Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering - Smart Materials for Healthcare

Syracuse University

The next generation of medical treatments for disease will rely heavily on the development of new nanostructured biomaterials and smart medical devices that can sense, interact with, respond to and control their environment. These advances will result from a combination of new biomaterials, nano-based design and manufacturing, and increased understanding and control of the chemistry, physics and biology present at the device-tissue interface. Advances in biomaterial technology will also address many of the medical challenges associated with devices currently in use, such as compatibility with host tissues, corrosion, medical-device associated infection, non-specific organ toxicity, among others. Understanding the performance of these biomaterials and devices in the body is essential for maintaining safety and efficacy of medical devices and for discovering new knowledge about material-body interactions.

The College of Engineering and Computer Science