2012–2013 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

Protrack Cooperative Education Program
College of Engineering Protrack students can participate in up to
three cooperative education experiences within their career fields
that prepare them for full-time employment and typically higher
starting salaries after graduation. Students participating in the program
alternate semesters of academic study with 15-week full-time
professional work experiences related to their major or career interests.
The unique three-in-four curriculum structure of Protrack
allows a student to complete up to three paid cooperative education
experiences and graduate with a bachelor’s degree in four years.
The first opportunity is in the sophomore year after completion of a
course that prepares the student to succeed and get the most from
each cooperative education experience. The program entails alternating
each semester between work and study through the sophomore
and junior years. While at work, the student continues to
complete academic requirements online. The final year of academic
study is completed on campus.
Protrack puts students ahead financially both in the short- and
long-term. Cooperative education earnings serve as an additional
source of income that can be used for tuition or living expenses.
Professional Practice Programs
Students in the College of Engineering are encouraged to participate
in other professional practice opportunities offered by Florida
Tech to gain knowledge that is useful in better defining career
goals. The Office of Career Management Services allows qualified
undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to participate
in programs to gain valuable, practical experience in a chosen field
and earn some of the funds needed to further their education.
Options include full-time cooperative education opportunities, fulltime
summer internships and part-time internships.
NONDEGREE PROGRAM
General Engineering ________________________
College of Engineering
E.H. Kalajian, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Dean
A student who wishes to postpone the selection of a major may
enroll for up to one year as a general engineering student, following
the curriculum described below. This curriculum is designed to
allow students more time to become familiar with all College of
Engineering academic programs. Students are urged to select
degree programs as early in the year as possible; those who take the
courses listed below and no others for the entire freshman year may
have up to nine credit hours of coursework to make up later.
FALL CREDITS
ASC 1000 University Experience ............................................................ 1
CHM 1101 General Chemistry 1 .............................................................. 4
COM 1101 Composition and Rhetoric ...................................................... 3
EGN 1000 Introduction to Engineering ................................................... 3
MTH 1001 Calculus 1 ............................................................................... 4
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SPRING
COM 1102 Writing about Literature ........................................................ 3
CSE 1502 Introduction to Software Development with C++ or
CSE 1503 Introduction to Software Development
with FORTRAN ..................................................................... 3
MTH 1002 Calculus 2 ............................................................................... 4
PHY 1001 Physics 1 ................................................................................. 4
PHY 2091 Physics Lab 1 .......................................................................... 1
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Students in this program are advised by the college’s associate dean
of academic administration until a degree program is selected.
Once 30 credit hours (not including remedial courses) have been
successfully completed, the student is expected to select a degree
program. Acceptance into the desired degree program is automatic
unless the student has been academically dismissed.
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
Biomedical Engineering, B.S. __________________
major Code: 7048 Degree awarded: Bachelor of Science
age restriction: N admission status: undergraduate
Delivery mode/s: classroom only Location/s: main campus
Program Chair
Kunal Mitra, Ph.D.
Professors
Fredric M. Ham, Ph.D., Harris Professor, biosensors, bio-signal processing,
neural networks.
Samuel P. Kozaitis, Ph.D., automated feature extraction, image processing.
Kunal Mitra, Ph.D., short pulse laser-based systems, biomedical imaging,
therapy of cancer/tumor, bio-heat transfer modeling, radiation transport
modeling, ablation of hard and soft tissues, nanobiosensors, cellular
interrogation.
Research Professor
Ross Davis, M.D., neurophysiology, neurosurgery, central and peripheral
nervous systems, strokes and spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, intractable pain.
Associate Professor
Veton Z. Këpuska, Ph.D., human-machine interaction and communication,
speech recognition.
Assistant Professor
Razvan Rusovici, Ph.D., biological tissue behavior modeling, electromyography
study instrumentation.
Mission Statement
The mission of the biomedical engineering program is to pursue
excellence in biomedical engineering education, research and innovation
by imparting knowledge for improving human health. This
will be accomplished by offering innovative educational methods
and practices to solve technical issues in biology and medicine.
Graduate of our programs are highly skilled biomedical engineers
who understand the ethical, social and economic implications of
their work and will be able to fill diverse professional roles in industry,
graduate school and the medical professions.
Program Education Objectives
The educational objectives of the biomedical engineering program
are that a few years after graduation, alumni will demonstrate
they are technically competent in their engineering profession; are
actively employed in the careers related to healthcare and biomedical
engineering or entered the medical profession; are engaged
and provide leadership to their profession; and have completed
advanced degrees or professional development courses, or progressed
toward engineering registration.
Curriculum
Candidates for a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering
must complete the minimum course requirements as outlined in
the following curriculum. For definitions of electives for engineering
programs, see the Academic Overview section of this catalog.