Biomedical Engineering

Welcome to BME at Rensselaer — home to one of the oldest and most reputable biomedical engineering departments in the United States.

We combine a strong engineering tradition of problem solving with a high level of scholarship and research. For over 40 years, we have produced outstanding academics, industry leaders and research scientists.. The department has undergone a rapid expansion over the last few years and plays a leading role in educating the biomedical engineering workforce of the future.

Our faculty and students are engaged in highly interdisciplinary research with research groups from numerous other departments and universities. Extensive collaborations are in place within the Center of Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, but also with the Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovation, the Center for Engineering-based Patient Modeling, the Center for Modeling, Simulation & Imaging in Medicine, the Center for Stem Cell Research, and several Boston, Connecticut, New York, and Rochester area hospitals and medical centers.

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Recent News

Biomedical Imaging Expert Ge Wang Joins Rensselaer as Clark and Crossan Professor
Biomedical imaging expert Ge Wang recently joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering, and a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Student Innovator at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Aims To Personalize Medicine With Implantable Sensors
Rebecca Wachs has invented a new implantable sensor with the ability to wirelessly transmit data from the site of a knee replacement, spinal fusion, or other orthopedic surgery.
Battling Brittle Bones ... With Broccoli and Spinach?
A new study from engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows, for the first time, how the little-understood protein osteocalcin plays a significant role in the strength of our bones.
NY Cap Research Alliance Announces Grants to Fund Biomedical Research
A newly created alliance to foster biomedical research among the Capital Region’s leading academic research institutions today announced its first grants: 10 awards totaling $745,000.
Rensselaer Professor Steven Cramer Elected Fellow of American Chemical Society
Bioseparations and bioprocessing expert Steven Cramer, the William Weightman Walker Professor of Polymer Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, this week was elected a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
A Walk Through the Nervous System: Artists’ View of Nerves and Spinal Cord Injury at Rensselaer
Several biomedical engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have collaborated with artists from the College of Saint Rose and the surrounding Capital Region to bring their research on healing the nervous system to the public through art.
Rensselaer Professor Xavier Intes Receives NSF CAREER Award
Xavier Intes, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Student Innovation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Seeks To Mend Previously Untreatable Tissue Injuries
Christopher Rivet has successfully married two powerful bioengineering technologies to develop a new method for delivering drugs directly to an injury site and jumpstarting the process of tissue regeneration.
Implantable, Wireless Sensors Share Secrets of Healing Tissues
A new implantable sensor developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute can wirelessly transmit data from the site of a recent orthopedic surgery.
Rensselaer Professor Ryan Gilbert Receives NSF CAREER Award
Ryan Gilbert, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).