Bock Biomedical Engineering Department
The Bock Department of Biomedical Engineering offers the following degree:
- Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering
The biomedical engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org.
The field of biomedical engineering combines knowledge from all of the basic science disciplines: mathematics, chemistry, physics, and biology, as well as the engineering sciences. Due to this inter-disciplinary nature and rapidly advancing knowledge in the field of medicine, the curriculum for a biomedical engineer must also be adaptive and keep up with current advancements. To incorporate these aspects into a biomedical program, the coursework must be grounded in the traditional sciences but also be flexible enough to consider both individual student interests and special topics knowledge of faculty. The biomedical major integrates well with the mission of the University as well as the vision of the Allen School of Engineering.
Mission
The mission of the biomedical engineering program at Trine University is to enable and equip students to become productive biomedical engineers, to advance to leadership roles in the profession, and to provide service to society.
Objectives
The Biomedical Engineering program assures that graduates are prepared to:
- Exhibit technical competency and professionalism in their vocation,
- Demonstrate strong communication and team work skills,
- Maintain and promote ethical principles and social responsibilities, and
- Pursue lifelong-learning opportunities to grow professionally and personally.
Outcomes
As specified for accreditation, the biomedical engineering program assures the students will be able to:
- Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science and mathematics
- Apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with considerations of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
- Communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- Ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informal judgements, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental and societal contexts
- Ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
- Ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgement to draw conclusions
- Ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Purposes
The mission of the Trine University biomedical engineering program is fulfilled through a learning environment featuring the following components:
- curriculum: rigorous, but carefully shaped to provide a path to success;
- faculty: committed to an excellent undergraduate learning experience;
- classrooms: sized and equipped to promote personal attention;
- laboratories: equipped to provide an excellent laboratory experience through many hands-on experiments with direct guidance from full-time faculty;
- mentoring: promoted at all levels – faculty to student and upperclassman to underclassman;
- peer interaction: encouraged and enhanced by team interaction in classwork and laboratories, and membership in student organizations.