These two types of training are integrated by a series of coordinated biomedical engineering courses taught at the sophomore, junior and senior academic levels. A separate track is available for students planning to attend medical school. A clinical engineering internship has been developed with several hospitals in a multi-state area. The optional program provides a comprehensive experience, including a design project and clinical rotations. The interns spend one quarter of study in the hospital system under the supervision of the clinical engineering department at the site, receiving wages and college credit.
Industrial internships are also available.
The Biomedical Engineering Program attracts students of the highest quality. This pass rate is the same as the rate for the entire COES and the Louisiana average. The program continues to attract the best students in the university, many of whom come from out of state to study biomedical engineering here. Two examples of these outstanding students are Jasmine Beslagic and Solana Christiansen. The Outs tanding Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Student Scholarship for 1998-99 was awarded to Jasmine Beslagic, from Bosnia.