Biomedical Engineering at TAMU Quick Facts • 17 Tenure/Tenure Track Professors
• 4 Research Professors, 11 Jointly appointed Faculty
• 200% growth from 2003-2008
• 3 Endowed Professorships
• 7 start-up companies created, 64+ patents and disclosures filed
• 532 students (Fall 2010)
• ABET accredited since 1977 (5th accredited program in the country)
• Ranked 18th graduate, 2nd undergraduate public university
(U. S. News & World Report, 2005, 2010)
• $5+ million in research expenditures
• 2011 new $104M, 212,000 sq.ft. state-of –the-art building opened
• biomed.tamu.edu
Biomedical Engineering Research Areas • Vascular Biomechanics • Cardiac, Vascular, and Cellular
Mechanics • Cell Mechanobiology • Molecular Dynamics • Nanosensors • Optical Biosensing • Tissue Microscopy • Biomaterials • Computational Mechanics
Sample Medical Disease Research Areas • Early noninvasive and minimally
invasive cancer detection including hybrid imaging & quantum dot devices
• Noninvasive and minimally invasive glucose monitoring
• Designing advanced polymers to treat potentially deadly cerebral aneurysms-without surgery
Sample Medical Disease Research Areas • Cardiovascular disease from
subcellular level to whole being
• Developing hybrid tissues to rebuild body parts that might otherwise be beyond repair
• Study and development of sensors and therapeutics for neuro-diseases, such as Alzheimer's
• Non-stick biomaterials for sensing and drug delivery from nano- to micro-scales
Sample Medical Disease Research Areas • Developing microscale sensor/actuator technology for
diagnosis and treatment using a single device, integrating functional nanoscale devices into a microscale package as well as patterned devices
• Study of the biomechanics of the heart and vessels and devices to improve heart mechanics, stent designs, etc.
• Pushing the boundaries in MRI and innovations in hardware and methodology to help diagnose and treat disease differently
Translational Research • Faculty start-ups include
– BioTex, Visualase, (Dr. Coté) – CorInnova (Dr. Criscione) – Angiomechanix, Failure Analysis of
Cardiovascular Technologies (Dr. Moore) – Shape Memory Therapeutics, Bridgeway
Scientific, Sierra Interventions (Dr. D. Maitland)
• Intellectual property licensed by – Bose, Endovasix, Micrus
• Research funding from – Alcon, Cordis, Abbott Labs, Boston Scientific
Faculty Research Collaborations: U.S. • Houston Medical Center: Texas Heart Institute, M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center,and Baylor College of Medicine • MIT • Yale University • Stanford University • Duke University • University of California at San Diego • University of California at Irvine • University of Missouri • University of Maryland • University of Michigan • University of Pittsburgh • Oak Ridge National Lab • Lawrence Livermore National Lab • NASA - JSC
• Queen Mary University (London) • University of Edinburgh • Universite de la Mediterranee (Marseille) • Graz University of Technology • Swansea University • Queen’s University (Belfast) • University of Salermo • University of Pisa • Université Paris XII • KTH (Sweden) • University of Zagreb • Imperial College (London) • University of Wurzburg (Germany) • Utrecht University • Ghent University
Faculty Research Collaborations: Europe