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BME Instructional Lab

Our state-of-the-art USF Medical Engineering teaching laboratory facility is located on the 7th floor of Interdisciplinary Sciences Building (ISA 7032).

The layout of this BME instructional lab includes two bays; a dry lab and a BSL-2 wet lab for teaching basic methods in cellular and molecular biology and engineering. The dry lab supports bioinstrumentation, physiological measurements and data acquisition systems for several core courses.

While the wet lab is used to introduce students to fundamental tissue culture and regenerative medicine laboratory techniques. This lab is equipped with relevant biological equipment such as Class II Biosafety Cabinets, inverted microscope, Sterile-Cycle CO2 incubators, a cryotank, refrigerator and freezers (-20 C & -80 C).

students in lab

In the dry lab, there are 32 computer workstations with a projector that enables extension and interaction with all the student computer stations. This Lab is equipped with engineering software, a complete instrumentation hardware setup (see list below) for each station, and a workspace for capstone design projects.

Lab Information

Location: ISA 7032/ 7033B

Hours: Open access during instructional time, other times card access is required.

Contact: Department Office ISA 7031

Courses Supported

  • BME 4056C
  • BME 4057C
  • BME 4882
  • BME 4883

Available Software

  • MS Office 2016
  • MATLAB
  • LTSpice
  • COMSOL Multiphysics
  • iWorx LabScribe
  • Solidworks
  • Spiker Recorder
  • AutoCAD
  • GrabCAD