Welcome to
Biomedical Engineering

New imaging technologies are providing the ability to interrogate and manipulate living biological specimens dynamically to yield information at the molecular, cellular, and tissue levels. We believe these techniques will dramatically advance minimally invasive optical technologies and the biological questions and medical problems they are being used to address. Our department focuses on interdisciplinary research for disease detection. The emphasis is to integrate new advances in imaging science, molecular markers of disease, and novel contrast agents for translational research.

Area Faculty

Adela Ben-Yakar
Adam Bush
Edward Castillo
Andrew Dunn
Sapun Parekh
Tyrone Porter
Chris Rylander
H. Grady Rylander
Samantha Santacruz
James Tunnell
Evan Wang
Thomas Yankeelov
Tim Yeh
Bo Zhao

BME faculty and GSC members in Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation

Related Coursework

• Bioelectric Phenomena
• Biosensors & Biochips
• Biosignal Analysis
• Laser-Tissue Interaction
• Nanotechnology & BioMEMS
• Optical Spectroscopy
• Therapeutic Heating
• 3D Molecular Tracking
• Super-resolution Imaging

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The research environment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering is rich with collaboration and creativity. Four research centers, the Dell Medical School, outstanding facilities, and partnerships with physicians and scientists at UT Austin and beyond provide our faculty and students with new prospects for innovating human health through engineering.

Research Opportunities for Current Students

Over 80% of our graduating seniors report that they have participated in on-campus or off-campus research for at least one semester.

On-Campus Research

BME students are provided with opportunities to network with graduate students and advised to discuss research positions with professors in BME. The advising office offers workshops in partnership with the BME Graduate-Undergraduate Research Union (GURU) student organization that matches students with opportunities in research.

Students have the option to earn course credit for on-campus research (BME 177, 277, or 377).

Summer Research Opportunities

Through a collaboration with the American Heart Association, undergraduate students nationwide working in cardiovascular labs can take advantage of a 10-week summer research experience. Open new doors with the UT Austin AHA SURE Program.

The department has a photographic quality printer exclusively for printing posters for research conferences and presentations for biomedical engineering students and faculty.

The standard paper for this printer is 42 inches wide photo satin roll paper. This means that one of the sides of your poster can be no longer than 42 inches.

The format for posters is Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe PDF.

Submit posters to bme.store@austin.utexas.edu and they will be processed in the order received.

• Please be sure your poster is ready for final printing before submitting. The process is too expensive for printing proofs or drafts.
• Please allow two business days to print your poster.
• Please indicate the dimensions (in inches) of your poster.
  
  

We will reply to your email submission when the poster is ready to pick up or if we have any questions.

Guidelines 

These guidelines are suggested to ensure that research posters reflect Cockrell School and UT Austin branding.

Size

Your poster should be created at 36” x 24” (landscape) if it will be used at an event sponsored by the BME Department. Posters that will be used at conferences and events outside the department can be larger, but are limited to a width of 42 inches (landscape).

Format

Format posters as a highest resolution print-ready PDF (export to highest resolution available).

Background/Margin

White is recommended for the background. Be sure to include a margin/border of at least 1" on all sides of your poster.

Images

Use the highest resolution possible for all images. 300 dpi is preferred, or eps images work well too since they are scalable.

Fonts

Head/Sub Heads: Arial Bold; Body Text: Adobe Garamond or Arial.

Colors

It is okay to have a variety of colors in the posters. For suggestions on colors to use in sidebars, charts, graphs, etc., the Cockrell School has a list of approved colors to complement university branding in the Cockrell School Visual Brand Standards Guide.

Logos and Wordmarks

For posters, you may use the BME Department, Cockrell School, or UT Austin wordmarks. Do NOT use the UT seal or Bevo. Access  UT Austin wordmarks online. These wordmarks have been specially drawn and spaced and must never be redrawn or changed. Remember to use CMYK versions for files that will be printed, and RGB versions for files that will be used digitally.

**Do NOT use the Longhorn Silhouette or university/UT System seals on research posters. Their use is not approved for research posters. Use of the Longhorn Silhouette or UT Austin SealMUST be approved by the Office of Trademarks and Licensing.**

Poster Printing

Learn how you can have our poster printed by the department.