Welcome to UCSD
Bioengineering !
Robert L. Sah, M.D., Sc.D.
Professor & Vice-Chair, Dept of Bioengineering
Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Admit Day
April 14, 2007
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Mission
To improve health and quality of life by
applying engineering principles to
scientific discovery and technology
innovation.
To train future leaders in Bioengineering
through inspired education and
dedicated mentorship.
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UCSD Bioengineering
• Past, Present, & Future
• Faculty, Staff, & Students
• Curricula, Advising, &
Academic Enrichment
• Tours
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UCSD Bioengineering
A Tradition of Excellence Since 1966
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UCSD Bioengineering in
1966
• program founded
• BS, MS, PhD offered
• Dept. of AMES, with
School of Medicine
• founding faculty
- YC Fung
- Benjamin Zweifach
- Marcos Intaglietta
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Milestones
1975 NIH Training Grant
1991 Institute for Biomedical Engineering
1993 Whitaker Foundation Development Award
& Industrial Liaison Program
1994 Department of Bioengineering
1996 Whitaker Foundation Internship Award
1998 Powell Foundation Gift for New Building
Whitaker Foundation Leadership Award
2001 von Liebig Foundation Gift for Entrepreneurism
2002 Powell-Focht Bioengineering Building
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Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall
Groundbreaking: SUMMER 2000
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Instructional & Computing Facilities
Teaching Laboratories
Research Laboratories
Integrative Bioengineering
• engineering, biology, & medical sciences
• complex biomedical data into systematic models
• across physical scales of biological organization
• research, education; technology transfer;
translation to medicine.
Research
Biology
Healthcare
Medicine
Education
Engineering
Industry
Government
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Integrative Bioengineering
Systems
Mammalian
Mammalian
Biology
Information
Technology
Core
Microbial
Microbial
Biotechnology
Core
Teaching
BioNanoLabs
Fabrication
technology
Core
Core
In-vivo
Technology
Core
Multi-Scale
Bioengineering
Biomechanics
Biomechanics
Regenerative
Medicine
Tissue
TissueEngineering
Engineering
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UCSD Ranking
in Bioengineering
• National Research Council
#1 in education
• U.S. News & World Report
#2 UCSD
#12
#22
#32
#37
#46
UC Berkeley, Stanford
Cal Tech
U Southern California
UC Irvine
UC Los Angeles
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UCSD Bioengineering
• Past, Present, & Future
• Faculty, Staff, & Students
• Curricula, Advising, &
Academic Enrichment
• Tours
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UCSD Bioengineering in
Faculty
18 Core
1 Emeritus
10 Affiliate
10 Adjunct
Scientists
17 Professional
Researchers
30 Postdoctoral
Fellows
2006
Students
140 Graduate
99 PhD
21 MS
20 MEng
~900 Undergraduate
Staff
30 Overall
9 Student Affairs
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Undergraduate Studies Committee: Faculty
Robert
Sah (Chair)
L. Amy
Sung
Jeffrey
Omens
Trey
Ideker
Geert
Schmid-Schönbein
Andrew
McCulloch
Melissa
Micou
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Bioengineering Student Affairs:
Undergraduate Staff
Irene
Jacobo
S.A.
Coordinator
Margene
Wight
Undergraduate
S.A. Advisor
Nikki
Gee
Undergraduate
S.A. Assistant
Kelly
Bailey
Undergraduate
S.A. Assistant
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Undergraduate Studies Committee:
Student Representatives
BENG
BTEC
BINF
PMED
Sri Kotte
skotte@ucsd.edu
Jessica Lin
j4lin@ucsd.edu
Ian Kerman
neodenium@
gmail.com
Stephany Chang
stchang@ucsd.edu
Department of Bioengineering | 9500 Gilman Drive, 0412, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412
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UCSD Bioengineering
• Past, Present, & Future
• Faculty, Staff, & Students
• Curricula, Advising, &
Academic Enrichment
• Tours
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Educational Mission & Aims
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Bioengineering Curriculum
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Four Major Options
# grad / yr career
Bioengineering (BENG)*
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Bioengineering:
Biotechnology (BTEC)*
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Bioengineering:
Bioinformatics (BINF)
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Bioengineering:
Premedical
(PMED)
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PhD, MSc, MEng,
Industry
MD, DDS, PharmD,
Industry
* accredited by EAC/ABET
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Entry into Bioengineering Majors
High School
UCSD
BENG
BTEC
PMED
BINF
Bioengineering
Bioengineering:
Biotechnology
Bioengineering:
Premedical
Bioengineering:
Bioinformatics
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Entry into Bioengineering Majors
High School
UCSD
PrePMED
BENG
BTEC
PMED
other
majors
“PreBINF”
BINF
Bioengineering
Bioengineering:
Biotechnology
Bioengineering:
Premedical
Bioengineering:
Bioinformatics
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Freshman Curricula = Fundamentals
Similar for All Bioengineering Majors
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New for 2006 !
• Capstone Design Sequence
- BENG & BTEC teams
Selection, Design, Implementation, Presentation
JUNIOR
Spring
BE187A
Fall
SENIOR
Winter
Spring
BE187B
BE187C
BE187D
BE1xxA
BE1xxB
Biomechanics, Systems Bioengineering, Nanoscale / Molecular bioengineering,
Organ System Bioengineering, Tissue Engineering / Regenerative Medicine,
Bioinstrumentation
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Advising
• BENG Student Affairs
– program, scheduling, petitions
– advisory meetings
• BENG Faculty
– career issues
• Biomedical Engineering Society
– panel discussions (streaming video)
• Career Services Office
– pre Med, Vet, Law, Business
• Colleges
– College vs. BENG requirements
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Academic Enrichment
Elective Courses
• BENG 87 Freshman Seminars
• BENG 90 Seminars
• BENG 191 Professional Issues
• BENG 192 Senior Seminars
• BENG 1XX … many others
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Academic Enrichment
Industrial Internship
• ~80 new positions and extensions / year
• ~42% BENG undergraduate participation
• consistent with career plans
– 40% industry
– 50% graduate / professional school
– 10% other
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Industries Hiring Recent UCSD
Bioengineering Undergraduates
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ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
ActivX Biosciences
Amgen
Biosite Incorporated
CancerVax
Corvas International
Cryocor
Cytograft Tissue
Engineering
• Egea Biosciences
• Gen-Probe
• GeneOhm Sciences
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Genicon Sciences
Genoptix
Illumina
Innercool Therapies
Kelaroo
Neurocrine Biosciences
Orthopaedic Biomechanics
Research Center
• SAIC
• VA Palo Alto Health Care
System
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Academic Enrichment
Research
• BENG 199 Independent Study
• Undergraduate Fellowships
– UC Leads
– UCSD Academic Enrichment Office
– Chancellor’s, …
– Faculty Research Grants & Contracts
– Volunteer
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Academic Enrichment & Resources
Student Organizations
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
• Society for Women Engineers (SWE)
• Triton Engineering Student Council (TESC)
• Tau Beta Pi (TBP)
• National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE)
• Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers
(SHPE)
• ….
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2006-07 BMES Officers
VP Internal
President
Alice Kwan
amkwan@ucsd.edu
Edward Chuong
echuong@ucsd.edu
VP Finance
VP External
Joyce Luke
cluke@ucsd.edu
Sirj Goswami
Sirj.goswami@
gmail.com
TESC rep
Espoir Kyubwa
ekyubwa@ucsd.edu
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Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
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Milestones
2004 BMES Chapter Honorable Mention
2005 BMES Lunch with Professors, Best Chapter
Bioengineering Graduation Sash
2006 Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Interfaces, Med-into-Grad, Professor
BENG+BTEC Senior Design Project
BMES Student Research Presentations,
Zoo Field Trip, Yearbook, Best Chapter
2007 Bioengineering BMES Day
BMES Wild Animal Park Field Trip
Bioengineering Alumni Association
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Academic Enrichment
Outreach to the Next Generation
• CAMP
• EAOR
• Expanding Youth Horizons
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UCSD April 7, 2006
The first ever …
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Student & Veteran Teams,
Student Organizers,
Friends Cheering,
Faculty & Industry
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Join UCSD: Bioengineering
Innovations to Improve Health
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UCSD Bioengineering
• Past, Present, & Future
• Faculty, Staff, & Students
• Curricula, Advising, &
Academic Enrichment
• Tours
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Powell-Focht
Bioengineering
Hall (PFBH)
Stairs
Q&A: Fung
Auditorium
Multi
Media
Stairs
Instructional
Lab