Four USC Viterbi Faculty Members Selected As IEEE Fellows

USC Viterbi Faculty members from Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering join the 2019 class of IEEE fellows.

Eun Ji Chung Awarded NIH New Innovator Award

Grant to study nanoparticle innovations for kidney disease is a paradigm shift

ASBME receives outstanding achievement award

The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) has selected USC’s student chapter as the 2018 recipients

This Tiny Particle Might Change Millions of Lives

Nanoparticle Targets Kidney Disease for Drug Delivery

Follow USC BME on Facebook and Twitter!

The Department of Biomedical Engineering has re-launched their Facebook account and launched a brand new Twitter account. Follow us @USCBME for updates on department research and related news!

Recent USC Viterbi Ph.D. Named Among “World’s Top 35 Innovators Under 35.”

Niki Bayat is the first USC doctoral student to have earned distinction as one of MIT Technology Review’s prestigious “TR 35.”

Biomedical Engineering @ USC

Welcome to the USC Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME)!
Since our early roots as an option within electrical engineering in 1963, we have maintained a longstanding tradition of advancing biomedicine through the development and application of novel engineering ideas. Our department, founded in 1976, includes over 80 primary and affiliated faculty members that conduct cutting-edge research in a wide variety of areas, including neuroengineering, biosystems and biosignal analysis, medical devices and implants, bioimaging and imaging informatics, and systems cellular-molecular bioengineering.

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Featured Coverage

Scientists Create ‘Prosthetic Memories’ In Groundbreaking Brain Research

People who have difficulty remembering things or making new memories because of a stroke, brain injury or illness may one day benefit from a new study that helps patients make new memories.

Gift supports biomedical therapeutics at USC

Retired ophthalmologist Allen Ginsburg and his wife, Charlotte, donate $10 million to name the USC Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics

Featured Labs

Computational Systems Biology

Biomedical Microsystems Laboratory

Laboratory for Living Systems Engineering

Events

Announcements

Qifa Zhou and Kirk Shung win best paper at imaging and sensing conference

Department of Biomedical Engineering faculty members, Professor Qifa Zhou and Professsor K. Kirk Shung, Dwight C. and Hildegarde E. Baum Chair in Biomedical Engineering, have recently been honored with a Best Paper Award from SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics. [Read more]

TechMED Demo Day showcases healthcare innovation at USC

Established and emerging leaders of medical technology gathered for the inaugural TechMED Demo Day at the USC Health Sciences Campus on Thursday November 15, presented by USC’s Health, Technology and … Read More

Deborah Chin awarded American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Deborah Chin, PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded an American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Fellowship. [Read more]

PhD student Robert Wodnicki receives Best Student Paper award at IEEE Symposium

PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Robert Wodnicki has been presented with the 2018 Best Student Paper Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Ultrasonics Symposium in Kobe, Japan. [Read more]