The Biomedical Engineering PhD program is strongly research-oriented, with emphasis on the student independent research work reflected in a dissertation. Work in this discipline is of growing importance to society and is vital to industry, academics, and hospitals.
Doctoral students are provided an exceptional academic experience, distinguished by close faculty interactions that propel students to pursue independent research work in areas like:
The booming biomedical industry demands skilled professionals whose expertise can cross traditional boundaries of science and engineering. Companies are seeking engineers who understand the medical uses of diagnostic imaging instrumentation, who have training in tissue engineering, or who are well-versed in biomaterials to design artificial joints.
Applicants to the graduate program are expected to have a degree at the level of bachelor or master in engineering or basic/applied/health sciences. Requirements include a basic knowledge of biology, math through ordinary differential equations, and some basic engineering courses (for example, fluid mechanics, properties of materials, thermodynamics, circuit theory).
Students who do not meet all requirements may be admitted into the program pending the successful completion of courses aimed at the fulfillment of the requirements. Tufts will offer the opportunity for students accepted into the graduate program to attend courses specifically designed to provide appropriate background in areas such as biology, mathematics, circuit theory, chemical engineering, etc.
We recognize that attending graduate school involves a significant financial investment. Our team is here to answer your questions about tuition rates and scholarship opportunities.
Please contact us at gradadmissions@tufts.edu.
Research/Areas of Interest: regulation, environment and pathology of megakarocytes to platelets
Research/Areas of Interest: cardiovascular tissue engineering, dynamic tissue mechanics and visualization, computational modeling, myocardial infarction, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, cardiogenesis
Research/Areas of Interest: biophysics, collagen, protein structure
Research/Areas of Interest: Biomedical optics, diffuse optical imaging, functional near-infrared spectroscopy, quantitative tissue oximetry.
Research/Areas of Interest: reproductive biology and tissue engineering to understand the immune-endocrine mechanisms driving both reproductive physiology and disease pathogenesis.
Research/Areas of Interest: stem cells, neural tissue engineering, organoids, disease modeling, spinal cord injury, biomanufacturing
Research/Areas of Interest: biopolymer engineering, biomaterials, material science, tissue engineering, bioengineering, cellular agriculture
Research/Areas of Interest: medical device design and development
Research/Areas of Interest: biomaterials for hard tissue regeneration, biophysical control of macrophage polarization
Research/Areas of Interest: Ultrasound imaging, photoacoustic imaging, multi-modality imaging, image-guided surgery and therapeutics, nano drug delivery systems
Research/Areas of Interest: ultrafast nonlinear optics, nanophotonics, biopolymer multifunctional materials, material science, photonic crystals, photonic crystal fibers
Research/Areas of Interest: cancer biology, tumor microenvironment, mechanisms of metastasis and drug resistance
Research/Areas of Interest: near-infrared spectroscopy, diffuse optical tomography
Research/Areas of Interest: Engineering for Health -> Physics of cancer and aging -> Mechanics of biomaterials at the nanoscale, Synthesis and study of functionals nanomaterials for biomedical imaging and drug delivery, Advanced imaging for medical diagnostics, Novel processes and materials for dentistry: nano-polishing and self-healing materials
Research/Areas of Interest: nanoelectronics, biosensing, biomaterials, tissue engineering, drug delivery
Research/Areas of Interest: biomaterials, drug delivery, micro/nanofabrication, tissue engineering