生物材料是一个令人兴奋且迅速发展的领域。工程材料越来越多地用于医学应用（例如药物输送，基因治疗，组织工程支架，身体部位替换以及生物医学和外科手术设备），而对天然生物材料中结构属性关系的理解可能会导致对生物材料的干预措施的改进。各种各样的疾病和伤害。因为它是高度跨学科的（涉及材料科学，工程，生物学，化学和医学的元素），所以生物材料作为一门学科需要对一般材料的特性，尤其是材料与生物环境的相互作用有深入的了解。
Developing innovative technologies to address biological challenges from wound healing and organ transplants to slowing the spread of cancer throughout the body.<br>Biomaterials is an exciting and rapidly developing field. Engineered materials are increasingly used in medical applications (such as drug delivery, gene therapy, scaffolds for tissue engineering, replacement body parts, and biomedical and surgical devices) while an understanding of structure-property relationships in natural biomaterials may lead to improved interventions for a wide variety of diseases and injuries. Because it is highly interdisciplinary (involving elements of materials science, engineering, biology, chemistry and medicine), biomaterials as a discipline requires a deep understanding of the properties of materials in general, and the interactions of materials with the biological environment in particular.<br>The biomaterials concentration is designed to provide a broad basis in the fundamentals of materials science and engineering, as well as a particular emphasis on the principles and applications of biomaterials. While the fundamental principles of materials science still apply, a complete understanding of biomaterials and their interactions with biological environments requires a greater degree of specialization than the standard undergraduate curriculum provides. The biomaterials curriculum includes topics such as biomimetic materials, natural biomaterials, host responses to biomaterials, biocompatibility, and applications of biomaterials, particularly in tissue engineering, drug delivery, and medical devices and implants. Our goal is to train students who can apply these principles to the development of novel materials that benefit human health. In recognition of completion of the Biomaterials concentration, a student may elect to have their academic transcript annotated to indicate a concentration in Biomaterials. To receive commendation for completion of the Biomaterials concentration, the student must complete three electives, whose subject matter is some aspect of Biomaterials, Molecules and Cells as a Science & Engineering elective, a biomaterials laboratory course, and complete a biomaterials-related senior design project. Approval of electives must be made by a student's academic advisor prior to taking the courses, and the senior design project must be pre-approved by the senior design instructor.