School of Graduate Studies Calendar, 2019-2020 [-ARCHIVED CALENDAR-]
Biomedical Engineering
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The McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering (MSBE) offers programs leading to the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. The mandate of the school is to conduct interdisciplinary research and educational programs of internationally recognized excellence within a unique collaborative environment that leverages our existing expertise in medical sciences and engineering and that links current and emerging areas of molecular, medical and engineering research. The School is an equal partnership between the Faculties of Engineering and Health Sciences and also involves the Faculty of Science.
Students will be accepted into the program from both engineering/physical science and life/health sciences backgrounds. Students from engineering/physical science backgrounds require 4 year degree or equivalent with a minimum B+ average in their final 2 years of study (B.Sc., B.Eng., B.A.Sc.). Students from life/health sciences backgrounds require 4 year degree or equivalent with a minimum B+ average in their final 2 years of study (B.Sc., B.H.Sc., D.D.S., M.D.).
Enquiries: 905 525-9140 Ext. 23486
Email: biomedg@mcmaster.ca
Website: http://msbe.mcmaster.ca
Faculty/Fall 2019
Distinguished University Professors
John L. Brash, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Glasgow), P.Eng.,D.Hon.Caus. (ParisNord), F.B.S.E., F.R.S.C./Chemical Engineering
M. Jamal Deen, B.Sc. (Guyana), M.S., Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve), F.R.S.C., F.C.A.E., F.I.E.E.E., F.A.P.S. F.E.C.S.,F.A.A.A.S / Canada Research Chair in Information Technology/ Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professors
Gary M. Bone, B.Sc. (Queen’s), M.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng./Mechanical Engineering
Gianluigi Botton, B.Eng., Ph.D. (ÉcolePolytechnique de Montreal)/Materials Science and Engineering
Michael A. Brook, B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McGill)/Chemistry
Ian C. Bruce, B.Eng., Ph.D. (Melbourne). P.Eng/Electrical and Computer Engineering
Anthony K.C. Chan, M.B.B.S. (Hong Kong), F.R.C.P.(C)/Pediatrics
John Connolly, A.B. (Holy Cross), M.A. (Saskatchewan), Ph.D. Psychology (London)/Linguistics
Hubert de Bruin, B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng./Electrical and Computer Engineering
Wael El-Dakhakhni, B.Sc. (Ain Shams), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Drexel),P. Eng./Civil Engineering
Qiyin Fang, B.S. (Nankai), M.S., Ph.D. (East Carolina)/Engineering Physics
Warren Foster, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., FCAHS/Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cecile Fradin, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris), Ph.D. (Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris)/Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Geoff Hall, B.Sc. (Guelph), M.Sc., (Guelph), Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychology, Behaviour and Neuroscience
Jan Huizinga, Ph.D/Medicine
Markad V. Kamath, B.Eng. (Mysore), M.S., Ph.D. (I.I.T., Madras), Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng./Medicine
Ray Lapierre, B.Sc. (Dalhousie), M.Eng. (McMaster), Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng/Engineering Physics
Yingfu Li, B.Sc. (Anhui), M.Sc. (Beijing Agriculture), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)/Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Peter Margetts, B.Sc. (Queen’s), M.D., Ph.D. (McMaster), F.R.C.P.C./Medicine
Ram Mishra, B.Sc. (Udaipur), M.Sc. (LSU Medical Centre), Ph.D (Memorial)/Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences/ Co-Director
Kathryn M. Murphy, B.A. (Hons.) (Western), M.A., Ph.D. (Dalhousie)/Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour
Michael D. Noseworthy, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph), P.Eng./Electrical and Computer Engineering / Co-Director
Ishwar Puri, B.Sc. (Delhi), M.S., Ph.D. (California)/Mechanical Engineering
Jim Reilly, B.A.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng./Electrical and Computer Engineering
Herb Schellhorn, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D (North Carolina)/Biology
Henry Schwarcz, Ph.D. (Cal Tech)/Geography and Earth Sciences
Heather Sheardown, B.Eng. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto), P.Eng./Chemical Engineering
Shahin Sirouspour, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Sharif), Ph.D. (UBC), P.Eng/Electrical and Computer Engineering
Marek Smieja, M.D. (Western), M.Sc., F.R.C.P.(C), Ph.D. (McMaster)/Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Ranil Sonnadara, M.Sc. (Leeds), Ph.D. (McMaster)/Surgery
Jeffrey I. Weitz, M.D. (Ottawa), F.R.C.P.(C), F.A.C.P./Medicine
Judith West-Mays, H.B.Sc. (Wilfrid Laurier), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)/Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Janie Wilson, Ph.D., MASc. (Dalhousie)
Shiping Zhu, B.Eng. (Zhejiang), Ph.D. (McMaster), Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Academy of Engineering/Chemical Engineering
Igor Zhitomirsky, M.Sc. (Tver), Ph.D. (Moscow)/Materials Science and Engineering
Associate Professors
Christopher Anand, B. Math (Waterloo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill)/Computing and Software
Nicholas Bock, B.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Medical Physics
Varun Chaudhary, B.Sc., M.D. (McMaster), F.R.C.S.(C) (Toronto)/Surgery
Tohid Didar, B.Eng. (Sharif), Ph.D. (McGill)/Mechanical Engineering
Tom Doyle, B.E.Sc., B.Sc., M.E.Sc., Ph.D. (Western)/Electrical and Computer Engineering
Troy Farncombe / B.Sc.,(Calgary), M.Sc., Ph.D. (British Columbia)/Radiology
Ammar Gilani, F.Sc. (Sahiwal), M.B.B.S. (Punjab)/Medicine
Deda C. Gillespie, B.Sc. (Yale), Ph.D. (California-San Francisco)/Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour
Kathryn Grandfield, B.Sc., M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Uppsala University)/Material Science
Gary Hasey, M.D. (Alberta), F.R.C.P.(C.), M.Sc. (Toronto)/Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
Joseph E. Hayward, B. Eng., M. Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Todd Hoare, B.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (McMaster)/Chemical Engineering
Aleksandar Jeremic, Dipl.Ing. (Belgrade), M.S., Ph.D. (Illinois)/Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kim Jones, B.A.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Chemical Engineering
Jose Moran-Mirabel, B.Sc., M.Sc. (ITESM), Ph.D. (Cornell)/Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Aimee Nelson, B.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto), PD. (MIT), PDF (Toronto Western Research Institute)/Kinesiology
Cheryl Queeneville, B.A.Sc. (Queen’s), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Western)/Mechanical Engineering
Ponnambalam Selvaganapathy, B.S. (Madurai Kamaraj), M.S., Ph.D. (Michigan)/Mechanical Engineering
Leyla Soleymani, B.Eng. (McGill), M.Sc. (Southern California), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Engineering Physics
Stephen Tullis, B.Sc. (Cambridge), M.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Cambridge)/Mechnical Engineering
Gregory R. Wohl, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Calgary), P.Eng./Mechanical Engineering
Katherine Zukotynski, MD (Toronto)/Medicine
Assistant Professors
Zeinab Hosseini-Doust, B.Sc. (Sharif University of Technology), Ph.D. (McGill), PDF (Max Planck Institute)/Chemical Engineering
Zahra Keshavarz-Motamed, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Sharif University of Technology), Ph.D (Concordia) Mechanical Engineering, PDF (MIT) Biomedical Engineering
Oleg Rubel, M.Eng, Ph.D. (Zaporozhye State Technical University)/Materials Science and Engineering
Bill Hao Wang, BESc., MD, (Western)/Medicine, Neuroscience
Ryan Wylie, B.Sc. (Concordia), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Chemistry
Boyang Zhang, B.Sc. (Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Associate Clinical Professors
Dinesh Kumbhare, B.Sc., M.D. (Dalhousie), M.Sc. (McMaster), F.R.C.P.C./Rehabilitation Medicine
Mohammed Ali Warsi, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.D. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
Adjunct Members
Shelley Boyd, B.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.S.(C) (Toronto), D.A.B.O/Toronto
Yong Du, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Nankai), M.Sc. (East Carolina), Ph.D. (North Carolina)/Biomedical Engineering
Munir El-Desouki, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
Lyndon Jones, B.Sc. (Wales), Ph.D. (Ashton), FCOptom, DipCLP, DipOrth, FAAO (DipCL), FIACLE/Waterloo
Weiming Shen, B.Sc, M.Sc (Northern Jiaotong University), Ph.D. (University of Technology of Compiegne)/Software Engineering
Research in Biomedical Engineering
Research in the School of Biomedical Engineering and its M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. programs has four main themes:
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Research is ongoing in cardiovascular materials, ocular materials, biosensors, antibacterial materials, and bone-interfacing materials. Work in tissue engineering involves physiologic responses to biomaterials including inflammation, immunologic responses, coagulation, fibrosis, cell differentiation and infection. The use of encapsulation to isolate implanted cells from the host’s immune system is also under investigation.
Biomedical Imaging
Biomedical imaging research covers imaging of organs, tissues, cells and molecules in biological systems. Tissue and organ imaging research includes CT, SPECT, MRI, PET, and optical imaging of animals, tissues and cells. Facilities for animal imaging include SPECT/CT and PET for small animal imaging, and a small-bore MRI that can be used for clinical studies. Facilities for imaging of cells include: microscopes for confocal, spectral and time resolved imaging as well as fluorescence fluctuation analysis and high content screening.
Biomedical Technology
This field groups together a number of activities encompassing medical instrumentation (including software aspects), medical devices (hearing, orthopedics), biosensors, biophotonics, BIOMEMS, and medical robotics (including telerobotics).
Bioprocessing
Bioprocessing relates to the science and technology associated with the large scale production of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, food and other bioproducts. Activities include genetic engineering, reactor design, and downstream processing operations such as separation and purification.
World class facilities are available in the conduct of this research. These include the facilities of the following Centres and Institutes at McMaster: Antimicrobial Research Centre, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Health, Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, Brain-Body Institute, Henderson Research Centre, Juravinski Cancer Centre, Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, Centre for Electrophotonic Materials & Devices, McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute, McMaster Institute for Applied Radiation Sciences, McMaster Institute for Polymer Production Technology, The McMaster Biophotonics Facility, McMaster Biointerfaces Institute.
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