Want to do something you love? Find out if biomedical engineering could be your college major—or even your career. Identify and diagnose injured and diseased bodily structures and employ cutting-edge surgical techniques and biomedical engineering principles to design, prototype, and test solutions. You’ll have the chance to work in advanced research labs and connect with medical professionals as you innovate in the field.
Highlights
- Decellularize Tissue—Take on a cardiac tissue bioengineering challenge designed in partnership with Dr. Glenn Gaudette, Chair of the Department of Engineering at Boston College. You’ll perform a lab-based decellularization technique, an essential process for harvesting an appropriate substrate for growing human cardiac tissue.
- Explore Medical Ethics + Case Studies—Confront contentious issues in the field of bioengineering through real-world case studies in stem cell research, gene editing, and synthetic biology.
- Design + Prototype a Medical Device—You’ll design and build prototypes of an original medical device using cutting-edge materials and techniques.
- Perform Tests in an Advanced Research Lab—Visit the Northeastern University Bioengineering Research Lab to conduct a strength test of a broken bone, apply a 3D-printed orthopedic implant, and re-test the strength of the surgically repaired bone.
Program Description
In Surgical Interventions + Biomedical Engineering, you’ll design and implement a medical intervention. Stat by interpreting medical images and use them to diagnose illnesses and injuries in animal specimens. With a diagnosis in hand, you’ll design a medical solution, check its viability with scaled prototypes, then surgically implant the device you design and build into your specimen. Through simulated surgeries and with advice from medical experts, you’ll discover how the latest biomedical technology is being used to create cutting-edge solutions for the most pressing medical challenges society faces today. Gain experience with medical interventions such as: clearing a clogged artery, engineering a replacement MCL, and designing a reconstructive device to heal a bone fracture. As you practice thinking like a biomedical innovator, you will decide among various options for sharing and scaling technologies, whether it be by launching a biomedical start-up, pioneering a new drug, or conducting clinical research.
Summer Fun in Greater Boston
At EXPLO, you’ll start building a future while having unforgettable summer fun, from foodie tours, sports events, and cruises in Boston to unwinding at movie nights, spa nights, and concerts on the Wellesley College campus.
Get College-Ready
EXPLO’s Career Concentrations can be college application boosters. You can earn college credits while still in high school, tour Boston-area colleges and universities, and include your completed work in college applications portfolios.
College credit is available through Sarah Lawrence College and Hampshire College.
Session Dates: July 21 – August 9, 2024 (Residential), July 22 - August 8, 2024 (Commuter)
Tuition: $7,895 (Residential), $3,995 (Commuter)
Tuition at EXPLO is all-inclusive in nature: it includes all programming costs, course supplies, room and board, food, evening programs, and entertainment.
Industry-leading Program/Travel Protection plans are available.