Welcome to the Department of Biomedical Engineering

The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University offers both graduate and ABET-accredited undergraduate programs. Our Department is also home to world-class researchers in the fields of cell and tissue engineering, biomechanics, and biomedical imaging. Our main office is located in the Engineering Terrace in the northeast corner of the Morningside Heights campus, although we occupy teaching and research space on both the Morningside Heights and Columbia Medical School campuses.

News & Events

Laine elected VP of Publications for EMBS

Andrew F. Laine, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology (Physics) has been elected to Vice President of Publications for the IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Society (EMBS) for a two year term

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Bioengineered Heart Chambers Created

Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor Kevin Costa and his doctoral student, Eun Jung (Alice) Lee, have developed the first functional 3D engineered simplified heart chambers that exhibit key characteristics of the heart’s pumping action.

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BME students win NSF/NSERC research fellowships.

Six students in the Department of Biomedical Engineering have been awarded National Science Foundation graduate research fellowships and two others have been awarded fellowships from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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