Research is an important mission of the department; it plays a crucial role in enriching the intellectual experience of students, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Students work closely with faculty on frontier research projects. Research results have attracted funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Health, and a variety of local and national industries.

Below is a list of the research projects currently active in the biomedical engineering program. Included with some of these descriptions are lists of the courses specialized to each area, and the faculty involved in each area.

Biomedical Engineering:

		Partnership in Physiological Measurements and Computing
		Assistive Technology Laboratory
		Experiential Neurophysiology
		Dr. Vetters Stuff

The Biomedical Engineering Internship at URI

Since 2000, the Biomedical Engineering Program at the University of Rhode Island has been involved in a collaborative arrangement with the State of Rhode Island's Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals (MHRH).  More specifically, the arrangement provides the funds for an internship, and is primarily directed towards the Eleanor Slater Hospital (ESH), a 628 bed public hospital treating patients with acute and long term medical illnesses as well as patients with psychiatric disorders.  The goal of our collaboration is to design, develop, and prototype electrical devices that allow patients of extremely limited physical abilities, i.e. para- and quadriplegic patients, ALS patients, and head trauma patients, to name but a few serious conditions, to interact with their environment and provide them with a measure of independence.  In edition to the Slater Hospital in Cranston, RI, the internship also serves the Zambarano Unit of Eleanor Slater Hospital in Pascoag, RI.

Write us at: 4 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881-0805, USA.
Phone: 401-874-2505, Fax: 401-782-6422.
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