1. Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering Information
Dr. Lianne Cartee
Director of Undergraduate Studies

3. Mathematics ● Physics ● Chemistry ● Biology
Materials
Sophomore Design
BME
Electives
Senior
Design
Junior Design
General Education
Mechanics
Instrumentation

4. Biomaterials Implantable material and devices
Sutures and wound healing
Biocompatability
Polymer scaffolds
Medical Textiles

5. Biomechanics Gait/motion analysis
Material properties of biological tissues
Structural properties of engineered tissues and the body
Prosthetics and rehabilitation engineering

6. Biomedical Instrumentation
Medical instruments
Biosensors
Robotics
Medical imaging
Implantable Devices

7. Sophomore Design Become a Maker

8. Mathematics ● Physics ● Chemistry ● Biology
Materials
Sophomore Design
BME
Electives
Senior
Design
Junior Design
General Education
Mechanics
Instrumentation

9. Junior Design Designing and Making

10. Mathematics ● Physics ● Chemistry ● Biology
Materials
Sophomore Design
BME
Electives
Senior
Design
Junior Design
General Education
Mechanics
Instrumentation

11. Biomedical Engineering Senior Design

12. Engineering Program Enhancement Fee
Used for:
Infrastructure
Lab equipment
Student programs
Professional development
Research equipment
Career services
$250 / sem
$500 / sem
$750 / sem

13. Student Organizations
Biomedical Engineering Society
Helping Hands
BME Device Club
Girls Engineering Change
Engineering World Health (NC State)

14. Design Program Highlights
LifeFlow Rapid Infuser

15. Student Awards and Honors
NCIIA BME Start competition ($10,000)
NCEES Engineering Award ($7500)
RESNA National Student Design (11 winners)
NISH National Student Design Challenge (7 winners)
Finalists in the 2015 National Collegiate Inventors Competition

16. Student Awards and Honors
2017 Gates Cambridge Scholar
8 Grand Challenge Scholars
Marshall Scholarship
Goldwater Scholar
Astronaut Scholarship
NSF Graduate Research Fellows

17. Student Awards and Honors
Jeff Powell – Founder Helping Hand
Tojan Rahhal top graduate student at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
Sunny Lin – Winner Great Food Truck Race

18. Placement

19. Starting Salaries Class of 2015
For Mean: $58, Median: $63, %: $53, %: 67,500

20. 2017 Placement Graduate Schools
Duke, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Vtech/ Wake Forest, UNC-CH / NC State
Professional Schools
Duke, UNC-CH and Wake Forest Medical Schools
Industry
GSK, Cook Medical, Merck, Quintiles, Intuitive Survigal

21. The Joint Program

22. What to know about the joint program
BMHE
ABET
NC State
BME

23. Access Classes at NC State
Entrepreneurship and internship opportunities
Career placement resources
Student organizations
Maker spaces and research facilities
Recreational facilities
Libraries
IT services and software
Parking
Meal plans
Commuter plan at UNC
Per term meal plan at NC State
Campus housing

24. Program Admission 80 students per campus Apply on BME website
Essay required
Application opens in mid-September

25. Minimum Admission Requirements
CHEM 101/101L – General Chemistry I and Lab (C or better)
MATH 231 – Calculus of Functions of One Variable (C or better)
MATH 232 – Calculus of Functions of One Variable II (C or better)
PHYS 116/118 – Mechanics (C or better)
ENGL 105 English Composition and Rhetoric (C- or better)

26. Admission Application date Decision % admitted 9/16 – 12/1
After fall grades 20
2/16 – 5/15
After spring grades 75
7/2 – 8/1
After summer grades 5