaffolds and repairing diseased tissues and organs at the cellular and molecular level.
• Neuroengineering: A focus on using engineering to understand and interact with neural tissues.
• Pre-med: A broad-based Bioengineering curriculum with fulfills current pre-med course requirements.

Hands-on engineering experience will be gained through intense laboratory coursework and by solving real-life biomedical problems.

Summary of Requirements

University Requirements:

All new students are required to complete the university's General Education (GenEd) curriculum.

All Temple students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses as part of the major. The specific writing-intensive courses required for this major are listed below and are identified by "WI" in the Attribute column.

General Department Requirements:

Bioengineering Program

Suggested Semester By Semester Plan

Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering

Requirements for New Students starting in the 2013-2014 Academic Year

Technical Electives:

Some of the technical electives are 4 credits, such as:

Computer & Information Science 1053: Programming in Matlab

Computer & Information Science 1057: Computer Programming in C

Electrical Engineering 2112 & 2113: Electrical Devices & Systems I with Lab

Electrical Engineering 2312 & 2313: Electrical Engineering Science I with Lab

Electrical Engineering 2322 & 2323: Electrical Engineering Science II with Lab

Electrical Engineering 3412 & 3413: Classical Control Systems with Lab

Chemistry 1032 & 1034: General Chemistry II with Lab

Chemistry 2201 & 2203: Organic Chemistry I with Lab

Chemistry 2202 & 2204: Organic Chemistry II with Lab

Chemistry 4503: Introduction to Polymer Chemistry

Biology 1111: Introduction to Biology I

Biology 2112: Introduction to Biology II

Biology 3096: Cell Structure and Function

Other technical electives (3 credits, unless otherwise noted):

Engineering 1117: Engineering Graphics (2 credits)

Engineering 3117: Computer Aided Design

Engineering 3496: Materials Science for Engineers

Engineering 3553: Mechanics of Fluids

Chemistry 3301: Physical Chemistry Lecture I

Chemistry 4401: Biochemistry I

Biology 3352: Systems Neuroscience

Biology 3356: Organization and Development of the Nervous System

Engineering Technology 4278: Cardiac Devices

Bioengineering Electives (3 credits each, unless otherwise noted):

Bioengineering 4301: Bioengineering Seminar (1 credit)

Bioengineering 1301: Principles of Macromolecular Science

Bioengineering 3301: Biomedical Signals and Systems

Bioengineering 3302: Drug Delivery

Bioengineering 3303: Biotransport Phenomena

Bioengineering 2301: Quantitative Pathophysiology

Bioengineering 2302: Cellular and Molecular Biology for Bioengineers

Bioengineering 2312: Mechanics for Bioengineering I (4 credits)

Bioengineering 3312: Mechanics for Bioengineering II (4 credits)

Bioengineering 3725: Cell Biology for Engineers

Bioengineering 4741: Biomaterials for Engineers

Capstone Electives (all are 3 credits each):

Bioengineering 4411: Capstone Elective: Biomaterials

Bioengineering 4421: Capstone Elective: Bionanotechnology

Bioengineering 4431: Capstone Elective: Neuroengineering

Bioengineering 4441: Capstone Elective: Biomechanics

Bioengineering 4451: Capstone Elective: Biomedical Imaging

Bioengineering 4461: Principles of Tissue and Regenerative Engineering