Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering is a multidisciplinary area in which engineering techniques are applied to problem solving in the life sciences and medicine. They design medical instruments for diagnosis and the treatment of various diseases as well as for research in biology. Biomedical engineers develop artificial organs for prosthesis and computer software and hardware systems to help provide high-quality, cost-effective health care.

Our biomedical engineering program combines study in the biological sciences with the areas of engineering that are particularly important for the application of modern technology to medicine. Biomedical engineering professors and students work collaboratively with physicians and scientists at the OU Health Sciences Center on important problems that can save lives and improve the quality of life for the citizens of Oklahoma and the nation. Among other things, they are advancing X-ray and MRI imaging, designing implants for the middle ear to help the hearing impaired, investigating the conditions favorable for cell differentiation and proliferation in three-dimensional tissue engineering constructs, and producing agents to treat cancer, heart attack and stroke.

• Oklahoma Biomedical Engineering Society
• Alpha Sigma Kappa - Women in Technical Studies
• Dean’s Leadership Council (D.L.C.)
• Engineers’ Club
• E-1 Club
• Helping Engineers Learn Processes and Programs (H.E.L.P.P.)
• Society of American Military Engineers (S.A.M.E.)
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers (S.M.E.)
  

• Tau Beta Pi
• Triangle Fraternity
• Sooner Engineering Entrepreneurs Club (S.E.E.C.)
• American Indian Science & Engineering Society (A.I.S.E.S.)
• National Society of Black Engineers
• Society of Asian Scientists & Engineers (S.A.S.E)
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (S.H.P.E.)
• Society of Women Engineers (S.W.E.)

Biomedical engineers have a wide range of job opportunities and can include a hospital based practice as a clinical engineer, an industrially based engineer designing medical devices, a technical sales engineer, or a staff engineer in a medical research laboratory. Biomedical engineers find themselves in wide variety of specialties which may organize around various diseases, such as cancer or organ systems, or technology, such as biomaterials or imaging. 

Visit the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ website to explore the median pay for jobs you can pursue with this degree.