BIOE 7000 — Principles of Bioengineering
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: TBostonPortland, MaineLive CastTraditional
Designed to introduce new graduate bioengineering students to the fundamentals of bioengineering research topics and methodology. Includes outside speakers to discuss general topics in bioengineering. Examples of course topics include the medical device qualification and regulatory environment, tissue engineering, cell engineering, mechanobiology, drug delivery, bioimaging, neuromotor control, effective design of experiments, writing research proposals for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and how to evaluate and write a peer-reviewed journal article, etc. Expects students to read, critically evaluate, and present the research in a bioengineering journal article. Students are then expected to extend their article into a hypothesis-driven proposal in NIH format with an oral defense of the proposal.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 30 | 50 | 60% | 20.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 2 | 45 | 53 | 85% | 4.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 2 | 29 | 40 | 73% | 5.5 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 28%
Common patterns: T (72% of sections), TF (28% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Chiara Bellini (57% of students) · reviews
- Nikolai Slavov (43% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (BIOE course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All BIOE courses · Plan it at numap.app