Students
Who are our Students?
Courses & Scheduling
Funding Resources
Biomedical Engineering Computer Center
Resources
Look here for important deadlines! (BME Department Calendar)
Biomedical Engineering Society - OSU Chapter
Who are our students? Ask them!
The BME student body consists of approximately fifty MS and PhD seekers. About 20% have earned fellowships and scholarships, while roughly 50% have secured funding in the form of Graduate Administrative, Research, or Teaching Associateships (GAA, GRA, GTA).
Visit the websites of some current students and recent graduates of BME to learn more about the research they are doing:
Courses & Scheduling
All students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the rules governing graduate study. These can be found in both the Graduate School Handbook and the Biomedical Engineering Student Handbook.
Students are assigned a Core Faculty Contact upon arrival at the Department and are required to meet with them at least once per quarter to confirm registration plans. As students approach the end of the first year of the graduate curriculum, they should be creating a Program of Study and identifying a research area and Advisor. Communication with the Core Faculty Contact is critical at this time. General Requirements for the MS, General Requirements for the PhD, and A Customized Program of Study provide helpful summaries, though they are no substitute for the Curriculum Guidelines that can be found in the BME Student Handbook.
Dates for the Graduate Studies meetings to which all Programs of Study must be submitted for consideration and approval can be found by contacting the Graduate Studies Office. For help on timing, sequence of events, and preparing a program see Timelines.
Dates for graduation application and registration are posted in the Master Schedule of Classes each quarter. All students are responsible for knowing these dates, as well as the penalties that may result if these dates are missed!
For some helpful registration tips:
- Ohio State University On-line Services
- Biomedical Engineering Course List
- The OSU Course Bulletin
- The OSU Master Schedule Listing
Students who need to get permission to take courses may print Course Enrollment Permission Forms from the University Registrar website OR from the Graduate School website.
Funding Resources
Students who are awarded University Fellowships have the opportunity to explore research areas throughout their first year before finding a subsequent funding source. Other admitted students must embark on the funding search from the very start.
Current students seeking funding are encouraged to explore the following websites:
and should contact participating BME faculty whose research areas look interesting.
For more advice see: Financial Aid Tipsheet.
Changes in funding status, address, phone number, research direction, or advisor always should be reported to the Department's Graduate Studies Office so that we can provide the best and most efficient service to our students. It is important to activate an Ohio State email account and to check email often, as the university will communicate with students electronically regarding scheduling, grades, and other important information. The Department also sends announcements via the BME student email listserve. Students are encouraged to contact the BME Graduate Studies Office anytime at 292-7152 or senitko.1@osu.edu with questions, concerns, and updates. Graduate Associates or Fellows paid through the Department are welcome to contact Kirsten Gibbons, Administrator, at 292-1285 or gibbons.40@osu.edu with questions about required documents and payment details.
Computing Resources
The Biomedical Engineering Computing Center provides a state-of-the-art computing facility for students, faculty, and staff of the Biomedical Engineering Department. PC's, Macintosh, and SGI workstations with 3D imaging capabilities are available for classroom work and research in bioinstrumentation and biological signal processing, medical imaging, and physiological modeling. Standard language compilers and word processing packages are available on all computing platforms within the BME computing Center. Scientific plotting packages and presentation graphic tools are also provided.
The BME Computing Center provides access to the Ohio State University campus-wide SONNET network, where direct connections may be made to DEC and HP workstations, the Ohio Supercomputer Center, as well as several other computing facilities available on and off the Ohio State University campus.Currently, the Biomedical Engineering Computing Center supports three different computing platforms: PC, Macintosh, and SGI Unix workstations. For more information, contact Vlad Marukhlenko, Systems Manager, at marukhlenko.1@osu.edu.
Resources
- BME Department Calendar
- Seminars
- SP07 course list
- EMBS
- Spring 2004 Printer Usage
- Summer 2004 Printer Usage
- Autumn 2004 Printer Usage
- Spring 2005 Printer Usage
- Autumn 2005 Printer Usage
- Winter 2006 Printer Usage
- Spring 2006 Printer Usage
- Summer 2006 Printer Usage
- Autumn 2006 Printer Usage
- Winter 2007 Printer Usage
- Spring 2007 Printer Usage
- Summer 2007 Printer Usage
- Autumn 2007 Printer Usage
- Winter 2008 Printer Usage
- Lectures
- The Ohio State University Graduate School Handbook
- The Biomedical Engineering Center Graduate Student Handbook
- BMES