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Department of Biomedical Engineering Research

At Stevens, research in biomedical engineering blends hands-on learning with meaningful discovery. Students work closely with faculty on projects that explore how engineering can help solve real problems in medicine and human health.

Our research covers a range of areas, including tissue engineering, medical imaging, biomechanics, neuroengineering, and rehabilitation. Whether you're studying how tissues respond to stress, building new diagnostic tools, or analyzing movement to improve recovery after injury, you'll find opportunities to dig into challenging questions with the support of experienced mentors.

With access to modern lab spaces and a collaborative environment, students don’t just observe research—they take part in it. It's a chance to build skills, ask questions, and contribute to work that has real impact.


Leading What's Next

Discover three standout stories that offer a glimpse into the groundbreaking work happening in biomedical engineering at Stevens.

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Continuing Ground-Up Approach to Studying Baseball Pitching Mechanics

Biomedical Engineering professor Antonia Zaferiou and her team worked with high school pitchers to study if impulses generated by the legs correlate with ball speeds of fastballs and changeups.

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A Promising New Treatment for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Stevens professor Jennifer Kang-Mieler works with universities of California-Davis, Illinois, Wisconsin and others to engineer and test a novel microsphere-hydrogel delivery for medicine, requiring fewer injections, to treat a common vision complication of aging.

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Using Personalized Stem Cell Therapy to Repair Damaged Tracheas

Stevens biomedical engineering professor Jinho Kim received a $895K Department of Defense Grant to develop bioengineered tissues to treat failing and injured windpipes.


Research Areas

Stevens researchers explore the frontiers of biomedical engineering across core areas like biomechanics, imaging, neuroengineering and more. Through collaborative labs and faculty expertise, we’re advancing healthcare solutions that impact lives.

A patient is wired to biomechanical machinery with virtual reality glasses alongside a monitor.Biomechanics

Use mechanical analysis to interpret and influence biological behavior from the cellular scale to the level of whole-body motion. The following faculty perform research in biomechanics:



A dancer is wired with motion capture sensors while posing under blue light.Control Systems

Use control system theory to improve rehabilitation for individuals with movement disabilities due to spinal cord injury and other causes. The following faculty perform research in control systems:


Perlman Lab ImageEngineering Physiology

Apply engineering principles to increase physiologic understanding of and develop new therapies for the reproductive, pulmonary and central nervous systems. The following faculty perform research in engineering physiology:



3D illustration of optical coherence tomography.Imaging

Develop new methods to improve the sensitivity and speed of medical imaging modalities such as optical coherence tomography. The following faculty perform research in imaging:


A test subject wearing a wired plastic and metal engineering sleeve on the arm.Neuroengineering

Apply engineering principles to develop new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. The following faculty perform research in neuroengineering:



Hongjun Wang and Christian Buckley in a Stevens lab.Tissue Engineering

Develop 3D cultured tissue constructs for testing new drugs and replacing injured tissue. The following faculty perform research in tissue engineering:


Research Video Library

Learn more about research in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Visit our YouTube channel playlist.

Semcer lab

Research at the Leading Edge

The Department of Biomedical Engineering is home to the Semcer Center for Healthcare Innovation, a state-of-the-art tissue engineering lab and hub for interdisciplinary biomedical research. Serving as a launchpad for groundbreaking biomedical research, the Center for Healthcare Innovation is located in the state-of-the-art Semcer Lab, which features a 3,000 square foot space with a 3D tissue culture lab, a dedicated room for DNA amplification and a chemical cove.