The Biomedical Engineering Department formally began in 2005 and evolved from a previous specialization in Biomedical Engineering in the General Engineering Program which had operated for about 15 years. The logical transition from a specialization occurred when compelling interest from our industrial partners, the increased job opportunities, and student demand combined with the needs of the CSU to develop new multidisciplinary programs to increase growth.
The philosophy of the BMED program is to provide an undergraduate degree that is largely a general approach to biomedical engineering, emphasizing hands-on learning experiences and core competencies that can serve a wide variety of industries.
Modified from bmed.calpoly.edu
Senior Projects from 2011
Investigation of PMMA Cement Penetration in Prepared Femoral Heads with a Longitudinal Slot for Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty, Scott Snyder
Development of an In-Vitro Hyperglycemic Tissue Engineered Blood Vessel Mimic, Brian C. Wong
Senior Projects from 2010
Immunohistochemical Mapping of Hypoxia in Ischemic Mouse Hindlimb Skeletal Muscle, Emily Deckert
Enhancing Student Usability of the Osmette, Mitchell Foutz
Motorcycle Data Acquisition System, Jonathan Luke Harmse
Heated Platform with Nose Cone Clamp for Mouse Surgery, Amanda Elyse Harwell
A Sustainable Business Proposition for Selling Irrigation Pumps in Ndola, Zambia, Robert Hosbach
Can SPR be used to Interrogate the Double Layer of NaCl, Brandon Kawula
Impaired Vascular Reactivity Following Chronic Ischemia in the Arteries of the Mouse Hindlimb, Thomas (Tom) Kesler
Development Towards a Protocol to Test for the Creation of a “Diabetic” Environment in a Blood Vessel Mimic, Kaitlyn Kirk and development towards a protocol to test for the creation of a “diabetic” environment in a blood vessel mimic
Aircraft Data Collection System, Amy Kronsteiner, Danny Marx, Collin Heller, Nathaniel Garcia, Nicholas Riccobono, Scott Parks, and Albert Liu
Characterization and Analysis Techniques of a Dynamic in vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Model, Ryan Everett Woodhouse
Senior Projects from 2009
Creation and Implementation Plan for a Sales Engineering Minor at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Joshua M. Checkis