As one of the oldest and best biomedical engineering departments in the United States, Duke BME is a recognized leader in research and education. Learn more about the impressive work …

When you join the thriving, interdisciplinary research community at Duke BME, you gain access to unique opportunities in translational research. Come to Duke and Durham, and get a PhD …

Train in one of the oldest, most respected and highly ranked BME departments in the world. Medical Tech Design Few universities are as equipped as Duke to deliver best-in-class …

Duke BME engineers work closely with Duke’s biological scientists and physicians. Our undergraduate and graduate students conduct research with the guidance of Duke BME …

Biomedical engineering, plus a whole lot more. Our students learn the classical engineering disciplines and mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. They also gain broad exposure …

The projects and research proposal must be related to biomedical engineering and approved by the student’s adviser. The formulation of the project plan is a collaborative, mentored …

Students may take the 3-credit independent study course BME 791 as an elective for doing research or a design project in a lab. Other elective courses must be selected from …

Centered on collaboration with Duke Medicine clinicians, Duke BME’s re-imagined design course challenges students to design solutions to real patients’ problems.

Ashutosh Chilkoti is the Alan L. Kaganov Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University.

Duke is launched the first accredited BME major in the United States, and its faculty invented the first real-time 3-D ultrasonic scanner and the first patented bioabsorbable vascular stent.