Biomedical Engineering at TAMU Quick Facts • 17 Tenure/Tenure Track Professors

• 4 Research Professors, 11 Jointly appointed Faculty

• 200% growth from 2003-2008

• 3 Endowed Professorships

• 7 start-up companies created, 64+ patents and disclosures filed

• 532 students (Fall 2010)

• ABET accredited since 1977 (5th accredited program in the country)

• Ranked 18th graduate, 2nd undergraduate public university

(U. S. News & World Report, 2005, 2010)

• $5+ million in research expenditures

• 2011 new $104M, 212,000 sq.ft. state-of –the-art building opened

• biomed.tamu.edu

Biomedical Engineering Research Areas • Vascular Biomechanics • Cardiac, Vascular, and Cellular

Mechanics • Cell Mechanobiology • Molecular Dynamics • Nanosensors • Optical Biosensing • Tissue Microscopy • Biomaterials • Computational Mechanics

Sample Medical Disease Research Areas • Early noninvasive and minimally

invasive cancer detection including hybrid imaging & quantum dot devices

• Noninvasive and minimally invasive glucose monitoring

• Designing advanced polymers to treat potentially deadly cerebral aneurysms-without surgery

Sample Medical Disease Research Areas • Cardiovascular disease from

subcellular level to whole being

• Developing hybrid tissues to rebuild body parts that might otherwise be beyond repair

• Study and development of sensors and therapeutics for neuro-diseases, such as Alzheimer's

• Non-stick biomaterials for sensing and drug delivery from nano- to micro-scales

Sample Medical Disease Research Areas • Developing microscale sensor/actuator technology for

diagnosis and treatment using a single device, integrating functional nanoscale devices into a microscale package as well as patterned devices

• Study of the biomechanics of the heart and vessels and devices to improve heart mechanics, stent designs, etc.

• Pushing the boundaries in MRI and innovations in hardware and methodology to help diagnose and treat disease differently

Translational Research • Faculty start-ups include

– BioTex, Visualase, (Dr. Coté) – CorInnova (Dr. Criscione) – Angiomechanix, Failure Analysis of

Cardiovascular Technologies (Dr. Moore) – Shape Memory Therapeutics, Bridgeway

Scientific, Sierra Interventions (Dr. D. Maitland)

• Intellectual property licensed by – Bose, Endovasix, Micrus

• Research funding from – Alcon, Cordis, Abbott Labs, Boston Scientific

Faculty Research Collaborations: U.S. • Houston Medical Center: Texas Heart Institute, M.D. Anderson

Cancer Center,and Baylor College of Medicine • MIT • Yale University • Stanford University • Duke University • University of California at San Diego • University of California at Irvine • University of Missouri • University of Maryland • University of Michigan • University of Pittsburgh • Oak Ridge National Lab • Lawrence Livermore National Lab • NASA - JSC

• Queen Mary University (London) • University of Edinburgh • Universite de la Mediterranee (Marseille) • Graz University of Technology • Swansea University • Queen’s University (Belfast) • University of Salermo • University of Pisa • Université Paris XII • KTH (Sweden) • University of Zagreb • Imperial College (London) • University of Wurzburg (Germany) • Utrecht University • Ghent University

Faculty Research Collaborations: Europe