Spring 2027

Capstone Design Course in Biomedical Engineering

Capstone design course where senior teams apply classroom study and prior design experiences to solve a directed client-based biomedical engineering design project.

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Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=140 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=102 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.99 GPA, 99.3% A/AB (n=138 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics

  • an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors

  • an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences

  • an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts

  • an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives

  • an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions

  • an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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(B M E 300 or 301) and (B M E 310, 315, or 430, or PHM SCI 430 prior to Fall 2026)

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Professors

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=140 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=102 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.99 GPA, 99.3% A/AB (n=138 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Client-based biomedical engineering design projects addressing public health, safety, welfare, and global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
  • Team-based collaboration involving leadership, goal establishment, task planning, and objective achievement.
  • Experimentation development and conduct, data analysis and interpretation, and engineering judgment application.

Skills

  • Apply engineering design to produce solutions meeting specified needs while considering public health, safety, welfare, and global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
  • Function effectively on a team providing leadership, creating a collaborative and inclusive environment, establishing goals, planning tasks, and meeting objectives.
  • Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
  • Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments considering the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.

Grades

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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