Faculty Member Resources

Joining the BMEGG

  • Applying for membership
  • To apply to join the BME Graduate Group, you will need to submit the following information to the BMEGG Chair and Graduate Program Coordinator: an application letter detailing your qualifications for membership (i.e., how your research/education fit with Biomedical Engineering), including a statement agreeing to contribute to the graduate group as listed below, and your current CV. Your application will be evaluated by the BMEGG Executive Committee.
  • Expected contributions by BMEGG members 
  • The expected contributions by BMEGG members (from our bylaws) can include:
    - Providing an appropriate research environment for graduate students in the graduate group.
    - Regularly publishing in peer reviewed journals that represent scholarly areas consistent with the programmatic themes of the BMEGG.
    - Participating in graduate student recruitment activities.
    - Undertaking teaching assignments, as invited and in consultation with the Chair, that benefit the BMEGG. 
    - Regularly serving as the major professor (i.e., research advisor) for graduate group students.
    - Serving on qualifying and thesis committees of graduate group students.
    - Providing additional service in one or more of the following ways: Serving as an Advisor, a member of the Executive Committee, a member of the Admissions Committee, a member of the Curriculum Committee, a podium/poster reviewer for the annual BMEGG Student Conference, or on a campus graduate student fellowship review committee.
     

Mentoring Graduate Students 

  • Research Rotations
  • BMEGG PhD Students are required to complete rotations during the Fall and Winter Quarter of their first year. These can be 5- or 10-week rotations and should be arranged with faculty in advance of the quarter. Faculty are asked to complete a Research Rotation Agreement to highlight expectations for the rotation, deliverables, and availability for placement in the lab. PhD Students are allowed to skip one or both quarters of rotation when committed to and fully financially supported by a lab (complete the Mentoring Agreement). Registering for research units (BIM 299) is allowed but not required during rotations. BMEGG MS Students are encouraged, but not required to rotate before joining a lab.
    Additional information available here: BMEGG Research Rotation System.
  • Becoming a Major Professor
  • When you match with a student, please review the BMEGG Mentoring Guidelines and complete the Mentoring Agreement. BMEGG Ph.D. students should complete mentoring agreements by the end of Winter Quarter or make arrangements for additional rotations in Spring Quarter. Please aid the program by meeting with students and finalizing lab placement no later than the end of the Winter Quarter.
  • Student Progress
  • Annual Student Progress Assessments (SPA) are required each Spring Quarter. The Major Professor should meet with the student to review their SPA questionnaire, review progress, and detail future expectations. The outcome of SPA should not be a surprise to the student, but should document progress to keep the student, the program, and the Office of Graduate Studies informed. Please contact the Graduate Program Coordinator if you wish to initiate an interim progress assessment for Fall or Winter Quarters.
  • Resources
  • GradHub: Student Information
    GradSphere: Review and Approve student forms, submit QE Reports (open in private browser or clear cookies to avoid 403 error)
    Slate Reader: Application Review System
    SPA: Student Progress Assessments, annually in Spring Quarter
    Graduate Studies Resources for Mentors
    Questionnaire for Aligning Expectations in Research Mentoring Relationships
    299 Syllabus Template
    OSSJA Case Management: Anyone can contact a case manager when they are concerned about a student. The student may be in distress due to emotional issues, health, family or personal relationships, grades, academic standing, or other problems. 
    Student Support Referral: Submit when you first notice that a student appears to be in distress as it is often difficult to determine when a student's problem is serious -- and it's better to err on the side of caution. Referring to the OSSJA Case Managers when you are concerned about a student does not get the student in trouble, but ensures a coordinated response.

Employing Graduate Students 

Graduate Teaching & Course Grading

  •  Course Creation
  • New graduate courses can be offered as BIM 289 (A-D) for their first offering. Please contact the Graduate Program Coordinator with a scheduling request and note that course scheduling starts 2 quarters prior to the quarter offered. Following the initial offering, a course proposal must be reviewed by the BMEGG Curriculum Committee and then a course approval form will be submitted for Graduate Council Approval.
  • Issuing or Modifying Grades
  • Course grades (including BIM 299) are due the Wednesday after the quarter ends and can be submitted via Canvas or in this MyUCDavis Course Management tool. Graduate Students in BIM 299 are graded Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U).
    "I" grade: "The grade Incomplete shall be assigned only when the student’s completed work (judged by itself and not in relation to the work required to pass the course as a whole) is of passing quality and represents a significant portion of the requirements for a final grade, but is incomplete for good cause as determined by the instructor. "Good cause" may include illness, serious personal problems, an accident, a death in the immediate family, a large and necessary increase in working hours, or other situations deemed to be of equal gravity."
    Grade modifications: To correct a grade or assign a grade following an incomplete, use the Online Grade Change Tool 
     
  • Promoting Course(s) etc to BMEGG Students
  • If faculty have graduate specific content they wish to share, please forward that information to the Graduate Program Coordinator.
  • Student Disability Accommodations
  • During the quarter, faculty may receive requests for accommodations from the Student Disability Center (SDC). SDC provides resources for testing accommodations, such as proctoring and exam space. You may refer to their page for additional information: Click Here If you have additional accommodation questions, please reach out to the SDC directly.
  • Resources
  • Office of the University Registrar (OUR): classroom management and course policies. 
    Center for Educational Effectiveness: consultations, mid-quarter inquiries, classroom observation, and workshops.
    Academic Misconduct: Consult OSSJA regarding academic misconduct or make a report.
    Students of Concern Case Management: Anyone can contact a case manager when they are concerned about a student. The student may be in distress due to emotional issues, health, family or personal relationships, grades, academic standing, or other problems. Please submit a Student Support Referral when you first notice that a student appears to be in distress as it is often difficult to determine when a student's problem is serious -- and it's better to err on the side of caution. Referring to the OSSJA Case Managers when you are concerned about a student does not get the student in trouble, but ensures a coordinated response.