Bioengineering

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Rhodes Research Center and Rhodes Annex offer 80,000 square feet of labs, teaching labs, classroom space, and offices.

Students may participate in numerous research opportunities, including projects in:

  • bioinstrumentation
  • biomaterials implant design
  • biomedical optical imaging
  • cardiovascular biomaterials
  • computational modeling
  • mechanobiology
  • molecular therapies
  • nanoscale drug delivery
  • orthopedic mechanics
  • tissue engineering

Students may enroll in research in two ways:

  1. Students may enroll in BioE 491, BioE 491H, or BioE 460
  2. Students may enroll in Bioe 451, Creative Inquiry (see below).

    Creative Inquiry is a University-wide initiative founded on the principle that engaging students in hands-on research mutually supports the goals of educator and student. Specific research-based undergraduate courses under this initiative span multiple semesters, allowing students and professors to work together on a thesis-driven project.

Fall 2011 Creative Inquiry courses are listed below. For more information about Creative Inquiry, visit clemson.edu/ci/. For information on how to become involved in a current course, contact Tammy Rothell, undergraduate student services coordinator, at tammy@clemson.edu. Click on a course title for more information about that course.

Functional Tissue Engineering of Heart Valves
Instructor: Jiro Nagatomi and Dan Simionescu
BioE 451 Section 001

Clemson Orthopaedic Implant Retrieval Program
Instructor: John DesJardins
BioE 451 Section 002: Day/Time: TBA
Application

Reengineering Medical Training Simulators
Instructors: Jiro Nagatomi and Delphine Dean
BioE 451 Section 003: Friday, 11 a.m,
Application

MACOBE: Can cells solve mazes?
Instructor: Delphine Dean
BioE 451 Section 004: Tuesdsay, 4:30 p.m.
Application

Robotics and Bioengineering
Instructors: Delphine Dean and David Kwartowitz
BioE 451 Section 005: Tuesday, 11 a.m.

Cells Approaching the Natural Resolution Limit
Instructor: Bruce Z. Gao
BioE 451 Section 006: Tuesday 4:30 p.m.
Application

Freshmen/Senior Design and Mentoring
Instructor: John DesJardins
BioE 451 Section 007: Day/Time: TBA
Application

EKG simulation and Modeling
Instructor: David Kwartowitz
BioE 451 Section 008: Day/Time: TBA
Application

Materials Friction, Lubrication and Wear
Instructor: Marian Kennedy / John DesJardins
BioE 451 Section 009: Day/Time: TBA
Application

Medical Technology for the Developing World
Instructors: Delphine Dean and John DesJardins
BioE 451 Section 010: Wednesday, 8:30 a.m
Application

MacroAFM
Instructors: Vladimir Reukov, Aleksey Shaporev
BioE 451 Section 011: Monday/Wednesday 3 p.m.
Application

Rotator Cuff Injury, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Instructors: David Kwartowitz and Delphine Dean
BioE 451 Section 012: Friday, 3 p.m.

Pulp Cells for Dental Tissue Regeneration
Instructors: Delphine Dean and Marian Kennedy
BioE 451 Section 013: Thursday, 4 p.m.
Application

Targeted Nanoparticle Drug Delivery for Cancer
Alexis