Design Program

BME at Michigan also sponsors a Design Program. The courses are designed to allow students to work closely, on sponsored projects, with companies to develop fresh ideas and new solutions to difficult challenges. Students learn valuable lessons about the real world of industry and business, and build strong networks with professionals that work in the biomedical engineering field.

Undergraduate and graduate BME students participate in design through the following courses:

• Engin 100
• BME 450 - Biomedical Design
  Prerequisite: BiomedE 458 and senior or graduate standing. I, II (4 credits)
• BME 599 - Special Topics I, II (I, II (1-6 credits)
  

  BME599 is a two semester course that encourages innovative design in biomedical engineering. It is an interactive course that stimulates students to explore their own solutions to biomedical challenges. Students experience the entire spectrum of innovative design, from concept inception to prototype design. The course challenges students to learn about the current state of the art, explore technical need for current challenges, and brainstorm new solutions with members of the medical community.

  This first semester is dedicated to understanding the current state of the art, and formulation of ideas and design teams. The two fundamental canons of the first semester are self-assembly and self-selection. The second semester is dedicated to the actual development of the prototype. The four main components of the second semester are design, self-awareness, critical review and a medical technology commercialization guest lecture series. Students are encouraged to participate in national and local design and business competitions throughout the year. Successful designs compete to represent the University of Michigan in a national design competition by the end of the second semester.