Biomedical engineering is an emerging field, filled with exciting opportunities. Biomedical engineers combine their design and problem-solving skills with their knowledge of medical and biological sciences to advance health care treatments and make people's lives better.

The Biomedical Engineering program combines strengths of North Dakota’s research universities, North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota. The BME programs are offered jointly by NDSU's College of Engineering, UND’s College of Engineering and Mines and UND’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Degree Programs

Biomedical Engineering Minor
Biomedical Engineering M.S.
Biomedical Engineering Ph. D.

Program Objectives

• Meet the needs of regional students interested in biomedical engineering.
• Attract women and under-represented minorities into a developing field.
• Educate and train students through courses and research focused on biomedical research and device development.
• Advance the biomedical knowledge base through collaborative research directed by faculty from NDSU’s College of Engineering, UND’s School of Medical and Health Sciences, UND's College of Engineering and Mines, and other qualified researchers from the two universities.
• Through biomedical research and device development, develop intellectual property to generate company spin-offs, attract new companies, and subsequent economic development.

• Eugene Caldona - Coatings and Polymeric Materials
• Shuvashis Dey - Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Daniel Ewert - Electrical and Computer Engineering (Emeritus)
• Long Jiang - Mechanical Engineering
• Ghodrat Karami - Mechanical Engineering
• Dinesh Katti - Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
• Kalpana Katti - Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
• Jiha Kim - Biological Sciences
• Trung Le - Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
• Ivan Lima - Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Lokesh Narayanan - Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

• Prakash Parthiban Selvakumar - Mechanical Engineering
• Xiaoning Qi - Coatings and Polymeric Materials
• Mohiuddin Quadir - Coatings and Polymeric Materials
• Bakhtiyor Rasulev - Coatings and Polymeric Materials
• Annie Tangpong - Mechanical Engineering
• Chad Ulven - Mechanical Engineering
• Andriy Voronov - Coatings and Polymeric Materials
• Danling Wang - Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Yechun Wang - Mechanical Engineering
• Qifeng Zhang - Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Yan Zhang - Mechanical Engineering