Integrated Engineering Programs
Integrated Engineering
GVSU’s Department of Integrated Engineering is the collaborative home for people, programs, and projects that span multiple engineering disciplines and incorporate engineering with other fields. The department unites Interdisciplinary Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Occupational Safety & Health.
Occupational Safety & Health Management
Interdisciplinary Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
The Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety and Health Management (OSHM) degree at Grand Valley is designed to equip individuals with the essential skills for entry-level positions in safety management, industrial hygiene, and environmental protection, while concurrently laying the groundwork for professional certification. The demand for proficient, fully qualified safety professionals is on the rise in Michigan and across the nation. Occupational Safety and Health is profession in which individuals are responsible for analyzing operating procedures, materials, machines and environmental conditions in the workplace to determine the risk of injury, occupational disease and damage to the environment, the property and equipment. Safety and Health professionals develop measures for controlling workplace hazards and limiting financial loss, to their clients and organizations. Professionals may specialize in transportation, construction, environmental compliance, product design, loss control, consulting, fire and property protection, manufacturing, or the health care industry. With transferable skill sets, there are few industries that do not benefit from a safety professional.
Over the past several years, there has been a rapidly increasing interaction between the traditional fields of engineering, as well as between engineering and other disciplines. Examples of this include biomedical engineering, mechatronics, environmental engineering, and industrial design. It has also become very common for students to complete an undergraduate program in engineering and then continue on to pursue graduate work and careers in fields such as medical device design and technology, patent law, medicine, robotics, and nanotechnology.
Students who wish to pursue careers in these increasingly diverse and interdisciplinary fields, or go onto graduate school, are best served by an undergraduate education somewhat different from that offered by traditional EE or ME programs. The Interdisciplinary Engineering degree is such a program that provides the student with the opportunity to define their own unique engineering expertise.
Biomedical engineers bring together science, medical knowledge, mathematics, and creativity to make a profound difference in people's lives. They are innovators who develop novel medical devices and artificial replacement components for the human body.
This fascinating area of medicine explores innovative solutions for disorders, injury, and other conditions affecting every system of the human body. Biomedical Engineering continuously uncovers approaches for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, for patient rehabilitation, and better health overall. The possibilities for improving people's lives are endless in the sector of Biomedical Engineering.
Grand Valley State University offers the only undergraduate- and graduate-level Biomedical Engineering programs in West Michigan. Join us, and become a part of this exciting and important area of science.