Submitted by Kara McCloskey (UC Merced) on May 2, 2014 - 4:24pm
Last revised by Brad Bulger on September 29, 2020 - 6:02pm.
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Executive Summary:
The BEST graduate program is a highly interdisciplinary program, perhaps the most interdisciplinary group on campus, comprised of 26 faculty members whose research and home units are in Biological Engineering (BIOE), Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), Physics (PHYS), Mechanical Engineering (ME), Biological Sciences , and Chemistry (CHEM). Moreover, BEST is currently the primary graduate program for faculty in MSE and BIOE and secondary graduate program for many of our interdisciplinary faculty in the STEM sciences. Moving forward, as MSE develops their own primary graduate program, it is expected that BEST will become the primary home for BIOE faculty with remaining interdisciplinary synergies as described below. Therefore, this strategic plan will address the specific needs and vision of the BIOE faculty in BEST graduate and the BIOE undergraduate programs.
Initiative Description:
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), biomedical engineering is expected to be the fastest-growing job market in the United States during the next seven years, rising by about 62 percent by 2020. Bioengineers focus on exciting projects like the development of biocompatible prostheses, various diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices ranging from clinical equipment to micro-implants, imaging equipment, regenerative tissue growth, pharmaceutical drugs and therapeutic biological. In the interest of building a competitive, yet interdisciplinary program at UCM, our BIOE and BEST faculty have identified the following 5 thrust areas for building at UCM. These thrust areas were chosen are based on faculty and student interests, funding availability, and student recruitment.
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