Research & Facilities
The BME department is active in research, with approximately 49 full- and part-time graduate students including M.E., M.S., and Ph.D. students. Many Ph.D. students are also enrolled in a joint program with University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). The WPI atmosphere facilitates close interaction between students and faculty. Students find an environment that is exceptionally conducive to research and scholarship. Most Ph.D. students have the opportunity to present their results in national and international meetings and publish papers in rigorously reviewed journals.
Teaching and research projects are primarily conducted in WPI's Salisbury Laboratories and on the UMMS campus. Core WPI biomedical engineering research laboratories include a bioinstrumentation laboratory, a biomaterials/tissue engineering laboratory, a biosensor research laboratory, and an NMR laboratory. Other research projects are conducted in the laboratories of Associated BME Program Faculty at WPI and UMMS. Major areas of research focus in these laboratories include biomechanics, biological signal processing, imaging, tissue engineering, and ultrasound. A close cooperation with the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine (TUSVM) makes their staff and facilities available for project work and internships. Many of our faculty are actively involved with the Bioengineering Institute (BEI) as well. See links to these facilities under Other Facilities
In addition to the above research laboratories, the department maintains a number of teaching laboratories and facilities that may support research activities, including a bioinstrumentation and biosignals laboratory, a computing and imaging facility, a dedicated MQP/projects laboratory, and a physiology teaching facility.
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