2008-2009 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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www.bme.columbia.edu
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CHAIR
Van C. Mow
VICE CHAIR
Andrew F. Laine
DEPARTMENTAL
ADMINISTRATOR
Shila Maghji
BUSINESS MANAGER
Kidest Shenkoru
ADMINISTRATIVE COORDI-
NATOR FOR STUDENT
AFFAIRS
Jarmaine Lomax
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
FOR FISCAL AFFAIRS
Michelle Cintron
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
FOR DEPARTMENTAL
AFFAIRS
Paulette Louisaint
LAB MANAGER
Keith Yeager
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
ADMINISTRATOR
Robert J. Foster
CHAIR OF UNDERGRADUATE
STUDIES
Barclay Morrison III
CHAIR OF GRADUATE
STUDIES
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
OMBUDS
Lance Kam
PROFESSORS
Gerard H. A. Ateshian
Truman R. Brown
Percy Kay and Vida L. W.
Hudson Professor
X. Edward Guo
Andrew F. Laine
Edward F. Leonard
Van C. Mow
Stanley Dicker Professor
Michael P. Sheetz
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
Andreas H. Hielscher
Clark T. Hung
Christopher R. Jacobs
Helen H. Lu
Jeremy J. Mao
Barclay Morrison III
Paul Sajda
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Elizabeth Hillman
Hayden Huang
Lance C. Kam
Elisa E. Konofagou
Samuel K. Sia
JOINT FACULTY
Dimitris Anastassiou
Professor of Electrical
Engineering
Aniruddha Das
Assistant Professor of
Psychiatry
Shunichi Homma
Margaret Milliken Hatch
Professor of Medicine
Elizabeth S. Olson
Assistant Professor of
Otolaryngology/Head and
Neck Surgery
R. Theodore Smith
Associate Professor of
Ophthalmology
ADJUNCT PROFESSORS
Ernest Feleppa
Shiro Matsuoka
ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE
PROFESSORS
Nicolas W. Chbat
David Elad
Alvin Wald
AFFILIATES
Peter K. Allen
Professor of Computer
Science
Ernest W. April
Associate Professor of
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Robert DeLaPaz
Professor of Radiology
Kung Ming Jan
Associate Professor of
Clinical Medicine
Zheng Feng Lu
Associate Professor of
Clinical Radiology
Richard N. Pierson
Professor of Clinical
Medicine
John Pile-Spellman
Professor of Radiology and
Neurosurgery
Henry M. Spotnitz
George G. Humphreys II
Professor of Surgery
Biomedical engineering is an
evolving discipline in engineering
that draws on collaboration
among engineers, physicians, and scientists
to provide interdisciplinary insight
into medical and biological problems.
The field has developed its own knowledge
base and principles that are the
foundation for the academic programs
designed by the Department of
Biomedical Engineering at Columbia.
The programs in biomedical engineering
at Columbia (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.,
Eng.Sc.D.) prepare students to apply
engineering and applied science to
problems in biology, medicine, and the
understanding of living systems and their
behavior, and to develop biomedical systems
and devices. Modern engineering
encompasses sophisticated approaches
to measurement, data acquisition and
analysis, simulation, and systems identification.
These approaches are useful in
the study of individual cells, organs, entire
organisms, and populations of organisms.
The increasing value of mathematical
models in the analysis of living systems
is an important sign of the success of
contemporary activity. The programs
offered in the Department of Biomedical
Engineering seek to emphasize the confluence
of basic engineering science and
applied engineering with the physical
and biological sciences, particularly in
the areas of biomechanics, cell and tissue
engineering, and biomedical imaging.
Programs in biomedical engineering are
taught by its own faculty, members of
other SEAS departments, and faculty from
other University divisions who have strong
interests and involvement in biomedical
engineering. Several of the faculty hold joint
appointments in Biomedical Engineering
and other University departments.
Courses offered by the Department
of Biomedical Engineering are complemented
by courses offered by other
departments in The Fu Foundation
School of Engineering and Applied
Science, and by many departments in
the Faculty of Medicine, the School of
Dentistry and Oral Surgery, and the
Mailman School of Public Health, as well
as the science departments within the
SEAS 2008–2009