Program Overview

Graduate Certificate in Medical Robotics

Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Medical Robotics is designed to enhance the skills of Duke master's or PhD students in the field of medical robotics. This certificate program is a curricular partner of the Duke-led NSF Traineeship for the Advancement of Surgical Technologies.

Program Description

The program aims to shape the future of surgical robotics by providing students with the knowledge and skills to design and develop precision robots for surgical applications. Students will join a collaborative community of engineering and medical research professionals and complete four high-impact courses.

Certificate Requirements

• Robotics Core

  • Required:
    • ME 555 Introduction to Medical Robotics and Surgical Technologies, fall term only
    • ME 555 Medical Robotics and Surgical Technologies Team Project, spring term only

• Machine Learning

  • Select one:
    • COMPSCI 590-07 Applied Natural Language Processing
    • COMPSCI 571D/ECE 682D/STA561 D Probabilistic Machine Learning
    • ECE 590-03 Machine Learning in Adversarial Settings
    • ECE 590-06 Case Studies in Machine Learning Applications
    • COMPSCI 671 D/ECE 590D Machine Learning
    • COMPSCI 570/ECE 590D Artificial Intelligence
    • ECE 590-002 Introduction to Deep Learning
    • BME 590 -006 Machine Learning in Imaging
    • EGRMGMT 599 Machine Learning Principles and Applications
    • ME555 Data Drive Dynamics and Control

• Electives

  • Choose one:
    • ECE 590-26/ ME 555-28 Robotic Systems Design
    • ECE 590-25/ME 555-27 Autonomous Systems Engineering
    • ME555-28 Robotic Systems Design
    • ME 555-06 Introduction to Robotics
    • ME-555-04: Engineering Technology in Urology Applications
    • CS 527 Computer Vision
    • BME 590-001 Design Medical/Assistive Devices
    • BME 590-05 Biotech Design
    • BME 547 Medical Software Design
    • ECE 590-07 Human Centered Computing
    • I&E 721-01 Design in Healthcare
    • Surg Star Duke Surgical Technique and Review (STAR)
    • ME555-0? Lasers in Medicine
    • BIOETHIC 602S Law, Research & Bioethics
    • BIOETHIC 605S Contemporary Issues in Bioethics & Science Policy
    • BIOETHIC 704/LAW 333 Science, Law, & Policy
    • BIOETHIC603S Clinical Bioethics & Health Policy
    • BIOETHIC 605S Contemporary Issues in Bioethics & Science Policy
    • BIOETHICS680S Ethical Foundations of Innovative Technology Policy
    • BIOETHIC 704 Frontier Robotics
    • I&E Intellectual Property Law: Law, Policy and Practice
    • BME 590 Biomedical Device Innovation
    • I&E 590 01 Special Topics I&E Global Health Practicum
    • EGRMGMT 520 Intellectual Property Business Law and Entrepreneurship
    • EGRMGMT 590 Intellectual Asset Management

Eligibility

The program is open to students in the following graduate programs at Duke University: Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Science & Society.