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Dr. P is one of the best professors I've ever had. I had the pleasure of having him as my advisor for 2 semesters on top of BME 201 and he truly cares so deeply about all of his students. He can be tough on you at times but it comes from the desire for his students to succeed!Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Puccinelli was a really great professor as he clearly explained the fundamental biomaterials concepts for out group's bone graft project and in introducing the equipment we'd use in the teaching lab.Rate My Professors ↗
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BME 200 is a client-centered biomedical engineering design project course.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=138 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.90 GPA, 99.2% A/AB (n=123 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 98.5% A/AB (n=134 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025BME 300 focuses on leadership and design analysis through client-centered projects.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=96 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.95 GPA, 99.2% A/AB (n=129 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=115 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025BME 399 offers directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026A senior capstone course where teams apply prior design experiences to solve a directed client-based biomedical engineering project.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025BME 511 teaches multi-disciplinary laboratory techniques and engineering analysis for generating biological substitutes in tissue engineering.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.92 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.85 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleA seminar on current topics at the biology-engineering interface, emphasizing engineering contributions to biological advances.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
BME 790 is a Master's Research and Thesis course conducted under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
BME 799 is an advanced independent study course conducted under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2023 · limited sample| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | BME 200 | Biomedical Engineering Design |
| Fall 2026 | BME 300 | Biomedical Engineering Design and Leadership |
| Fall 2026 | BME 399 | Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | BME 400 | Capstone Design Course in Biomedical Engineering |
| Fall 2026 | BME 511 | Tissue Engineering Laboratory |
| Fall 2026 | BME 517 | Biology in Engineering Seminar |
| Fall 2026 | BME 790 | Master's Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | BME 799 | Advanced Independent Study |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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