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U.S. News World Report

Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program ranked No. 55 by U.S. News & World Report

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Dr. Ramasubramanian's Research

Microbial War in Engineering

Tim Luukkonen on Professor Ramasubramanian’s Research

People expect hospitals to be clean, safe and a place to heal. But what if the hospital isn’t clean? Read More

Academic excellence

Developing patient-specific treatments

“We now have software to make computational models from medical images of individual patients. We take into account their aortic wall thickness, slice by slice, in vivo, and from that predict wall-stress distribution. No one else has done this before with this level of accuracy.” Read More

Message from the Chair

Welcome to the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Established in February 2004, the department is housed in the Applied Engineering and Technology Building (AET). This department offers unique opportunities for collaboration, discovery, and learning. The vibrant growth of this young Biomedical Engineering Department is attributed to the enthusiastic and superb quality of the students, dedicated staff and faculty, and the interdisciplinary environment at UTSA. More...

Important Events

April 24

Seminar Series

4:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
UTSA BSE 2.102
Barry Lieber, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery

May 1

Last day of classes for the Spring Sememster

Important Dates

March 15

Deadline for Letters of Intent for PhD students taking the Qualifying Exam in August

May 15

Deadline for students taking the Qualifying Exam in August to submit their Research Proposals


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