Bioengineering, PhD (Boston)
Source: https://catalog.northeastern.edu/graduate/engineering/bioengineering/bioengineering-bachelors-degree-entrance-phd/ Parent: https://catalog.northeastern.edu/graduate/phdprograms/
Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.
Milestones
Annual review \ Qualifying examination (within two years of entry) \ Dissertation committee\ Annual committee meetings\ Area examination (dissertation prospectus/proposal) \ Dissertation defense
Core Requirements
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Seminar | | | | BIOE 7390 | Seminar (Register and complete two semesters) | 0 | | BIOE 7391 | Student Seminar (Register and complete once in second year and once in fourth year) | 0 | | Required Core | | | | BIOE 6100 | Medical Physiology | 4 | | BIOE 6200 | Mathematical Methods in Bioengineering | 4 | | BIOE 7000 | Principles of Bioengineering | 4 | | Restricted Bioengineering Technical Electives | | | | Complete 8 semester hours from the following: | | 8 | | BIOE 5115 | Dynamical Systems in Biological Engineering | | | BIOE 5235 | Biomedical Imaging | | | BIOE 5410 | Molecular Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5411 | Applied Molecular Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5420 | Cellular Engineering | | | BIOE 5430 | Principles and Applications of Tissue Engineering | | | BIOE 5440 | The Cell as a Machine | | | BIOE 5630 | Physiological Fluid Mechanics | | | BIOE 5640 | Computational Biomechanics | | | BIOE 5648 | Biomedical Optics | | | BIOE 5650 | Multiscale Biomechanics | | | BIOE 5660 | Integrative Mechanobiology | | | BIOE 5710 | Experimental Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5711 | Advanced Experimental Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5720 | Physical Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5750 | Modeling and Inference in Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5770 | Machine Learning Methods in Biology and Health | | | BIOE 5810 | Design of Biomedical Instrumentation | | | BIOE 5820 | Biomaterials | | | BIOE 5860 | Engineering Approaches to Precision Medicine I | | | BIOE 5870 | Engineering Approaches to Precision Medicine II | | | ME 5665 | Musculoskeletal Biomechanics | | | Technical Electives | | | | Complete 12 semester hours from the electives listed below. | | 12 |
Electives Course List
Any course in the following list will serve as an elective course, provided the course is offered and the student satisfies prerequisites and program requirements. Students can take electives outside this list with prior approval from the faculty advisor.
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | BINF 6400 | Genomics in Bioinformatics | | | BIOE 5060 | Special Topics in Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5115 | Dynamical Systems in Biological Engineering | | | BIOE 5235 | Biomedical Imaging | | | BIOE 5250 | Regulatory and Quality Aspects of Medical Device Design | | | BIOE 5410 | Molecular Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5411 | Applied Molecular Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5420 | Cellular Engineering | | | BIOE 5430 | Principles and Applications of Tissue Engineering | | | BIOE 5440 | The Cell as a Machine | | | BIOE 5450 | Stem Cell Engineering | | | BIOE 5510 | Bioengineering Products/Technology Commercialization | | | BIOE 5520 | Bioengineering Design for Robotic Rehabilitation | | | BIOE 5630 | Physiological Fluid Mechanics | | | BIOE 5640 | Computational Biomechanics | | | BIOE 5648 | Biomedical Optics | | | BIOE 5650 | Multiscale Biomechanics | | | BIOE 5660 | Integrative Mechanobiology | | | BIOE 5710 | Experimental Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5711 | Advanced Experimental Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5720 | Physical Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5750 | Modeling and Inference in Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5760 | Method and Logic in Systems Biology and Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5770 | Machine Learning Methods in Biology and Health | | | BIOE 5800 | Systems, Signals, and Controls for Bioengineers | | | BIOE 5810 | Design of Biomedical Instrumentation | | | BIOE 5820 | Biomaterials | | | BIOE 5850 | Design of Implants | | | BIOE 5860 | Engineering Approaches to Precision Medicine I | | | BIOE 5870 | Engineering Approaches to Precision Medicine II | | | BIOE 5880 | Computational Methods in Systems Bioengineering | | | BIOE 7210 | A Data Science Toolkit for Human Neuroscience Research | | | BIOL 5543 | Stem Cells and Regeneration | | | BIOL 5601 | Multidisciplinary Approaches in Motor Control | | | BIOL 6299 | Molecular Cell Biology for Biotechnology | | | BIOL 6300 | Biochemistry | | | BIOL 6301 | Molecular Cell Biology | | | CAEP 6202 | Research, Evaluation, and Data Analysis | | | CHEM 5612 | Principles of Mass Spectrometry | | | CHEM 5620 | Protein Chemistry | | | CHEM 5621 | Principles of Chemical Biology | | | CHEM 5638 | Molecular Modeling | | | CHME 5630 | Biochemical Engineering | | | CHME 5632 | Advanced Topics in Biomaterials | | | CS 5100 | Foundations of Artificial Intelligence | | | CS 5200 | Database Management Systems | | | CS 5310 | Computer Graphics | | | CS 5330 | Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision | | | CS 5335 | Robotic Science and Systems | | | CS 5340 | Computer/Human Interaction | | | CS 5400 | Principles of Programming Language | | | CS 5600 | Computer Systems | | | CS 5800 | Algorithms | | | CS 6120 | Natural Language Processing | | | CS 6140 | Machine Learning | | | CS 6200 | Information Retrieval | | | CS 6410 | Compilers | | | DS 5220 | Supervised Machine Learning and Learning Theory | | | DS 5230 | Unsupervised Machine Learning and Data Mining | | | EECE 5606 | Micro- and Nanofabrication | | | EECE 5642 | Data Visualization | | | EECE 5644 | Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition | | | EECE 7200 | Linear Systems Analysis | | | EECE 7202 | Electromagnetic Theory 1 | | | EECE 7203 | Complex Variable Theory and Differential Equations | | | EECE 7204 | Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes | | | EECE 7205 | Fundamentals of Computer Engineering | | | EECE 7211 | Nonlinear Control | | | EECE 7213 | System Identification and Adaptive Control | | | EECE 7214 | Optimal and Robust Control | | | EECE 7271 | Computational Methods in Electromagnetics | | | EECE 7310 | Modern Signal Processing | | | EECE 7323 | Numerical Optimization Methods | | | EECE 7337 | Information Theory | | | EECE 7352 | Computer Architecture | | | EECE 7353 | VLSI Design | | | EECE 7364 | Mobile and Wireless Networking | | | EECE 7368 | High-Level Design of Hardware-Software Systems | | | HLTH 5600 | Introduction to Patient Safety | | | HLTH 5610 | Patient Safety Science | | | HLTH 5630 | Quality Improvement in Patient Safety | | | HLTH 5800 | AI Across the Health Sciences | | | HSCI 5150 | Methods for Observational Research 1 | | | HSCI 5180 | Phenotyping | | | HSCI 5190 | Cohort Building | | | IE 7315 | Human Factors Engineering | | | ME 5650 | Advanced Mechanics of Materials | | | ME 5654 | Elasticity and Plasticity | | | ME 5655 | Dynamics and Mechanical Vibration | | | ME 5657 | Finite Element Method 1 | | | ME 5658 | Continuum Mechanics | | | ME 5659 | Control Systems Engineering | | | ME 5665 | Musculoskeletal Biomechanics | | | ME 6200 | Mathematical Methods for Mechanical Engineers 1 | | | ME 6260 | Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) | | | ME 7238 | Finite Element Method 2 | | | ME 7275 | Essentials of Fluid Dynamics | | | NNMD 5470 | Nano/Biomedical Commercialization: Concept to Market | | | OR 6205 | Deterministic Operations Research | | | PHSC 5100 | Concepts in Pharmaceutical Science | | | PHSC 6290 | Biophysical Methods in Drug Discovery | | | PHTH 5210 | Biostatistics in Public Health | | | PHTH 5214 | Environmental Health | | | PHTH 6440 | Advanced Methods in Biostatistics | | | PHYS 5116 | Network Science 1 | | | PHYS 7301 | Classical Mechanics/Math Methods | | | PHYS 7321 | Computational Physics | | | PHYS 7741 | Physics of Biological Processes and Living Systems 2 | | | PMST 6250 | Advanced Physical Pharmacy | | | PMST 6252 | Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism | | | PMST 6254 | Advanced Drug Delivery Systems | | | PT 5138 | Neuroscience | | | PT 5139 | Lab for PT 5138 | | | PT 5150 | Motor Control, Development, and Learning | | | PT 5151 | Lab for PT 5150 | |
Dissertation
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | BIOE 9990 | Dissertation Term 1 | | | BIOE 9991 | Dissertation Term 2 | |
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
32 total semester hours required\ Minimum 3.000 GPA required
Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.
Milestones
Annual review\ Qualifying examination (within two years of entry)\ Dissertation committee\ Area examination (dissertation prospectus/proposal)\ Dissertation defense
Core Requirements
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Seminar | | | | BIOE 7390 | Seminar (Register and complete two semesters) | 0 | | BIOE 7391 | Student Seminar (Register and complete once in second year and once in fourth year) | 0 | | Required Core | | | | BIOE 6200 | Mathematical Methods in Bioengineering | 4 | | BIOE 7000 | Principles of Bioengineering | 4 | | Approved Coursework | | | | Complete 8 semester hours from the electives listed below. | | 8 |
Electives Course List
Any course in the following list will serve as an elective course, provided the course is offered and the student satisfies prerequisites and program requirements. Students can take electives outside this list with prior approval from the faculty advisor.
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | BINF 6400 | Genomics in Bioinformatics | | | BIOE 5060 | Special Topics in Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5115 | Dynamical Systems in Biological Engineering | | | BIOE 5235 | Biomedical Imaging | | | BIOE 5250 | Regulatory and Quality Aspects of Medical Device Design | | | BIOE 5410 | Molecular Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5411 | Applied Molecular Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5420 | Cellular Engineering | | | BIOE 5430 | Principles and Applications of Tissue Engineering | | | BIOE 5440 | The Cell as a Machine | | | BIOE 5450 | Stem Cell Engineering | | | BIOE 5510 | Bioengineering Products/Technology Commercialization | | | BIOE 5520 | Bioengineering Design for Robotic Rehabilitation | | | BIOE 5630 | Physiological Fluid Mechanics | | | BIOE 5640 | Computational Biomechanics | | | BIOE 5648 | Biomedical Optics | | | BIOE 5650 | Multiscale Biomechanics | | | BIOE 5660 | Integrative Mechanobiology | | | BIOE 5710 | Experimental Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5711 | Advanced Experimental Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5720 | Physical Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5750 | Modeling and Inference in Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5760 | Method and Logic in Systems Biology and Bioengineering | | | BIOE 5770 | Machine Learning Methods in Biology and Health | | | BIOE 5800 | Systems, Signals, and Controls for Bioengineers | | | BIOE 5810 | Design of Biomedical Instrumentation | | | BIOE 5820 | Biomaterials | | | BIOE 5850 | Design of Implants | | | BIOE 5860 | Engineering Approaches to Precision Medicine I | | | BIOE 5870 | Engineering Approaches to Precision Medicine II | | | BIOE 5880 | Computational Methods in Systems Bioengineering | | | BIOE 6100 | Medical Physiology | | | BIOE 7210 | A Data Science Toolkit for Human Neuroscience Research | | | BIOL 5543 | Stem Cells and Regeneration | | | BIOL 5601 | Multidisciplinary Approaches in Motor Control | | | BIOL 6300 | Biochemistry | | | BIOL 6301 | Molecular Cell Biology | | | CAEP 6202 | Research, Evaluation, and Data Analysis | | | CHEM 5620 | Protein Chemistry | | | CHEM 5621 | Principles of Chemical Biology | | | CHEM 5638 | Molecular Modeling | | | CHME 5630 | Biochemical Engineering | | | CHME 5632 | Advanced Topics in Biomaterials | | | CS 5100 | Foundations of Artificial Intelligence | | | CS 5200 | Database Management Systems | | | CS 5310 | Computer Graphics | | | CS 5330 | Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision | | | CS 5335 | Robotic Science and Systems | | | CS 5340 | Computer/Human Interaction | | | CS 5400 | Principles of Programming Language | | | CS 5600 | Computer Systems | | | CS 5800 | Algorithms | | | CS 6120 | Natural Language Processing | | | CS 6140 | Machine Learning | | | CS 6200 | Information Retrieval | | | CS 6410 | Compilers | | | DS 5220 | Supervised Machine Learning and Learning Theory | | | DS 5230 | Unsupervised Machine Learning and Data Mining | | | EECE 5606 | Micro- and Nanofabrication | | | EECE 5642 | Data Visualization | | | EECE 5644 | Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition | | | EECE 7200 | Linear Systems Analysis | | | EECE 7202 | Electromagnetic Theory 1 | | | EECE 7203 | Complex Variable Theory and Differential Equations | | | EECE 7204 | Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes | | | EECE 7205 | Fundamentals of Computer Engineering | | | EECE 7211 | Nonlinear Control | | | EECE 7213 | System Identification and Adaptive Control | | | EECE 7214 | Optimal and Robust Control | | | EECE 7271 | Computational Methods in Electromagnetics | | | EECE 7310 | Modern Signal Processing | | | EECE 7323 | Numerical Optimization Methods | | | EECE 7337 | Information Theory | | | EECE 7352 | Computer Architecture | | | EECE 7353 | VLSI Design | | | EECE 7364 | Mobile and Wireless Networking | | | EECE 7368 | High-Level Design of Hardware-Software Systems | | | HLTH 5600 | Introduction to Patient Safety | | | HLTH 5610 | Patient Safety Science | | | HLTH 5630 | Quality Improvement in Patient Safety | | | HLTH 5800 | AI Across the Health Sciences | | | HSCI 5150 | Methods for Observational Research 1 | | | HSCI 5180 | Phenotyping | | | HSCI 5190 | Cohort Building | | | IE 7315 | Human Factors Engineering | | | ME 5650 | Advanced Mechanics of Materials | | | ME 5654 | Elasticity and Plasticity | | | ME 5655 | Dynamics and Mechanical Vibration | | | ME 5657 | Finite Element Method 1 | | | ME 5658 | Continuum Mechanics | | | ME 5659 | Control Systems Engineering | | | ME 5665 | Musculoskeletal Biomechanics | | | ME 6200 | Mathematical Methods for Mechanical Engineers 1 | | | ME 6260 | Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) | | | ME 7238 | Finite Element Method 2 | | | ME 7275 | Essentials of Fluid Dynamics | | | NNMD 5470 | Nano/Biomedical Commercialization: Concept to Market | | | OR 6205 | Deterministic Operations Research | | | PHSC 5100 | Concepts in Pharmaceutical Science | | | PHSC 6290 | Biophysical Methods in Drug Discovery | | | PHTH 5210 | Biostatistics in Public Health | | | PHTH 5214 | Environmental Health | | | PHTH 6440 | Advanced Methods in Biostatistics | | | PHYS 5116 | Network Science 1 | | | PHYS 7301 | Classical Mechanics/Math Methods | | | PHYS 7321 | Computational Physics | | | PHYS 7741 | Physics of Biological Processes and Living Systems 2 | | | PMST 6250 | Advanced Physical Pharmacy | | | PMST 6252 | Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism | | | PMST 6254 | Advanced Drug Delivery Systems | | | PT 5138 | Neuroscience | | | PT 5139 | Lab for PT 5138 | | | PT 5150 | Motor Control, Development, and Learning | | | PT 5151 | Lab for PT 5150 | |
Dissertation
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | BIOE 9990 | Dissertation Term 1 | | | BIOE 9991 | Dissertation Term 2 | |
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
16 total semester hours required\ Minimum 3.000 GPA required