What kind of research should I do?

[tdby560]

Hi, I am an electrical engineering major in my junior year. I want to get into a phd program for biomedical engineering.  The school that I'm at only has a masters program for biomedical engineering and it is very small. one professor listed systems biology as a research interest but that was it. I want to specialize in neuroengineering.

Would it be better for me to see if this professor is doing any biomedical research and if not, do electrical engineering research? or would it be better to go over to the college of science and find a professor doing neuroscience research?

Thank You

[madbiochemist]

I think finding a topic that interests you is more important than researching a strictly engineering topic. Biomedical engineering is a broad field with researchers coming from all sorts of backgrounds (engineering, chemistry, biology, materials science, computer science, math, etc.) so find something that you really think will be interesting. If that's electrical engineering work, go with it. If that's neuroscience, that's cool too. As long as you enjoy what you're doing, you'll push yourself to answer questions and that is what will really shine in your application.