Biomedical engineering is an interdisciplinary field that merges biological research with various fields of materials engineering, imaging and sensing, and nanotechnology. The application of advanced materials, nanotechnology and imaging and sensing techniques provides new tools for modern engineers to alter and measure functional properties of biological cells with unprecedented precision. This major has a particular emphasis on the emerging field of bio-nanotechnology, which can be exploited to create new materials for advanced medical outcomes, ie. developing new cures for disease and to regenerate diseased or damaged tissue. The field also applies to imaging sensors for medical and security applications, hybrid bio-electronic devices and even nano-machines.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:- Apply knowledge of traditional engineering disciplines and modern biology to analyse and design solutions to problems encountered in living systems.
- Apply the fundamental principles and techniques of material science and nanotechnology to biomedical engineering, evaluating current constraints, such as regulatory, ethical, political, social and economic, encountered when solving problems in living systems.
- Design and analyse a biomedical engineering system, component, or process to improve biological outcomes, and critically interpret its success.
- Analyse problems from both engineering and biological perspectives to predict difficulties encountered working with living systems, synthesising and evaluating a range of possible approaches to a solution.
- Transfer interdisciplinary systems engineering approaches to the fields of bio- and nanotechnology
Areas of Interest
- Medical Science
- Materials Science
- Engineering
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Neuroscience
- Biology
- Electronics
- Materials
- Biotechnology
- Molecular Biology
- Biomedical Science
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:
48 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ENGN1217 | Introduction to Mechanics | 6 |
| BIOL1004 | Biology 2: Molecular and Cell Biology | 6 |
| ENGN2217 | Mechanical Systems and Design | 6 |
| ENGN2222 | Engineering Thermodynamics | 6 |
| ENGN3810 | Biomechanics and Biomaterials | 6 |
| ENGN3820 | Biomedical Imaging | 6 |
| ENGN4810 | Nanotechnology and Applications | 6 |
| ENGN4820 | Bio Micro and Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems (BioMEMS and BioNEMS) | 6 |