Located in the heart of Houston, Texas, our faculty and students are collaborating with clinicians, clinical-scientists, and researchers across the Texas Medical Center (TMC) to drive innovations in health technologies.
Cancer Engineering aims to apply diverse tools, technologies and concepts to understand fundamental mechanisms for improved diagnosis, monitoring and therapy.
Engineering for Accessible Health Care research develops breakthrough, affordable, high-performance technologies that can be translated and commercialized for better diagnosis, therapies, monitoring and prevention.
Cardiovascular Engineering research efforts range from basic to translational and focus on new methods of study, related diseases, diagnosis, treatment and computational modeling.
Pediatric Technologies focus areas span the care pathway from early detection of diseases and congenital defects, minimally invasive interventions, and devices for monitoring & management of chronic life-long disorders.
Biomedical Engineering Education research aims to develop, assess, and promote transformational teaching and evidence-based learning practices and technologies that enhance student learning.
Funded by an NSF Engineering Research Center grant, PATHS-UP is working to develop revolutionary and cost-effective technologies and systems at the point-of-care.
The SWPDC is a virtual accelerator that supports pediatric device innovators throughout the pediatric device life cycle and is supported by a grant from the FDA.
Other Resources
The Department of Biomedical Engineering regularly collaborates with members of the below groups of both on-campus and external partners.
