The broad objectives of our program are:
Career Preparation: To prepare graduates for employment as biomedical engineers, for graduate study in engineering or science or business, and for medical school. Our graduates will understand the application of engineering principles to biological systems, and will receive specific technical training in one of the following four areas: chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or pre-medical studies. Career opportunities include clinical engineering, aerospace biomedical engineering, clinical practice as a physician, or any sector of the medical device industry.
Skills: To prepare graduates with skills that will enable them to be immediately productive in their chosen career. These tools include a knowledge of contemporary topics in medical technology, understanding of modern engineering tools, design experience, and professional experience appropriate to their post-graduation goal.
Professionalism: To produce graduates who communicate effectively, who understand and undertake professional responsibilities, and who function effectively as members and leaders of multi-disciplinary teams.
Life-Long Learning: To produce graduates who believe that their undergraduate biomedical engineering education was a wise investment and who desire to continue to develop their knowledge and skills throughout their careers.
The program is designed to provide a fundamental education in biomedical engineering with a specialty in one of the following areas:
Chemical Engineering
Computers/Information
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Premedicine (Medical School Preparation)
The bachelor of science curriculum consists of 128 semester credit hours, including 27 hours of biomedical engineering courses (including biomaterials, biomechanics, biomedical signals and systems, biomedical fluid and energy transport, bioinstrumentation, biomedical mass transport, advanced biomedical instrumentation, senior lab, senior design), 18 hours of other required engineering courses, 13 hours of technical electives, 7 hours of biological sciences, 18 hours of engineering mathematics and statistics, and 42 hours of general education requirements. The curriculum culminates with a senior design project, spread over the winter and spring quarters of the senior year. The design course provides instruction in structured engineering design and enables the students to choose and solve problems using their previous education.
Due primarily to the success of some of our early graduates, placement from the B.S. program at Louisiana Tech into entry-level engineering jobs has been very good. Each year, over 55% of these graduates pursue employment in industry, 35% pursue graduate study, and 10% enter medical school.
