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The IBE Undergraduate
Research Fellowship offers opportunities for undergraduate students
to engage in meaningful biomedical engineering research in collaboration
with faculty researchers in engineering, science, and medicine.
The experience is designed to expose the students to a variety
of exciting biomedical engineering research going on at GW and
to prepare them for future studies and employment in biomedical
engineering.
The applicant must have an IBE affiliated faculty member, who
agrees to serve as the mentor (see www.ibe.gwu.edu for a list
of IBE affiliated faculty). It is expected that the student
and the mentor will arrive at a mutually agreeable understanding
on the expectations of the research. The successful student
will receive a $5,000 Fellowship.
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The Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering has offered a graduate BME specialization
for over 30 years. Graduate-level courses and research reflect
the interests of the faculty: principally in medical imaging,
telemedicine, bio-instrumentation, and medical simulation. Long-standing
collaborations in those research areas have been in place with
other departments of SEAS, the GW medical school, numerous outside
laboratories (e.g., NIH, NLM, FDA, NIST) and industry settings,
resulting in a variety of research projects and funding. In
addition, introductory courses (including laboratories) at the
undergraduate level have been offered as electives. A new undergraduate
degree program in BME provides students with a systematic training
in BME, with the emphasis on reducing the gap between the higher
education and real-world problems. It exposes the students to
a number of research seminars, and encourages summer internships
at local biotech firms and agencies.
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Biomedical computing is at the intersection of health care and
computer science. It involves all aspects of the analysis, management,
and visualization of information in biomedical applications. The
technology is based on computer science but the field demands knowledge
of the problems that need to be solved in medicine and health care.
Very few undergraduate programs across the country pull together
the necessary interdisciplinary knowledge that makes up biomedical
computing.
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of Computer Science offers two degrees with options in biomedical
computing. The bachelor of science (BS) provides a strong computer
science background, as well as indepth exposure to applications
in medicine. The bachelor of arts (BA) allows a broader educational
experience with the possibility to pursue dual majors related
to biomedical computing, such as health sciences, biology, and
management. Both degrees can be earned with or without meeting
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The Department of Computer Science in
collaboration with the Department of Biology has established an inter-disciplinary
Bioinformatics programs at the undergraduate level.. Two different
degree programs are available - a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double
major in Computer Science and Biology, and a Bachelor of Science in
Computer Science with a Bioinformatics option. The curriculum seeks
to augment the computer science fundamentals with fundamental topics
in biology, computational biology, and biochemistry thereby preparing
the student for a career in bioinformatics and genomics.
The Masters of Science degree in Genomics and Bioinformatics is among
the most recent interdisciplinary educational programs of the University,
developed jointly by SEAS, SMHS, and CSAS. Participating departments
include Microbiology & Tropical Medicine (SMHS), Biochemistry
& Molecular Biology (SMHS), Pharmacology (SMHS), Computer Science
(SEAS), Statistics (CSAS), and Chemistry (CSAS). The degree program
offers students either a biological or a computer science track. This
interdisciplinary educational effort has, in turn, spurred inter-school
collaboration on the development of educational and research infrastructure.
The three schools are supporting a Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility
that will be applicable not only to the Masters of Science program
in Genomics and Bioinformatics but also the undergraduate programs
and the research activities.
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Biomedical engineering is a field in which mechanical engineers
have traditionally played an important role, and rapid expansion
in this field is creating even better and more exciting opportunities.
In response to this, the MAE department has recently introduced
a undergraduate Biomechanical Engineering (BmechE) option within
the Mechanical Engineering program. This option seeks to provide
students with a firm grounding in all aspects of biomechanics and
to serve as a launching pad for pursuing a career or an advanced
degree in the field of biomedical engineering. Students who graduate
in the BmechE option will still have completed a fully ABET-accredited
ME curriculum and will therefore remain well positioned for employment
or further study in the more traditional areas of mechanical engineering.
The BmechE option is integrated into the core ME curriculum and
is built upon a sequence of seven courses in areas such as biology,
human anatomy and physiology, kinesiology, biomechanics, bio-fluid
dynamics, biomaterials and prosthesis and biomedical device design.
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801 22nd ST, NW Suite T720B
Washington, DC 20052
Fax:202-994-4875 ibe@gwu.edu |
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