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artificial hearts and limbs
screening for ovarian cancer
surgical procedures for brain cancer
wearable health monitors
rapid tests for disease
treatments for retinopathy

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Featured News

BME assistant professor Minkyu Kim wearing a lab coat and surrounded by various scientific equipment.

Minkyu Kim Working to 'Sneak Medicines Past the Immune System'

Biomedical engineering master's student Grace Heffernon delivering her presentation on genetic cardiomyopathy

Grad Student Grace Heffernon is Finalist in UA Grad Slam

Kayme Konecny standing in front of her poster about a portable magnetic-levitation microscope

Faculty Guide Research for REAL Work Sophomores

Philipp Gutruf Discusses 'Osseosurface Electronics' with SmartTRAK

gloved fingers hold up a small osseosurface electronic device, a thin electronic about the size of a dime which can adhere to human bone.

By the Numbers

4 th

highest starting salary
(U.S. News & World Report)

100 %

fully funded doctoral students

50 %

undergrads continuing to grad school

$ 3.5 million

annual research expenditures (2021)

Top 16 %

public biomedical engineering schools
(U.S. News & World Report)

19 th

R&D ranking, public universities
(National Science Foundation)