Engineering Clinics

The Clinic concept is the signature facet of Rowan's unique engineering curriculum. Inspired by the medical education model, the clinic program is the place where students, faculty, theory and engineering applications converge. It's the place where students experience a hands-on approach to learning about engineering, under the guidance of credentialed engineers. Clinics are a continuous and substantial part of the curriculum and thread the entire four-year undergraduate program.

Clinics deliver the following goals of the engineering curriculum:

Hands on - Students apply what they are learning about.
Integrated - Demonstrate correlations with supporting course work.
Multidisciplinary - Involve students as a community of problem solvers.
Teamwork - Emphasize the advantage of effective teaming.
Communication - Develop excellent oral and written communication skills.
Entrepreneurial - Reinforce value-based engineering.
Contextual - Help students understand the big picture.

First Year and Sophomore Year Clinics

Background and Partners

Junior / Senior Engineering Clinics in BME

The Biomedical Engineering Practicum is an opportunity for junior and senior biomedical engineering students to exercise hands-on, open-ended problem solving to contemporary issues through Rowan’s Engineering Clinic program. A required curriculum component, the program is designed to broaden experiences beyond the classroom through fundamental and applied experiences on biomedical engineering related projects. Students commit up to 2 years on projects sourced from research faculty, local entrepreneurs, health care professionals, non-profit organizations, and industry representatives. Under the mentorship of Rowan Engineering faculty, students are then guided in the scientific method, engineering design process, experimental techniques, data analysis and presentation, and scientific writing. Using Rowan’s state-of-the-art engineering facilities, students work together in multi-disciplinary teams with graduate students, faculty, and collaborators to solve pressing problems.

Within the BME Practicum, students represent the College and University as ambassadors during their collaboration with multi-disciplinary professionals both within and outside the University, and students have successfully published in peer-reviewed journals, presented at regional, national, and international conferences, authored/licensed intellectual property developed during their work, and led start-up companies.

Student Testimonials

“Working in a research lab with graduate students and a faculty advisor in my BME Practicum was a wonderful opportunity to apply theory to real-world problems. It allowed me to explore my interests and gave me an opportunity for work experience even as an international student. I also got to co-author two manuscripts, which gave me a leg-up when applying for graduate school. It was an enriching experience!”

Shanna Davidson, BME Graduate ‘17

Doctoral student, University of Pittsburgh

“My experience in the BME clinic helped me realize my true passion for research and biomedical engineering. I definitely consider myself to be a hands-on learner, so my clinic courses allowed me to really understand crucial engineering concepts better than only lecture-based courses. More importantly, my clinics taught me to be a confident and independent researcher, which has helped me in my current Ph.D. program!”

Ronnie LaMastro, BME Graduate ‘19

Doctoral student, Brown University

"The BME Practicum/Clinic gave me insight into real-world problem solving that I couldn't have gotten from typical coursework. My team and I gained hands-on experience in product development and, perhaps even more importantly, I had the opportunity to work with professionals in industry. These encounters also helped to expand my network beyond the university while simultaneously providing me skills for effective communication.”

Winnie Cross, BME Graduate ‘20

Masters student, Duke University

Engineering Clinics

Engineering Clinics