Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical engineers design and develop products, systems and processes to improve human health
Our faculty and students focus on connecting engineering and technology with medicine. They create new approaches and tools for medical imaging, tissue engineering and repair, bioinstrumentation and biosensors, mechanobiology, robotics and prosthetics, computational medicine, systems genetics, and a wide variety of other applications.
If you are interested in working with a multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists and physicians to enhance the health and wellness of patients worldwide, biomedical engineering is the course of study for you.
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Andreas H. Hielscher
Biomedical Engineering Department Chair; Professor
Smita Rao
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy; Research Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Chaim Wollstein
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology; Professor in Neural Science
Alesha Castillo
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Orthopaedic Surgery
Contact Us
| Department Head: Andreas H Hielscher E-mail: ahh4614@nyu.edu Phone: 347.439.0484 |
Main Office: Steven Ruiz E-mail: smr686@nyu.edu Phone: 212.992.5974 BEI Office; 646.997.3636 JB Office |
| Graduate Program Advisor: Xiao Ma E-mail: xm8@nyu.edu Phone: 646.997.3575 |
During the first period of a human's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk."
S. Kierkegaard