Biomedical engineering: modeling and control of physiological systems, medical instrumentation and biosignal processing, pattern recognition and image processing (texture analysis, image classification, and segmentation) in medicine, assistive technology to aid persons with disabilities, cardiac anatomy, electrophysiology, and mechanics and resuscitation, neural engineering.<br>Thesis or nonthesis option-minimum of 30 credits in science and engineering with a minimum of 16 credits in graduate-level electrical engineering courses. One credit of the departmental seminar (ELE 601 and/or 602) is required of all students. Up to two credits of seminar may be used toward the 30-credit master's requirement. Individual programs are designed in accordance with students' backgrounds and interests, but require departmental and Graduate School approval. For the thesis option, the thesis counts as six to nine credits. For the nonthesis option, a written master's examination and one course involving significant independent research and a substantial paper are required.