Bioengineering research at Caltech focuses on the application of engineering principles to the design, analysis, construction, and manipulation of biological systems, and on the discovery and application of new engineering principles inspired by the properties of biological systems.

Areas of research emphasis include: biodevices, bioimaging, bioinspired design, biomechanics, biomedical engineering, cell and tissue engineering, molecular programming, synthetic biology, and systems biology.

Graduate Visiting Day
February 24, 2012

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The Caltech Bioengineering Department is a top-ranked graduate program in the 2010 National Research Council rankings for Biomedical and Bioengineering.

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2011 Draper Prize Lecture - Directed Evolution
November 9, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
153 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall

For the second year the Times Higher Education world university rankings has ranked Caltech as number one in the subject of engineering and technology. [View Rankings] [Caltech Feature]

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