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Academics
Training, Seminars, Lab Meetings, Fellowships, Conferences
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Curriculum
- Coursework: Credit Requirements
- BME PhD Student Handbook
- Whitaker School of Engineering: PhD Coursework
- Biology: 18 credits (either via first year of med school [Molecules and Cells, Immunology, Neuroscience, Physiology] or classes in the departments of biology, neuroscience, cognitive neurosciences, etc [must have molecular/cellular and systems bio])
- Engineering: 18 credits (must be 400 level or above, including two semester-long courses must be 600 level, at least one of which must have a strong theory component that talks about theoretical methods and engineering tools; [e.g.: probability, statistics, stochastic processes, using differential equations, signal processing, mechanics, transport]
- When you choose your classes, consider courses that can also be tested on your GBO (Graduate Board Oral Exam). More info and advice can be found on the neuroengineering blog.
- Everyone needs to register for "Special Studies and Research in Biomedical Engineering," 210.801-802.
- Registration
- To register, you'll need to pick up a form from the Registrar's Office in Broadway Research Building. (Alternatively, one will be mailed to you, but we've had a few mixups via mail in the past, so... just in case, they're located in BRB.) Then, you'll select your courses by looking through the medical courses list (also available at BRB or in the mailing) and/or through the Homewood Registrar's website.
- The Homewood Course Schedule only shows classes that will be offered for the closest upcoming semester. Classes will often be added after the registration deadline, so be sure to check the website again a week or so before the school year begins.
- Courses on the med campus usually begin during the last week in August (the week directly after Orientation). They're taught in large blocks -- for example, you'll have two weeks of genetics, take your final, and then never be tested on it again, and follow with two weeks of immunology, etc.
- Add/Drop Dates: Fall 2007
- School of Medicine: mid-point of course
- School of Public Health: September 13, 2007
- School of Arts & Sciences and Engineering: October 19, 2007
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GBO: Graduate Board Oral Exam
- Requirements, as determined by the Hopkins GBO Committee:
- According to this memo from the GBO Board, at least THREE WEEKS BEFORE your GBO exam date, you need to turn in the BME2007_GBO_FORM (.pdf) (Also available on the Download page)
- 1) The faculty members eligible to sit on a Graduate Board Exam are strictly limited, generally to full-time faculty at the level of Assistant Professor and above in degree-granting departments; it is difficult to obtain permission for a member of a clinical department or a faculty member from the part-time (evening college) programs;
- 2) At least two of the examiners must be from outside the student's program; for BME, inside examiners are any member of the BME Department or the BME Committee.
- 3) There must be at least one associate or full professor on the committee.
- PhD Handbook: GBO Requirements
- Summary of Requirements:
- Committee Members: two professors from within the Biomedical Engineering Department and three from outside the BME Dept
- Committee Chairman: will be the highest-ranking (Associate Professor or Professor) outside faculty member on the committee that is not your research advisor
- Content: must include some engineering, some math, and some biology
- Paperwork: at least THREE WEEKS BEFORE the GBO, you need to download the GBO form and turn it into Hong Lan, our course administrator; she'll turn it into the Hopkins GBO Committee, and hopefully they'll approve your committee. If they don't approve it, then you need to revise your committee members according to their requirements.
- Link to Previous GBO Committees:
- Helpful Tips:
- Take at least a month off from lab and study.
- Schedule a "Mock GBO" a week or more before your "real" GBO. Look through the lists for students who've had the same professors on their committees. Ask them to act like the professors and drill you with questions. (This REALLY helps.)
- Arrange for coffee and/or refreshments for your committee members. That way, no one will be grouchy or hungry while testing you. If you're doing your GBO in Talbot Library on the JHMI campus, you can schedule a catering-ish event w/ the Daily Grind (located in Broadway Research Building).
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TA-ing
- PhD Handbook Info: TA
- Each PhD student needs to have TA'd two courses by the end of their fourth year. One of these courses must be a core requirement for the undergraduate program, like Molecules and Cells or Systems Bioengineering.
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Ethics
- Email from Catherine Will (JHMI Manager of Student & Recruitment Programs):
It is anticipated that all graduate students will be required to take a
research ethics course pending a vote at the MA/PhD committee meeting. There
are four courses that would satisfy the requirement: CORE, the Neuroscience
or BCMB research ethics courses or the Research Ethics course being
sponsored by our office. The Office of Graduate Student Affairs (OGSA) Research Ethics course
requires that students take the Fall and Spring sessions.
- There's ample opportunity for reforming this requirement! If you've got ideas, email our PhD Council Chairmen or the webmaster.
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Homewood
- More information coming soon!
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JHMI
- Neuroengineering Student Summer Seminar
- Wednesdays: 1:00p
- JHMI/Hearing Science Library (Ross 529)
- Currently finished for the season; will be organized again next summer
- More information coming soon!
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| Seminar Links by Group
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| Seminar Links by Department
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Homewood
- More information coming soon!
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JHMI
- Sensorimotor Journal Club
- Thursdays at Noon (Talbot Library / Traylor 709)
- More information coming soon!
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NeuroEngineering Training Initiative (NETI)
- Google-Group/Mailing List for New Students:
- Websites:
- Contacts:
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| PhD Stipend
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| Fellowships
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Travel
- More information coming soon!
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American
- BMES: Biomedical Engineering Society
- SFN: Society for Neuroscience
- More information coming soon!
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International
- IEEE: Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers
- ISMRM: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- MICCAI: Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention
- More information coming soon!
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Neuroengineering
- Neuroengineering conferences are listed on the Neuroengineering Resources Page
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| GBO Committees
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Thesis Committees
- Biomedical Micro-/Nano-Technologies and Instrumentation
- Cardiovascular Systems
- Cell and Tissue Engineering / Biomaterials
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- Imaging
- Molecular and Cellular Engineering Physiology
- Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
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