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Graduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering

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The Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering uses engineering, science and design principles to improve health care in the service of humanity. Our team provides excellent undergraduate and graduate educations, developing modern leaders and problem solvers. We guide students to live and work in meaningful and ethical ways while fostering collaboration and innovation with our industrial and academic partners.
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With a focus on collaboration, research at the MU-MCW Department of Biomedical Engineering integrates world-class engineers and faculty physicians with state-of-the-art facilities to enhance student enrichment while finding solutions to the world's modern healthcare challenges.
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Biomechanics & Rehabilitation Bioengineering

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Master's Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

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View upcoming and past Master's Theses & Doctoral Dissertations presented by graduate students at the Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Upcoming Defense Schedule

Justin Womack

Dissertation Title: Advancing Systems Biology: An Accessible Computational Platform and Integrated Model for Human Cell Cycle Regulation

Defense Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025

Mentor: Dr. Ranjan Dash

David Hughes

Dissertation Title: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Machine Learning Elucidate Core Attention Shifting Network and Context Specific Neural Mechanisms

Defense Date: Friday, November 21, 2025

Mentor: Dr. Adam Greenberg

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Pardis Taheri

Title: Unraveling Mechanisms in Hyperoxia-Induced Acute Lung Injury: An Experimental and Computational Study

Graduation Term: Fall 2025

Hail Kazik

Title: Delineating the Mechanisms of Early-Onset Calcification in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease

Graduation Term: Summer 2025

Robert Wujek

Title: Distinguishing Tumor Infiltration from Peritumoral Edema in Non-Contrast Enhancing Lesion of Glioma Using Machine Learning and Multiparametric MRI

Graduation Term: Summer 2025

Viren Shah

Title: Computational Modeling of CAR-T Cell Signaling and Function

Graduation Term: Summer 2025

Ruth E. Woehlke

Dissertation Title: "Exploring Novel Optical Elements to Improve Retinal Imaging in Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscopy"

Graduation Term: Spring 2025

Upcoming Thesis Presentations

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Chenghan Cai

Thesis Title: Cardiac and Coronary Hemodynamics: Using an Integrated Ex-vivo Beating Heat Experiments and Computational Modeling

Mentor: Dr. Lei Fan

Graduation Term: Fall 2025

Pouya Mirzaei

Thesis Title: A Post-Mortem Spatiomolecular Analysis of Perivascular Tumor Cell Survival Following Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy

Mentor: Dr. Bing Yu

Graduation Term: Fall 2025

Md. Imran Hossain

Thesis Title: Evaluating the ULF MRI (0.64T) Image Quality Through In Vivo Test-Retest

Mentor: Dr. Amit Joshi

Graduation Term: Summer 2025

Margaret M. Mayer

Thesis Title: Attenuation Characteristics of Military Boots

Mentor: Dr. Frank Pintar

Graduation Term: Spring 2025

Sarah Hayden

Thesis Title: Kinematics of Bowing the Re-Strung Violin

Mentor: Dr. Robert Scheidt

Graduation Term: Spring 2024

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Marquette University
Opus College of Engineering
1515 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53233

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8701 W Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

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