Biomedical Engineering applies engineering principles to solve complex medical problems and focuses at improving the quality of health care by advancing technology and reducing costs. Examples include advanced biomedical imaging systems, the design of microscale diagnostic systems, drug delivery systems, and tissue engineering. Specializations are available that focus student’s technical expertise on BioPhotonics or BioMems.
Additional Resources
Program Faculty Advisor
Prof. Christine King
kingce@uci.edu
Academic Counselor
Ushma Patel
upatel@uci.edu
Biomedical Engineering is a major within the Biomedical Engineering department