Best colleges for Bioengineering / Biomedical Engineering / Nanotechnology?

[msasi556]

<p>I'm really interested in Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine, Engineering, Genetic Engineering, developing new Pharmaceutical drugs, and Artificial Intelligence; or anything else that enhances/helps human intelligence and physical capabilities. </p>

<p>What colleges are best for these fields?</p>

[ricegal]

<p>It doesn’t really matter that much for undergraduate because you won’t get much coursework done in a specific area before graduate school. However, Rice is good for Nanotech, bioengineering, AI and engineering in general. There are a number of others - do a search for bioengineering on the threads of this website.</p>

[msasi556]

<p>also, do any schools offer any field related to robotics? I can’t seem to find anything close to building robots except for mechanical engineering?</p>

[wobudong]

<p>All of the top bioengineering programs offer programs that allow you to concentrate on the application of bioengineering to the discipline that interests you most. Agree that Rice stands out for nano, electrical and tissue engineering. GaTech is strong across the board but is outstanding in BioE and Mechanical. For AI and robotics check out Carnegie Mellon.</p>

[prateek92]

<p>For Nanotechnology and Biomedical eng. check out Northwestern. Both are ranked in the Top 4. Half the engineering school has something to with Nanotechnology, lol.</p>

[schrizto]

<p>

also, do any schools offer any field related to robotics? I can’t seem to find anything close to building robots except for mechanical engineering?

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<p>Computer science?</p>

[Trinity7]

<p>For robotics, Carnegie Mellon is the one.</p>

[frutiaspice]

<p>JHU for BME.</p>

<p>And the BE program at MIT is pretty good too (Shameless plug). I’m currently in the BE program here and it’s treating me pretty well. Plus if you want to switch to another engineering field, they are ALL HERE XD</p>

[RML]

<p>Aside from the schools mentioned above, UCSD.</p>

[Chardo]

<p>Check out SUNY Albany:</p>

<p>The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany is the first college in the world dedicated to research, development, education, and deployment in the emerging disciplines of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanobioscience, and nanoeconomics. With more than $5.5 billion in public and private investments, CNSE’s Albany NanoTech Complex has attracted over 250 global corporate partners - and is the most advanced research complex at any university in the world.</p>

[Colm]

<p>Cornell University, College of Engineering</p>

<p>[Walking</a> Robot Breaks Distance Record - MSNBC](<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38343718/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/]Walking”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38343718/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/)</p>

[rico2]

<p>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</p>

<p>[Rensselaer</a> Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies](<a href=“http://biotech.rpi.edu/]Rensselaer”>http://biotech.rpi.edu/)
[RPI</a> Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI)](<a href=“Office for Research”>Office for Research)
[Rensselaer</a> Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning Laboratory](<a href=“http://rair.cogsci.rpi.edu/]Rensselaer”>http://rair.cogsci.rpi.edu/)</p>

[Colm]

<p>Cornell University, list of engineering specialty links beyond post #11’s news blurb</p>

<p>[Welcome</a> to Biomedical Engineering at Cornell](<a href=“http://www.bme.cornell.edu/]Welcome”>http://www.bme.cornell.edu/)
[Nanotech</a> at Cornell’s Materials Science and Engineering](<a href=“http://mse.cornell.edu/mse/research/nanotechnology.cfm]Nanotech”>http://mse.cornell.edu/mse/research/nanotechnology.cfm)

[Center</a> for Nanoscale Systems at Cornell](<a href=“http://www.cns.cornell.edu/index.html]Center”>http://www.cns.cornell.edu/index.html)
[National</a> Biomedical Center for Advanced Electron Spin Resonance Technology at Cornell](<a href=“http://www.acert.cornell.edu/index.htm]National”>http://www.acert.cornell.edu/index.htm)
[Biomedical</a> Mechanics at Cornell](<a href=“http://biomech.mae.cornell.edu%5DBiomedical”>http://biomech.mae.cornell.edu)
[The</a> Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility](<a href=“http://www.cnf.cornell.edu/]The”>http://www.cnf.cornell.edu/)
[Department</a> of Biomedical Sciences at Cornell](<a href=“http://www.vet.cornell.edu/biosci/]Department”>Biomedical Sciences | Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine)
[Cornell</a> Center for Materials Research](<a href=“http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/]Cornell”>http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/)
[The</a> Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC) at Cornell](<a href=“http://www.nbtc.cornell.edu/]The”>http://www.nbtc.cornell.edu/)
[Weill</a> Cornell Medical College](<a href=“Weill Cornell Medicine”>Weill Cornell Medicine)
[Biomedical</a> Imaging & Instrumentation at Cornell](<a href=“http://www.bme.cornell.edu/bme/research/imaging.cfm]Biomedical”>http://www.bme.cornell.edu/bme/research/imaging.cfm)
[Nanotechnology</a> Instrumentation at Cornell](<a href=“http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/research/brochure/NNN/Nanotechnology_Instrumentation.cfm]Nanotechnology”>http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/research/brochure/NNN/Nanotechnology_Instrumentation.cfm)</p>

[Alt]

<p>Although currently far from prestigious and widely-know, the JSNN has no possibility but to prove itself at LEAST as serious a school as UNC’s Chapel Hill campus is today. I honestly shouldn’t risk my chances of getting in by linking this, but I think I jumped on the train early enough to at least get myself in the caboose to this thing going full-speed to the bank (and beyond).</p>

<p>[Gateway</a> University Research Park | Home](<a href=“http://www.gatewayurp.com/JSNN.html]Gateway”>http://www.gatewayurp.com/JSNN.html)
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[url=&lt;a href=“http://jsnn.ncat.uncg.edu/facility/overview.html]Joint”&gt;http://jsnn.ncat.uncg.edu/facility/overview.html]Joint</a> School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering | Overview<a href=“Facility%20overview”>/url</a></p>

[ATL_DANE]

<p>“What colleges are best for these fields?”</p>

<p>UAlbany was ranked #1 in the WORLD by Small Times Magazine for Nano Tech. The Nano College megacomplex has $6 billion worth of investment. There are 2500 scientists working at the college. Unmatched by any university including MIT, Georgia Tech or Cal Tech.</p>

<p>Do your own research. Keep in mind, it’s about the program not the university. Every university has its pros and cons.</p>

[Soundwave]

<p>I believe WashU has a pretty good bme</p>

[Orbit196]

<p>One school: John Hopkins. This is the golden school for all the things you mentioned. No contest here.</p>

[WillHeMakeIt]

<p>I’m sorry, but do JHU or WashU offer “program flying robot” courses? I have yet to see them…</p>

<p>[Cornell</a> Chronicle: Robot learning](<a href=“Home | Cornell Chronicle”>Home | Cornell Chronicle)
[Cornell</a> Chronicle: Robot programming for freshmen](<a href=“Home | Cornell Chronicle”>Home | Cornell Chronicle)</p>

[Alexandre]

<p>Boston University
Case Western Reserve University
Duke University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Rice University
University of California-San Diego
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
Washington University-St Louis</p>

[phantasmagoric]

<p>I’d add Stanford to the list. It’s top 10 in bioengineering and also offers biomechanical engineering, which seems especially relevant to anyone interested in the crossover between biology and mech engineering. Stanford’s also long been a leader in robotics, AI, engineering, genetics, and nanotech.</p>

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There is precedent for this collaborative model at Stanford. For instance, many of Stanford’s leading photonics, quantum, and nano researchers already work together in the university’s legendary Ginzton Laboratory. The Ginzton lab has an unparalleled history of innovations that include advances in microwave and radiation technology, lasers, fiber optics, superconductors, acoustic microscopy, biomedical imaging, projects that led to the creation of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and the first use of radiation in treating cancer, and the now-ubiquitous atomic force microscope that has triggered much of modern nanoscience. The breakthroughs have continued in new areas such as nanophotonics, quantum-engineered optoelectronics, and practical quantum devices.

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<p>Stanford recently finished building a 100,000 sq ft nano center, which adds to its previous nano facilities. And quite a few of Stanford’s top-notch researchers focus on nano:</p>

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Nearly 100 Stanford researchers, in departments throughout the university, are already using nanoscale techniques. Many are pursuing closely related work at the microscale, an area in which Stanford has considerable strength, so that nano facilities extend the continuum along which they can work. With the construction of the Nano Center, Stanford will be positioned to become the most productive university in the country in the nanoscale domain.

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<p>SLAC is a 2-mile long linear accelerator that does fundamental physics research, and some SLAC researchers also work at Stanford’s nano facilities as well.</p>

<p>This has a lot of info on Stanford’s nano research/facilities:</p>

<p><a href=“https://givingtostanford.stanford.edu/get/file/g2sdoc/Nano.pdf[/url]”>https://givingtostanford.stanford.edu/get/file/g2sdoc/Nano.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If interdisciplinary bio (with engineering, nanotech, nanomedicine etc.) is the interest, see this:</p>

<p><a href=“http://biox.stanford.edu/[/url]”>http://biox.stanford.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;