Fast Facts
• Department of Biomedical Engineering
Established in December, 2000
First in SUNY
• Undergraduate Major in Biomedical Engineering
First in SUNY, highest ranked in SUNY
ABET Accredited, first in SUNY
• MS/PhD in Biomedical Engineering
First in SUNY, highest ranked in SUNY
MSTP (MD/PhD dual degree) participation
• Thirteen Core Faculty:
$6.8M in research expenditures by core faculty for FY-06/7, including:
• National Institutes of Health
• Department of Energy
• U.S. Army & DARPA
• National Science Foundation
• NASA
• National Space Biomedical Research Institute
• American Heart Association
• Coulter Foundation
• NY Science, Technology & Academic Research (NYSTAR)
Committed to translational research
• 35 issued patents, 14 pending, and over 30 active disclosures
• Formation of six companies
• Center for Bioengineering
New 30,000 gsf Building since Jan. 2010
• Over 60 Program Faculty:
School of Medicine
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Center for Functional Nanomaterials
National Synchrotron Light Source
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• 80 students in grad program (Fall 2007)
Highest academic qualifications (GRE & GPA) at Stony Brook
Average GPA: 3.46 and GRE: q: 744 a:686 v:614 t:2044
• 130 students in undergrad program (Fall 2007)
41% female (highest in College of Engineering)
Highest academic qualifications (SAT & GPA) at Stony Brook
• Freshman class for 2007
greater than 300 applications for 25 spots
Highest GPA (3.8) and SAT’s (1354) at Stony Brook
• Areas of Research Emphasis Include:
Biomechanics & Biomaterials
Bioelectricity & Bioimaging
Tissue Engineering
Bioinstrumentation and Biosignal Processing
Cell & Molecular Bioengineering
Bioinformatics
Nanobiotechnology