Bioengineering
Concentrations are not required, but are intended to provide students with the option to obtain a more focused education in a particular field of study or sub-topic within a given field. To satisfy the requirements for a concentration, students must select at least 4 courses from any of the categories listed below. At least two courses must be from Bioengineering.
*Students may count only one of the asterisked courses per concentration **Students may only “double count” TWO courses for multiple concentrations ***Students may only count one Independent Study (BE 4900 or BE 4920)
Seniors declaring a concentration should follow the instructions below at least four weeks before graduation:
Step 1: Complete the Declare/Update Field of Study form through Path@Penn; and Step 2: Fill out the Form to Declare Bioengineering Concentration
Not all courses that fulfill the BE concentration requirement count in the engineering category of your worksheet. Please be sure to check the SEAS Handbook for which courses count as engineering, natural science, etc.
Please note: Students who are doing the Accelerated Masters program MUST meet all of the concentration requirements BEFORE obtaining their undergraduate degree.
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Employs concepts and infrastructure from computer science and broad-based principles from engineering, applied mathematics, physics, and chemistry to navigate large data sets of biological information and model biomolecules to gain insight into complex biological systems.
Course options: ***BE 4900 Independent Research in Bioengineering BE 5040 Epigenomics BE 5210 Brain-Computer Interface BE 5300 Theoretical Neuroscience BE 5590 Multiscale Modeling of Biological Systems BE 5660 Network Neuroscience CIS 4210/5210 Artificial Intelligence CIS 4360 Intro to Computational Biology & Biological Modeling CIS 4500 Database and Info Systems CIS 5200 Machine Learning CIS 5450 Big Data Analytics CBE 5250 Molecular Modeling and Simulations ESE 3050 Foundations of Data Science ESE 5420 Statistics for Data Science GCB 5350 Introduction to Bioinformatics GCB 5360/BIOL 437 Computational Biology GCB 5370 Advanced Computational Biology STAT 9915 Advanced Topics in Biomedical Data Science
Design of instruments, implants or other biotechnologies that are used to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease. Such devices require design, fabrication, manufacturing, and interfacing with biological systems.
Course options:
BE 4700 Medical Devices *BE 4720 Medical Device Development ***BE 4900 Independent Research in Bioengineering BE 5020 From Biomedical Science to the Marketplace BE 5140 Rehab Engineering & Design BE 5180 Optical Microscopy BE 5210 Brain-Computer Interface *BE 5280 Applied Medical Innovation I *BE 5290 Applied Medical Innovation II BE 5510 Biomicrofluids BE 5560 Molecular Diagnostics for Precision Medicine BE 5700 Biomechatronics ESE 2150 Electrical Circuits and Systems I ESE 5050/MEAM 5130 Control of Systems ESE 5290 Introduction to MEMS and NEMS *MEAM 1010 Introduction to Mechanical Design MEAM 2010 Machine Design and Manufacturing MEAM 4100/5100 Design of Mechatronics MEAM 4150/OID 415/IPD 415 Product Design MEAM 5100 Design of Mechatronic Systems MEAM 5140 Design in Manufacturability MEAM 5200 Introduction to Robotics
Engineering of synthetic and/or biological materials to support or manipulate cellular or tissue growth. Constructs are used to understand cell behavior, as tissue implants, or as platforms for therapeutic applications.
BE 3300 Soft Materials ***BE 4900 Independent Research in Bioengineering BE 5120 Bio III – Biomaterials BE 5400 Biomolec & Cellular Eng BE 5530 Tissue Eng/PR/MTHD/APP BE 5580 Prin of Biol Fabrication BE 5650 Systems Biology of Tissues and Organogenesis BE 5690 Systems Biology of Cell Signaling Behavior BE 5780 Principles of Controlled Release Systems CBE 4300/MSE 4300 Polymers & Biomaterials CBE 5570 Stem Cells, Proteomics and Drug Delivery – Soft Matter Fundamentals MEAM 5140 Design in Manufacturability MSE 5850/BE5850 Materials for Bioelectronics MSE 5180 Structure and Function of Biological Materials
Physics of medical and biological imaging modalities, the use and effects of radiation in imaging and therapy, methodologies for image acquisition and processing, development of computer-based imaging theory and analysis methods, and the development and use of contrast media and molecular imaging agents.
Course options: ***BE 4900 Independent Research in Bioengineering BE 5180 Optical Microscopy BE 5370 Biomed Image Analysis BE 5470 Fund Tech of Imaging II BE 5810 Tech-Mag Resonance Imaging BE 5830 Molecular Imaging BE 6500 Adv Biomed Imag Applic BIBB 421/NRSC 4421 Functional Imaging Human Brain MPHY 6030 Image Based Anatomy MPHY 6070 Radiation Biology PHYS 4421 Modern Optics
Understanding the nature of molecular and cellular processes and how individual biological entities interact to produce function at the cellular and organism level. Systems and Synthetic Biology also includes the development of new devices, biomolecules, or biomimetics to control or manipulate these interactions to introduce new functionality, improve function and/or impair function.
Course options: ***BE 4900 Independent Research in Bioengineering BE 5270 Immune Engineering BE 5400 Biomolec & Cellular ENG BE 5540 ENG Biotechnology BE 5580 Prin of Biol Fabrication BE 5590 Multiscale Modeling of Biological Systems BE 5650 Systems Biology of Tissues and Organogenesis BE 5690 Systems Biology of Cell Signaling Behavior CBE 4790 Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering CBE 4800 Laboratory in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering CBE 5170 Principles of Genome Engineering CBE 5270 Advancements and Applications in Genome Editing and Engineering CBE 5570 Stem Cells, Proteomics & Drug Delivery Soft Matter Fund MEAM 6630 Entropic Forces in Biomechanics BIOL 5262 Biological Foundations for Bioengineering and Biotechnology: Genomics and Omics Technologies
Neuroengineering involves the confluence of neuroscience, device development, computation, and mathematics in an effort to better understand, track, and modulate neural function in health, disease, and degeneration.
***BE 4900 Independent Research in Bioengineering BE 5060 Introduction to Neuroengineering BE 5210 Brain-Computer Interface BE 5300 Theoretical Neuroscience BE 5660 Network Neuroscience BE 5850 Materials for Bioelectronics BE 5950 Advance Systems Neuroengineering BE 6100 NeuroAI BIBB 249/NRSC 2249 Cognitive Neuroscience BIBB 251/NRSC 2110 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology BIBB 421/NRSC 4421 Functional Imaging Human Brain BIOL 4110/5110 Neural Systems and Behavior *BIOL 4142 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory *NRSC 2205 Cellular Basis of Learning and Memory NRSC 3334 Computational Neuroscience Lab NRSC 4425 Neurotechnology: From Concept to Clinic NGG 5720 Electrical Language of Cells NGG 5730 Systems and Integrative Neuroscience
Understand how biomolecules, cells, tissues, or living subjects interact mechanically with their environment and use this knowledge to understand disease and repair processes and/or to guide the design of technological solutions to rehabilitate subjects with injuries or disabilities.
Course options: ***BE 4900 Independent Research in Bioengineering BE 5140 Rehab Engineering & Design BE 5500 Continuum Mechanics BE 5700 Biomechatronics BE 5610 Musculoskeletal Biology and Bioengineering MSE 5180 Structure and Function of Biological Materials
Encompasses drug discovery, drug design, manufacturing, preparation of micro- and nanodelivery platforms, gene and cell therapy, innovations in targeting, controllable drug release, biodegradation and the mathematical modeling of these systems.
Course options: ***BE 4900 Independent Research in Bioengineering BE 5540 ENG Biotechnology BE 5550/CBE 5550 Nanoscale Systems Biology BE 5570 Quantitative Principles of Drug Design BE 5620 Drug Discovery & Develop BE 5780 Principles of Controlled Release Systems CBE 5570 Stem Cells, Proteomics & Drug Delivery Soft Matter Fund. CBE 5640 Drug Delivery
Immune Engineering encompasses the development of new technologies that influence the behavior of the immune system, often in response to disease, infection, or wounds. It also includes the study of the immune system’s response to biomaterials, implants, or foreign materials and the development of new tools to study this response.
Course Options:
***BE 4900- Independent Study BE 5120- Bioengineering III: Biomaterials BE 4260/5260- Immunology for Bioengineers OR BIOL 4004 Immunobiology (students cannot count both BIOL 4004 and BE 4260/5260 towards concentration) BE 5270- Immune Engineering BE 5570 Quantitative Principles of Drug Design ENGR 4500- Biotechnology, Immunology, Vaccines and COVID-19 IMUN 5060- Immune Mechanisms IMUN 5070- Immunopathology IMUN 6090/CAMB6090 – Vaccines and Immune Therapeutics REG 6180- Introduction to Vaccine Development REG 6220 New Trends in Medicine and Vaccine Discovery
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