Track: Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering

KU Bioengineering Graduate Program

Master of Engineering in Bioengineering

Track:  Biomaterial & Tissue Engineering

Track Director: Candan Tamerler, Ph.D. (ctamerler@ku.edu)

CORE 6 Hours Required
Course NumberCourse Title (Credit Hours)
CPE 756Intro to Bioengineering (3)
BIOE 800Bioengineering Colloquium (.5) (2 total hours req)
BIOE 801Responsible Conduct of Research in Engineering  (1)

DEPTH 9 Hours Required

1. Advanced Engineering ( 2 course min)

Course NumberCourse Title (Credit Hours)
ME 765Biomaterials (3)
ME 767Molecular Biomimetics (3)
ME 854Continuum Mechanics of Soft Tissues (3)
ME 990Advanced Biomaterials (3)
C&PE 715Drug Delivery (3)
C&PE 751Basic Rheology (3)
C&PE 752Tissue Engineering (3)
C&PE 757Polymer Science & Technology (3)
ME 790Biomedical Microdevices (3)

 

2. Advanced Biological Sciences ( 1 course max)
Course NumberCourse Title (Credit Hours)
ANAT 845 / BIOL 560Histology (3)
MICR 808 / BIOL 503Immunology (3)
MICR 810Fundamentals of Immunology (2)
MICR 825 / BIOL 512Virology (3)
BIOL 612Fundamentals of Microbiology (3)
BIOL 546Mammalian Physiology (4)
BIOL 752Cell Biology (3)
PHCH 860Principles & Practice of Chemical Biology (3)

Breadth 15 Hours Minimum. See Course List.

1. Math; Statistics; Numerical Methods (1 course min)

2. Sciences (1 course min)

3. Advanced Engineering (1 course min)

Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 30

No more than 3 classes may be taken at the 500‐600 level and counted towards the graduate degree.