Concentrations

Biomedical Concentration:

All Group I courses in either the Electrophysics or System and Data Science Track, plus two biomedical-related Group II courses and an engineering breadth course approved by the department’s undergraduate curriculum committee and listed on the ECE website. ECE 496 will be a biomedical project approved by concentration coordinator.

Group II courses satisfying biomedical concentration:

• ECE 422 Sensors and Instrumentation for Biological Systems (3)
• ECE 480 Introduction to Biomedical and Clinical Engineering (3)
• ECE 481 Bioelectric Phenomena (3)
• ECE 482 Biomedical Instrumentation (3)
• ECE 680 Biomedical Engineering Systems (3)
• ECE 681 Biosensors and Bioelectronics (3)
• ECE 682 Biomedical Microdevices (3)
• ECE 685 Biomedical Signal Processing and Analysis (3)
• ME 620 Biological Fluid Mechanics (3)
• ME 636 Fundamentals of Electrochemistry (3)
• ME 645 Clinically Driven Design and Development (3)
• MBBE 625 Biosensor Principles and Applications (3)
• MBBE 650 DNA and Genetic Analysis (2)
• MBBE 651 Signal Transduction and Regulation of Gene Transcription (3)

Engineering Breadth courses satisfying biomedical concentration:

• BIOC 341 Elements of Biochemistry (3)
• BIOC 441 Basic Biochemistry (4)
• MICR 351 Biology of Microorganisms (3)
• MICR 485 Microbes and Their Environment (3)
• MBBE 401 Molecular Biotechnology (3)
• MBBE 402 Principles of Biochemistry (4)
• MBBE 412 Environmental Biochemistry (3)

Energy Concentration:

All Group I courses from the Electrophysics or System and Data Science Track, plus two energy-related Group II courses and an engineering breadth course approved by the department’s undergraduate curriculum committee and listed on the ECE website. ECE 496 will be an energy project approved by concentration coordinator.

Group II courses satisfying energy concentration:

• ECE 435 Electric Power Systems (3)
• ECE 438 Renewable Energy (3)
• ECE 635 Smart Grids and Renewable Energy Integration (3)

Engineering Breadth courses satisfying energy concentration:

• ME 311 Thermodynamics (4)
• ME 610 Renewable Energy Engineering and Sustainability (3)
• ORE 330 Mineral and Energy Resources (3)
• ORE 677 Marine Renewable Energy (3)
• PHYS 430 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (3)
• PHYS 440 Solid-State Physics I (3)
• ATMO 302 Atmospheric Physics (3)
• BE 410 Biomass Conversion to Biofuels and Bioenergy (3)
• BE 610 Biofuel and Bioenergy (3)
• ERTH 407 Energy and Mineral Resources (3)