WELCOME TO BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

The program in Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, consists of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the campus-wide Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering was founded in February of 2001 and currently consists of 17 primary and five joint faculty members.  Our faculty and staff take pride in combining exceptional teaching with state-of-the-art research to advance the education and research of this rapidly evolving discipline. Faculty researchers stress fundamental discovery and actively participate both within and beyond the university community to apply biotechnology principles to the solutions of essential medical, technological, and societal challenges. Undergraduate education in biomedical engineering began in the Fall of 2002. The four-year Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering emphasizes bio-molecular engineering and biomedical imaging.

The Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group (BMEGG) on the Davis campus of the University of California is a campus-wide graduate group with a thirty year history, integrating the efforts of fifty faculty members in many Departments. BMEGG spans a tremendous breadth of research in the life sciences and engineering, involving the Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, the College of Engineering, the College of Letters and Science, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and a leading College of Biological Sciences. We offer graduate degrees (Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy) in biomedical engineering with specializations in diverse tracks including biomedical imaging, cell and molecular engineering, tissue engineering, BioMEMs, computational bioengineering, and musculoskeletal biomechanics.  Students in Biomedical Engineering draw from the many research resources available on the UCD campus, as well as the biomedical and biotechnology industry located within Northern California.

In July 2001 the Department was awarded a Whitaker Foundation Leadership/Development grant of $12 million. The grant provided resources to expand the department and enhance campus research in genomics, medical imaging, and phenotyping transgenic models of human disease. It also triggered approximately $35 million in matching funds from the state government and university sources. The award helped to fund the Genome and Biomedical Sciences building, a 225,000 square foot facility, completed in 2004. As the new home of the BME department, this outstanding facility accommodates research labs, an administrative suite, and the Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging (CMGI). The CMGI is one of the best-equipped preclinical imaging facilities in the United States, including a biomedical cyclotron, positron emission tomography, computed tomography, optical imaging and ultrasound.