Biomedical Product Design & Development
BIOMEDICAL PRODUCT DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
Directors:
Lisa Friis, Ph.D.
Sara Wilson, Ph.D.
Design and development of new medical products requires advanced bioengineering expertise as well as an understanding of clinical applications, business considerations and regulatory aspects of the medical field. Advanced engineering skills must interface with clinical needs and requirements.
The Biomedical Product Design and Development Track combines graduate-level research and coursework with practical exposure to these clinical, business and regulatory processes in a professional, collaborative environment.
Students use their new understanding of market-driven forces to plan and execute their research with end-driven methods and an understanding of how their research results could be applied to development of a biomedical product. They not only work with their own basic and applied research, but also with other researchers in the KU Bioengineering community.
Medical products to be developed can include diagnostic tools, interventional and therapeutic devices, imaging equipment and methods, and biomaterials. This track includes a course in biomedical product development to introduce basic concepts of design, quality system regulations, regulatory aspects and entrepreneurship.
Required courses in engineering design methods teach students how to successfully complete applied research. A clinical or industrial preceptorship is required to give students practical exposure to applied biomedical research and development. Students completing this track will be prepared to apply their product-driven education either in industrial research and development, in a regulatory agency, or in academia interfacing with industry.
Course Work
Track Faculty
Titles
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, School of Engineering
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Associated Tracks
Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Biomedical Robots
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Titles
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Associated Tracks
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Enhancement of Transportation Related Technologies
Design, Development and Testing of Unusual Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles
Missiles, Munitions, and Adaptive Aerostructures
- Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Associated Tracks
Bioimaging
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
Nanoparticles and Colloids in Pharmaceuticals and Biomedicine
Titles
Assistant Professor, Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders
Courtesy Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Associated Tracks
Bioimaging
Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
- Adaptive signal processing for neuroscience
- Neuroengineering
- Machine learning
- Human-computer interaction
- Brain-computer interface
- Speech and communication neuroscience
Titles
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associated Tracks
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Laser diagnostic studies of nano-/mico-sized particulates suspended in fluids
- Track Co-Director, Biomedical Product Design & Dev.
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associated Tracks
Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Structural Biomaterials
Spine Biomechanics
Design and Testing of Medical Devices
Associated Tracks
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
Biomimetic Materials
Hydrogels
Tissue Engineering
Drug Delivery
Bioprocessing
Titles
Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Associated Tracks
Bioimaging
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Optical/RF Measurement and Bioscensors
Novel Photonic Devices
Optical Communication Systems
Titles
Assistant Professor, Speech-Language-Hearing: Science & Disorders
Associated Tracks
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Research Interests
signal processing, binaural hearing mechanisms and psychoacoustics; development of speech coding strategies and their application to cochlear implants
Titles
Associate Professor, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Associated Tracks
Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Human Sensorimotor Control and Disorders, Stroke Rehabilitation, and Sports Injury Rehabilitation
Titles
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associated Tracks
Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Effects of Age and Disorders on the Biomechanics of Balance, Gait, and Motor Control
Titles
Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Director, Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry
Associated Tracks
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Biomedical Product Design and Development Research interests: Microfluidics, biosensors and lab-on-a-chip devices
Titles
Associate Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associated Tracks
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Applications of Biomechanics and Machine Design
Biomechanics Testing Machines and Experimental Designs
Kinematic Joint Studies
Wear of Artificial Components
Testing and Evaluation of Prosthetic Devices
Titles
Professor, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Associated Tracks
Bioimaging
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Nano-micro-macro mechanics of calcified and soft tissues, constitutive modeling and computational methods, scanning acoustic microscopy and ultrasonic testing
Titles
Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Director, Landon Center on Aging
Associated Tracks
Bioimaging
Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Neural Mechanisms of Recovery after Brain Injury
implantable Devices for Brain Plasticity
Titles
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Associated Tracks
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
Biomimetic Nanomaterials
Tissue Matrix Engineering
Biotransporters
Therapeutic Medical Implants
Stem Cells
- Track Director, Computational Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Electrical Eng. and Computer Sci.
Associated Tracks
Bioimaging
Computational Bioengineering
Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Computational Medicine
Computational Surgery
Computational Anatomy
Computational Biomechanics
Patient-Specific Model and Mesh Generation
Image Processing
Titles
Chair, Division of Biomedical Sciences
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
University of Southern California
Associated Tracks
Biomedical Sciences with special training in Pathology and Biomaterials
Research Interests
Amplifying cell signals for potentially lower cost stem cell interventions
- Director, Institute for Bioengineering Research
- Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor, Mech. Eng.
Associated Tracks
Bioimaging
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Professor Spencer and her research team are designing, synthesizing, and developing novel biomaterials for the repair and replacement of mineralized tissues. Under in vivo conditions, failure of a repair or replacement generally begins at the biomaterial/tissue interface and thus, a key aspect of our work is understanding the fundamental phenomena that control biological interactions at material interfaces.
- Track Co-Director, Biomedical Product Design & Dev.
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associated Tracks
Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Computational Bioengineering
Research Interests
Lumbar Spine Coordination and Control
Joint Dynamics and Stability
Titles
Director, Aerospace Engineering Graduate Program
Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Associated Tracks
Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
Biofluid Dynamics