UCSD : Whitaker Institute

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History
In November 1991, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) established the Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBME) as an Organized Research Unit (ORU).

Our purpose is to provide academic research for promoting and coordinating interdisciplinary interaction among faculty and students at the interfaces of engineering, biology and medicine.

Dr. Shu Chien serves as the Director. Starting with thirty members, the WIBE now has over one hundred faculty and research scientists from the Schools of Engineering, Medicine, Natural Science, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), and members of neighboring institutions, including the Burnham Institute, the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, and the Scripps Research Institute.

As of July 1, 1999, with approval of the Governing Board of the Whitaker Foundation, we are pleased to announce our name change to the Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering (WIBE).

The WIBE facilitates academia-industry cooperation. We hold regular research seminars, workshops, and symposia to promote information exchange, generate new ideas and projects, and fosters interdisciplinary training of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

From 1991 to 1997, the WIBE was located in the Engineering Building Unit 1 (EBU1). With the completion of the Science and Engineering Research Facility (SERF), the WIBE, and its core facilities such as the confocal microscope, computer and imaging, and flow cytometry facilities, now resides in the SERF building.