Fast Facts

Big Steps that Lead to the Next Giant Leap in Healthcare Innovation

The Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering is a leading biomedical engineering enterprise with recognized education and translational research programs. The School fosters strong academic, industrial and clinical ties that create a dynamic and uniquely productive environment for experiential learning and technology development. The Weldon School is solving an expanded set of healthcare problems and improving the lives of patients worldwide.

Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship

  • 220+ U.S. patents, over half licensed to company partners (FY12-FY23)
  • $35M+ licensing royalties over the past two decades
  • 33+ companies started; $75M+ venture capital raised
  • More than 10 million patients worldwide directly helped

Dynamic and Growing Faculty

  • 37+ core faculty members
  • 25% of faculty are women
  • Actively recruiting for growth in Indianapolis
  • 14 NSF CAREER awardees and 11 AIMBE fellows
  • Recognized by NIH Pathfinder, MIRA and PECASE Awardees
  • National Academy of Inventors (NAI) fellows
  • 2 Fullbright Scholars
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA)

State-of-the-Art Facility and Endowment

  • $25M, 91,000 gsf Martin C. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering
  • $18M, 30,000 gsf Innovation Wing expansion
  • $10M endowment from Weldon family created first named engineering school at Purdue
  • $14M/yr extramural expenditures

Clinical Translation

  • NIGMS-funded Medical Science Training Program (MSTP) with Indiana University School of Medicine
  • 25 physician engineers (MD-PhD BME) trained to date; 19 currently in training
  • Active translational component of NIH-supported Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
  • Founding member of Crossroads Pediatric Device Consortium with Riley Hospital for Children and Cook Medical

Engineering Educational Programs

  • 500+ undergraduates in ABET-accredited program
  • 145+ doctoral students and 80+ masters students
  • Extensive industrial and global partnerships for experiential learning and employment
  • Robust programs for industry-minded students including online degree programs
  • Professional Masters Program includes Regulatory Affairs and Regulatory Science Certificate
  • More than 1,500 alumnae/alumni

Expanding Research and Innovation

  • Nearly $20M in total annual research awards; 25% from industry
  • Federal research funding doubled over past 10 years
  • 22+ postdoctoral fellows; 15 full-time research staff
  • Numerous applied research partnerships including Cook Medical, Eli Lilly and OrthoPediatrics
  • Main site for Emergent Mechanisms in Biology of Robustness, Integration & Organization (EMBRIO) Institute sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF)