Biomedical engineering recognizes unmet needs in health care and seeks solutions for clinicians and patients. Duke is a pioneer in this space, which is aimed at using innovation to save lives.
Duke launched the nation’s first academic BME department in 1971. We’ve never looked back. Today, our top-ranked department teaches design and entrepreneurship by getting engineering students into the clinics and operating rooms of Duke University Hospital, one of the best in the world.
Duke BME’s serves society in Durham, in the United States and around the world. Our faculty and students design solutions that save lives.
We’re using emerging technologies such as CRISPR, tissue engineering and advanced imaging to provide clinicians with new tools to save lives.
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Hugo L. Blomquist Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Claude B. Williams and David M. Hesse Associate Professor of the Practice
Yoh Family Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Alan L. Kaganov Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Theodore Kennedy Professor of BME
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Theodore Kennedy Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
A. Eugene and Marie Washington Presidential Distinguished Professor
Associate Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Associate Chair for Faculty, Anderson-Rupp Professor of BME
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Lincoln Financial Group Distinguished Professor in Neurobiology
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Paul M. Gross Distinguished Professor
John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Duke Health Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Muriel Theodorsen Williams E’46 Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Executive In Residence in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Charles E. Putman University Distinguished Professor of Radiology
Nello L. Teer, Jr. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering, in the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
BME Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor of the Practice in Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Director of Master’s Studies, W. H. Gardner, Jr. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of the Practice Emeritus in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Alfred M. Hunt Faculty Scholar Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Coulter Program Director, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Theo Pilkington Distinguished Professor of BME
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Robert W. Carr, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Aleksandar S. Vesic Distinguished Professor
Director of First-Year Design, Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME
Hertha Sponer Distinguished Professor of Physics
Robert Plonsey Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery
Carol Gram Deane Presidential Distinguished Professor in Neurosurgery
Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Robert Plonsey Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Chair for Education, R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Thomas Lord Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Lecturing Fellow, Senior in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Associate Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Jeffrey N. Vinik Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Jonathan Spicehandler, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Neuro Oncology, in the School of Medicine
Director of Graduate Studies and Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of MEMS
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Five-year, National Science Foundation “GENIE” Science and Technology Center will work to understand how the genome’s 3D structure helps cells establish their identities, remember past experiences and respond to their environments.
New research shows that pooling data across patients can make brain-to-speech computer interfaces faster and easier to deploy
The Duke team will use AI to make drugs more precise to avoid damage to the microbiome
