The mission of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at CUA is to educate men and women who can bridge engineering with life sciences in the service of human health and represent the biomedical profession with distinction. Our department serves as a conduit for better understanding of biology through engineering concepts and for utilizing the complex organization of life systems in developing new technologies.

 

Constituents Of The Department

 

All of the various constituencies of the program will have an input during assessment process. We define the constituencies of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at CUA as follows:

• Students enrolled in the Biomedical Engineering Department at CUA.
• Alumni of the undergraduate program. Alumni working in the biomedical engineering industry or have gone to graduate school continue to provide   input about our program using the friendly Alumni site on our webpage.
• Biomedical Engineering Advisory Board representing the Biomedical Engineering Industry and Biomedical Engineering higher education program.
• Biomedical Engineering Faculty representing the society and the larger Biomedical Engineering Community including the professional Biomedical Engineering Societies, grant-giving Whitaker Foundation, and the Council of Chairs of the Bio/Biomedical Engineering Departments and Programs.