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Explore the history, programs, activities, and areas of cooperation of the Biomedical Engineering Department at AUT. Learn about the faculty, research, collaborations, and the significant role of the department in advancing biomedical engineering in Iran.
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Biomedical Engineering Department1983 www.aut.ac.ir
Dr. Abbas NasiraeiMoghaddam Head of the Biomedical Engineering Department
History 1987the first step for Biomedical Engineering in Iran by the hand-cybernetics project and establishing Biomedical Engineering Laboratory in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering 1989 has won the Kharazmi prize for cybernetic hand 1994 Establishment of the first Biomedical Engineering Faculty at AUT with M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs in Bioelectric, Biomechanics and Biomaterials. 1995 Establishment of Bachelor programs starting with Bioelectrics field and then continued with Biomechanics and Biomaterials. 2004 Started online programs with Master program for the Management of Biomedical Informatics and then for Biomaterials and Tissue Eng.
…..Department Biomedical Engineering Programs(Undergraduate and Graduate)
Biomedical Engineering DepartmentAn Overview • Collaboration of more than 37full time academic staff. • Approximately 515 B.Sc. students, 198 M.Sc. students, and 156 Ph.D. students majoring in 3 main groups in undergraduate and 7 groups in graduate level.
Activities: • Academic • Research • Student Extra Curriculum
Academic Staff Professors: 4 Associate: 11 Assistant : 22 Lecturers: 2 Total : 39
Graduate Courses More than 38 courses offered for Msc. And Phd. Level. In each semester for 5 different group in the department.
Centers of Excellence: • Biomedical Engineering Department holds the center of excellent for 3 groups as follows: • Center of excellence for Biomecanical Engineering • Center of excellence for Biomaterial Engineering • Center of excellence for Bioelectrical Enginering
Areas of Cooperation: • Joint Supervision of M.Sc. and Ph.D. Research Work. • Joint Establishment of Research Labs. • Joint Research on Projects and Issues of Mutual Interest. • Conduct of Short Courses/Programs. • Field Studies and Visits, with the Purpose of Transfer of Science and Technology. • Providing Field and/or Laboratory Training to Foster the Hands-on Experience for Researchers and Students. • Exchange of Faculty Members for Sabbatical Leave, Research and Educational Collaborations.
Areas of Cooperation (continued) : • Holding Scientific Conferences on Topics of Mutual Interest • Providing Ph.D. Scholarship by both Sides for Teaching Staff & Students • Educational Workshops on Topics of Mutual Interest • Convening Educational Camps on Topics of Mutual Interest
Foundation Year of Biomedical Engineering Faculties remarkable growth 1994: Biomedical Engineering Faculty at AUT 19
Number of Faculty Members in Comparison with Other Independent Biomedical Engineering Faculties Number of faculty members in independent Biomedical Engineering Departments AUT
Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Amirkabir University of Technology Ranking in Middle East-2015 (SJR Index, among 16 Countries) http://www.scimagojr.com/
Biomedical Engineering faculty of Amirkabir University of Technology Ranking-2015 (SJR Index, among 174 Countries) دانشکده مهندسی پزشکی دانشگاه صنعتی امیرکبیر http://www.scimagojr.com/
Variety of research fields in comparison with other Biomedical Engineering Faculties
Educational and Research Directions of BME • Remarkable advances in recent years in medical care by collaboration between the two fields of engineering and medicine • The first Faculty of Biomedical Engineering in Iran • The only independent Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the main public universities in education and research • Having the highest educational standards both quantitatively and qualitatively • Providing state of art branches like master programs in “Management of Biomedical Informatics” online • Having the view of extending the new related fields faster in the future.
Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Amirkabir University of Technology in Comparison with Other Biomedical Engineering Programs in Iran دانشکده مهندسی پزشکی دانشگاه صنعتی امیرکبیر
Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Amirkabir University of Technology in Comparison with Other Biomedical Engineering Programs in Iran دانشکده مهندسی پزشکی دانشگاه صنعتی امیرکبیر 38% of noted faculty members of IRAN 51% of Published papers from IRAN 53% of Citations from IRAN Faculty members
Some of the research fields • Bio-MEMS • Biomaterials • Biosensors • Biorobotics • Gate • Robotic surgery • Biofluids • Laser • Speech analysis • Image processing • Bioinstrument
Centers of excellences • Center of excellence for Biomechanical Engineering • Center of excellence for Biomaterial Engineering