M.S. in Mechanical Engineering - Quantitative Medical Engineering

Admission requirements follow the general admission rules for aerospace and mechanical engineering graduate programs. For admission requirements, refer to Viterbi Graduate Degrees and Requirements at USC Viterbi School of Engineering.

The Master's of Science in Mechanical Engineering- Quantitative Medical Engineering  prepares students who have backgrounds in mechanical engineering and related fields with the skills necessary to apply the essential principles of mechanical engineering to address medical issues pertinent to clinicians. It also aims to tackle the unique problems posed by space medicine, which demands engineers to not only be adept in aerospace and mechanical engineering but also capable of applying their knowledge to biological systems and medical challenges. This program is crucial not just to meet the growing needs of the industry but also to advance improvements in healthcare by combining mechanical engineering and transport principles, mathematical models, and medical knowledge.

Prominent biotech corporations are searching for engineers with strong backgrounds in these domains, capable of innovating solutions for clinical applications. Furthermore, the space industry is a rapidly expanding domain, necessitating new specialized approaches that are referred to as space medicine. Tackling the unique problems posed by space medicine demands engineers who are not only adept in aerospace and mechanical engineering but also capable of applying their knowledge to biological systems and medical challenges.

The M.S. in Mechanical Engineering - Quantitative Medical Engineering program requires completion of a minimum of 28 units with a 3.0 GPA overall. A minimum of 24 units must be 500-level courses. See details below.

• 4 units of Engineering Analysis Coursework:
  • AME 525 Linear Algebra in Engineering Science (4 units)
• 8 units of Quantitative Core courses. Choose two courses from:
  • AME 508 Machine Learning and Computational Physics (4 units)
  • AME 526 Partial Differential Equations for Engineering Applications (4 units)
  • AME 540 Probability and Statistics in Engineering Science (4 units)
• 12 units of Medical Engineering courses. Choose three courses from:
  • AME 416 Mechanics and Transport in Medicine and Biology (4 units)
  • AME 516 Thermal and Biological Transport Phenomena II (4 units)
  • AME 522 Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Vibrations, and Chaos (4 units)
  • AME 536 Biofluid Mechanics: Transport and Circulatory Systems (4 units)
  • AME 538 Low Reynolds Number Hydrodynamics and Biotransport Phenomena (4 units)
  • AME 514 Physiological Signals and Data Analytics (4 units)
• One Elective course. Choose from*:
  • AME 506 Continuum Mechanics (4 units)
  • AME 509 Applied Elasticity (4 units)
  • AME 515 Thermal and Biological Transport Phenomena (3 units)
  • AME 535a Introduction to Computational Fluid Mechanics (3 units)
  • AME 630 Transition to Chaos in Dynamical Systems (4 units)
  • BME 403L Physiological Systems (4 units)
  • BME 528 Medical Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Informatics Applications (4 units)
  • *with prior approval, a 500-level course aside from these may be considered to satisfy this requirement.