Professors

Warren S. Grundfest, M.D. FACS

Carlo D. Montemagno, Ph.D. (Roy and Carol Doumani Professor of Biomedical Engineering)

Assistant Professors

James Dunn, M.D., Ph.D.

Daniel Kamei, Ph.D.

Jacob Schmidt, Ph.D.

Benjamin Wu, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Scope and Objectives

The Department of Bioengineering was recently approved, and plans are underway to implement a scholastic program that treats bioengineering as a discrete engineering science discipline. Through intensive training in modern biology, biochemistry, physics, and engineering science, the department provides the educational platform necessary for students to become leaders in the fields that are evolving from the convergence of the biological and physical sciences.

Considerable resources have been allocated to support the establishment of a world-class academic unit, including the construction of unique state-of-the-art laboratories dedicated to instructing students in advanced techniques for fabricating and characterizing hybrid living/nonliving devices. Students learn to design and integrate engineering systems with living systems of all size scales, starting at the molecular level.

The first freshman class will be admitted for Fall Quarter 2004.

Bioengineering B.S.

The goal of the bioengineering curriculum is to provide students with the fundamental scientific knowledge and engineering tools necessary for graduate study in engineering or scientific disciplines, continued education in health professional schools, or employment in industry. There are three main objectives: (1) to provide students with rigorous training in engineering and fundamental sciences, (2) to provide knowledge and experience in state-of-the-art research in bioengineering, and (3) to provide problem-solving and team-building skills to succeed in a career in bioengineering.

The Major

Course requirements are as follows (202 or 203 minimum units required):

1. 1. Bioengineering 4L, 5L, 10, 100, 110, 120, 186, 190, 190L, 191, 191L, 192; Biomedical Engineering M196B; Chemical Engineering 101A, M105A; Chemistry and Biochemistry 110A, 153A, 156; Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics C134; Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology M140
2. 2. Life Sciences 1 (satisfies HSSEAS GE life sciences requirement), 2, 3, 4
3. 3. Two elective courses from Biomedical Engineering CM140, C141L, CM145, M150L, C170, C171, CM180, C181, C185, M196A, CM196L
4. 4. Chemistry and Biochemistry 14A, 14B, 14BL, 14C, 14CL, 14D; Mathematics 31A, 31B, 32A, 32B, 33A, 33B; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 20; Physics 1A, 1B, 1C (or Electrical Engineering 1)
5. 5. HSSEAS general education (GE) requirements; see Curricular Requirements on page 22 for details

Graduate Study

New graduate programs, leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering, are expected to be in place by Fall Quarter 2004. Program requirements will be updated online at http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu, pending final approval.