Bioengineering (MEng)
Master of Engineering in Bioengineering
Unit: Speed School of Engineering (SP)
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Academic Plan Code(s): BE_ _MEN
Program Information
General Information
Master of Engineering Program Educational Objectives
- Demonstrate advanced level academic expertise and practical engineering experience necessary to function as bioengineering professionals in a modern, ever-changing world. (Advanced Knowledge and Life-long Learning)
- Display competence by being selected for employment by industrial, academic or government entities or further professional/graduate studies. (Career Opportunities)
- Understand the broad, social, ethical and professional issues of contemporary engineering practice. (Awareness and Responsibility)
Master of Engineering Student Outcomes
In order to achieve these objectives, the Master of Engineering has the following outcomes set for its graduates.
Graduates will demonstrate:
1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying advanced principles of engineering, science and mathematics.
2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce advanced solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors.
3. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation using scientific methods to collect, analyze and interpret data, and to use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
4. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Residency
All graduate students are expected to make steady and satisfactory progress toward the completion of degrees. A candidate for the Master of Engineering degree who does not register for credit hours must maintain active registration by paying a fee each semester for MEng residency until the degree is awarded (i.e., the candidate must maintain continuous registration, including summer terms, in Graduate Studies). Failure to pay the MEng residency fee will be cause to cancel a student's residency. Students who are not enrolled for a period of more than 12 months will be considered to have withdrawn from the program. In order to be restored to residency, the student must submit a new application, have the recommendation of the department chair, receive the approval of the Associate Dean and pay the fee for each of the semesters during which the residency was void.
Academic Performance
The J.B. Speed School of Engineering has established the following performance policies:
- The minimum grade point average requirement for good standing is 3.00 for all academic work completed while in graduate studies.
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Any student with a cumulative graduate GPA below 3.00 will be placed on academic warning. Students on academic warning are limited to enrollment for thirteen (13) credit hours in a fall or spring semester and seven (7) credit hours for summer terms.
Students who do not bring their cumulative graduate GPA back at or above a 3.00 in the semester immediately following Academic Warning, will be placed on Academic Probation for the next semester of enrollment. Students on probation are limited to enrollment for thirteen (13) credit hours in a fall or spring semester and seven (7) credit hours for summer terms. Any student who remains n academic probation for two consecutive terms may be considered for dismissal from the program.
- Students receiving graduate assistantships (teaching, research or service) shall be provided adequate training and shall be required to understand and adhere to University policies related to these areas. The performance of teaching, research and service duties by such students shall be periodically evaluated. Students with teaching assistantships shall be evaluated annually.
- Students who fail to meet performance goals or who do not meet other requirements as outlined in the admission letter, program requirements or the university catalog may be subject to academic dismissal from their programs.
- A maximum of eight (8) credit hours of graduate level courses taken as an undergraduate may be used to satisfy MEng degree requirements; these courses cannot have been used to also satisfy BS degree requirements.
Degree Requirements
The following degree requirements are mandatory of all master of engineering candidates:
- The program of study must be completed with a 3.00 GPA or better for all graduate courses used to satisfy degree requirements. Additionally, the program of study must be completed with a 3.00 GPA or better for all academic work attempted in graduate studies.
- Master's degree students must take at least 24 credit hours of coursework at the University of Louisville to satisfy the residency requirement for the master’s degree. A maximum of six (6) credit hours of graduate credit may be transferred from accredited institutions.
- Students following the thesis option must follow the Procedures and Standards for Master of Engineering Theses.
- The total requirements must be completed within six years after admission into graduate studies. The time limit imposed by the rule may be extended in individual cases upon recommendation of the department chair and approval of the associate dean for academic and student affairs.
- The MEng degree cannot be conferred prior to the BS degree.
Admission Standards
Since the Bioengineering MEng is accredited as part of a five-year program with one-year of co-op experience, it is only available for students who have matriculated through the Bioengineering bachelor's degree program at J. B. Speed School of Engineering.
The application form is available online.
The requirements for admission or readmission to a master of engineering program are:
- Submission of a completed MEng application for the field of specialization in which the student is earning a bachelor degree from the J.B. Speed School of Engineering. Students can be admitted to the MEng program with fewer than thirteen (13) credit hours of BS degree requirements remaining and no later than two years post-conferral of their baccalaureate degree;
- Recommendation by the faculty and chair of the student’s department for admission or readmission to graduate studies;
- Cumulative baccalaureate grade point average of 2.75. However, those students with cumulative baccalaureate grade-point averages from 2.50 to 2.75 may be admitted upon petition and approval of the chair and faculty of the department.
A student becomes a candidate for the master of engineering degree upon admission to graduate studies and initial registration as a graduate student.
Program Requirements
The Master of Engineering (MEng) in Bioengineering degree requires the following over and above the Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering Degree
Required Coursework
Code | Title | Hours |
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BE 621 | Bioinstrumentation | 4 |
BE 654 | Advanced Physiology for Engineers | 3 |
IE 563 | Experimental Design in Engineering | 3 |
BE Electives 1,2 | 9 | |
Technical Electives 1,3 | 6 | |
Select one of the following: | 6 | |
Thesis Option | ||
Master of Engineering Thesis in Bioengineering 4 | ||
Non-Thesis Option | ||
Bioengineering Non-thesis Design/Research Project | ||
Technical Elective 1,3 | ||
Minimum Total Hours | 31 |
The Master of Engineering degree must be completed with a 3.00 GPA or better for all graduate courses used to satisfy degree requirements. Additionally, the Master of Engineering degree must be completed with a 3.00 GPA or better for all academic work attempted in Graduate Studies.
A maximum of eight (8) credit hours of graduate-level courses taken as an undergraduate may be used to satisfy MEng degree requirements; these courses cannot have been used to also satisfy BS degree requirements.
1 | Electives must be chosen so that at least one-half of the total credits counted toward the degree, exclusive of thesis, are 600-level |
2 | BE Electives must be chosen from the following approved list (see below). All prerequisites must be satisfied. A minimum of nine (9) credit hours and maximum of fifteen (15) credit hours of electives must be selected. |
3 | Technical Electives must be chosen from the following approved list. All prerequisites must be satisfied. Please note that all BE Electives can be counted toward Technical Electives, however, only three (3) credit hours from EM and three (3) credit hours from BIOC, CHEM, BE 695, or MATH may be used towards degree requirements. |
4 | For the thesis option, a student is required to select both an approved MEng thesis topic and the director and members of the thesis committee during the first term of Graduate Studies. The thesis director must give approval for enrollment in BE 697. |
BE Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
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BE 500 | Special Topics in Bioengineering | 3 |
BE 522 | Biomedical Acoustics | 3 |
BE 524 | LabVIEW for Bioengineers | 3 |
BE 530 | Machine Learning in Python | 3 |
BE 540 | Machine Learning in Medicine | 3 |
BE 542 | Medical Image Computing | 3 |
BE 552 | Introduction to Tissue Engineering | 3 |
BE 553 | Nanoscale Bioengineering: Application and Methodology of Nanobiomaterials in Bioengineering | 3 |
BE 581 | Advanced Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing for Bioengineers | 3 |
BE 593 | Independent Study in Bioengineering | 1-4 |
BE 600 | Advanced Topics in Bioengineering | 1-6 |
BE 605 | Tissue and Molecular Biology Techniques Laboratory | 3 |
BE 611 | Cardiovascular Dynamics | 3 |
BE 630 | Biomechanical Computer Modeling and Simulation of Human Movement | 3 |
BE 639 | Injury Biomechanics | 3 |
BE 640 | Computational Methods for Medical Image Analysis | 3 |
BE 650 | Advanced Biomaterials | 3 |
BE 658 | Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology | 3 |
BE 683 | Artificial Organs | 3 |
BE 685 | Modeling of Biological Phenomena | 3 |
BE 693 | Independent Study in Bioengineering | 1-6 |
Technical Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
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BE 500 | Special Topics in Bioengineering | 3 |
BE 522 | Biomedical Acoustics | 3 |
BE 524 | LabVIEW for Bioengineers | 3 |
BE 540 | Machine Learning in Medicine | 3 |
BE 552 | Introduction to Tissue Engineering | 3 |
BE 553 | Nanoscale Bioengineering: Application and Methodology of Nanobiomaterials in Bioengineering | 3 |
BE 581 | Advanced Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing for Bioengineers | 3 |
BE 593 | Independent Study in Bioengineering | 1-4 |
BE 600 | Advanced Topics in Bioengineering | 1-6 |
BE 605 | Tissue and Molecular Biology Techniques Laboratory | 3 |
BE 611 | Cardiovascular Dynamics | 3 |
BE 630 | Biomechanical Computer Modeling and Simulation of Human Movement | 3 |
BE 639 | Injury Biomechanics | 3 |
BE 640 | Computational Methods for Medical Image Analysis | 3 |
BE 650 | Advanced Biomaterials | 3 |
BE 658 | Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology | 3 |
BE 683 | Artificial Organs | 3 |
BE 685 | Modeling of Biological Phenomena | 3 |
BE 693 | Independent Study in Bioengineering | 1-6 |
BE 695 | Bioengineering Research Design & Methods | 3 |
BIOC/CHEM 545 | Biochemistry I | 3 |
BIOC/CHEM 547 | Advanced Biochemistry II | 3 |
BIOC/CHEM 645 | Advanced Biochemistry I | 4 |
BIOC/CHEM 647 | Advanced Biochemistry II | 4 |
BIOL 653 | Advanced Chronic Disease Biology | 4 |
CSE 535 | Database Systems | 3 |
CSE 619 | Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms | 3 |
CSE 628 | Computer Graphics | 3 |
CSE 632 | Data Mining | 3 |
CSE/ECE 641 | Medical Imaging Systems | 3 |
CSE 660 | Introduction to Bioinformatics | 3 |
ECE 520 | Digital Signal Processing | 3 |
ECE 521 | Digital Signal Processing Laboratory | 1 |
ECE 530 | Introduction to Random Processes and Estimation Theory | 3 |
ECE 533 | Integrated Circuit Design | 3 |
ECE 543 | Fundamentals of Microfabrication and MEMS | 3 |
ECE 544 | Microfabrications/MEMS Laboratory | 1 |
ECE 620 | Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence | 3 |
ECE 641 | Medical Imaging Systems | 3 |
ECE 643 | Introduction to Biomedical Computing | 3 |
ECE 655 | Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence Laboratory | 1 |
ECE 675 | Nanostructure Self-Assembly | 3 |
EM 525 | Project Management | 3 |
EM 613 | Operations Management | 3 |
EM 628 | Engineering Management | 3 |
EM 661 | Engineering Statistics II | 3 |
IE 580 | Introduction to Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics | 3 |
IE 581 | Advanced Topics in Human Factors Engineering | 3 |
IE 631 | Advanced Quality Control | 3 |
MATH 501 | Introduction to Analysis I - CUE | 3 |
MATH 502 | Introduction to Analysis II | 3 |
ME 512 | Finite Element Methods for Mechanical Design I | 3 |
ME 555 | Introduction to Micro and Nanotechnology | 3 |
ME 565 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics I | 3 |
ME 606 | Continuum Mechanics | 3 |
ME 612 | Finite Element Methods for Mechanical Design II | 3 |
ME 638 | Computational Methods in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer | 3 |
ME 644 | Mechatronics | 3 |
ME 650 | Biofluid Mechanics | 3 |
ME 651 | Kinematics and Kinetics of Human Movement | 3 |