Students are expected to propose a plan of study that supports their interests, potentially including distinctive intellectual paths unconstrained by disciplinary boundaries and enriched by interdisciplinary synergies.

Most graduate study is advanced through the research thesis and disseminated through contributions to the peer-reviewed literature, presentations at professional meetings, and in some cases patents and other forms.

We seek to foster stimulating and accessible intellectual communities among students and faculty interested in BME within Thayer, across Dartmouth, and among researchers and practitioners from around the US and the world.

These fields include:

• Imaging and physics
• Biomechanics
• Devices and diagnostics
• Molecular engineering

Individualized plans of study are developed by students with their faculty mentors pursuant to gaining both a broad understanding of science and engineering relevant to BME, and also depth in one or more technical areas within the student's focus area. Technical depth is addressed through courses often relevant to the research areas listed above.