Because of our unique structure and approach to engineering, for example, the lack of formal boundaries between engineering disciplines, our research is highly interdisciplinary and often includes connections to other departments on campus outside of the School. Brown Engineering offers Graduate Programs focused on the following research areas:
The Biomedical Engineering program at Brown provides cutting-edge, interdisciplinary, graduate-level education at the interface of engineering, biology, and medicine. The program features an interdisciplinary approach in four complementary research areas: tissue engineering/regenerative medicine, neuroengineering/imaging, biomaterials/nanotechnology, and biomechanics.
The Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering program (CBE) applies chemical and engineering sciences to emerging technologies and their impacts on human health and the environment. Specific research thrusts include environmental remediation, biotechnology, biotransport processes, chemical nanoscience, carbon-based materials, and thermal and electrochemical energy conversion.
The Electrical Sciences and Computer Engineering group is divided into solid state and quantum electronics (SSQE) and computer engineering. Research topics include projects in experimental laser sciences, semiconductors, optoelectronics, condensed matter physics, nanoscience and technology, biophotonics, and bioengineering. The computer engineering group has topics in multimedia signal processing, medical imaging, computer vision, 3D photography, speech processing, image understanding, design and test of digital integrated circuits, computer architecture, physical integrated circuit design, and nanoscale system design.
Research in the Fluids and Thermal Sciences group focuses on a broad range of disciplines and applications including fundamental fluid dynamics and heat transfer, micro- and nanoscale fluids, complex fluids, biotechnology, acoustics, thermodynamics and energy sciences.
The Materials Science focuses on a fundamental understanding of the different types of materials and the interrelationship between processing, structure, and materials properties.
The Mechanics of Solids group fosters a balanced program that integrates the perspectives of continuum mechanics, structure of matter, and materials science.
The Program in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Engineering (PRIME)merges engineering science and design with innovation and entrepreneurship.
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After you review our website and/or visit the School you will see first hand how interdisciplinary we really are. Just to give you a ‘flavor’ of how integrated the School is on the campus, we have joint research efforts with the Department of Neuroscience, where engineers work with neuroscientists to develop electronic chips to be implanted in the brain, efforts between engineering and archeology utilizing vision algorithms to reconstruct archeological finds, and a research consortium of engineering faculty, faculty in biology and medicine, and sociology to understand the toxic and societal perceptions of nanotechnology.
A new masters program enables students with an engineering or science background to apply these skills to the development of high technology and innovation. Named the Program in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (PRIME) Engineering, students participate in a interdisciplinary experience interwoven with entrepreneurship, innovation, and globalization, with the overarching theme of learning how to develop and create value out of embryonic ideas ‘floating’ around the engineering and science research enterprise.
