Bioengineering

Bioengineers are focused on advancing human health and promoting environmental sustainability, two of the greatest challenges for our world. Understanding complex living systems is at the heart of meeting these challenges.

Stanford's bioengineering priority creates a fusion of engineering and the life sciences that promotes scientific discovery and the development of new biomedical technologies and therapies through research and education. It includes research and teaching programs that embrace biology as a new quantitative science and apply engineering principles to medical problems and biological systems.

Stanford is well positioned to be a leader in the field of bioengineering. Our researchers enjoy a rare proximity to core resources, with our world-class medical and engineering schools across the street from each other and top-notch basic science departments within easy walking distance. The establishment in 2002 of a new Department of Bioengineering, jointly run by the Schools of Medicine and of Engineering, and the creation of the Bio-X program, housed in the new James H. Clark Center, provide a foundation from which Stanford can build a world-class research and teaching program in bioengineering.

Better living through engineering

Stanford has had long-standing research programs in several areas of bioengineering, most notably medical imaging, biomechanics, biomedical informatics, biochemical engineering, and medical devices. Now, thanks to advances made possible through genomic research, scientists are using biology as a new science base for engineered systems and applying engineering principles to medical problems and biological systems.

Over the next decade, Stanford faculty, researchers, and students will tackle the big challenges that beleaguer living systems at scales ranging from molecules and cells to tissues, organs, and the whole body. They aim to advance the frontiers of regenerative medicine, biomedical devices and sensors, biomedical imaging, and more. By combining biological, medical, and engineering expertise, researchers will collaborate to engineer solutions to many conditions that threaten human health. From computer-assisted surgery, novel drug delivery systems, human brain mapping, and tissue engineering, Stanford is strategically poised to speed advances from benchtop to bedside.

Bioengineering

Better living through engineering

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