Clinical Engineering Internship

2024-2025 Clinical Engineering Interns

The Clinical Engineering Internship is intended for graduate students enrolled in the BME program. It offers an in-depth, rigorous, clinical experience that matches the engineering expertise gained in the classroom. The primary objectives of this intense internship are to:

• Provide BME graduate students exposure to hospital organization and administrative functions.
• Permit BME graduate students an opportunity to apply engineering techniques to patient care and hospital-based research.
• Provide substantial experience working with hospital personnel, including administrators, nurses, technicians and medical staff.

Overview of Clinical Engineering Education at UCONN (pdf)

The internship includes a stipend for each academic year and summer.  Health care benefits are not included in the internship

Internship Opportunities

The Biomedical Engineering Program accepts applications each fall for the cohort of students that will start the program the following fall. Clinical Engineering Internship (pdf)

Applying to the University of Connecticut Clinical Engineering Internship Program (pdf)

The Clinical Engineering Internship Program is not open to students with F-1 or J-1 Visas.

Institutions participating in the 2-Year Clinical Engineering Internship program have included:

Baystate Health Systems (Springfield, MA)
Beth Israel Lahey Health (Boston, MA)
Boston Children’s Hospital (Boston, MA)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, MA)
Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, PA)
Hartford Hospital (Hartford, CT)
Kaiser Permanente (Berkeley, CA)
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)
Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, OR)
Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, RI)
UConn Health Center (Farmington, CT)
UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worchester, MA)
VA Capital Health Care Network (Linthicum, MD)
VA Capital Health Care Network (Clarksburg, WV)
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (Los Angeles, CA)
VA North Texas Healthcare System (Dallas, TX)
Yale New Haven Hospital (New Haven, CT)

Activity at these major medical institutions involves an in-depth exposure to all clinical engineering activities.
Not every institution will take an intern each year.

Contact
For details of the Clinical Engineering Internships, please contact:

Dr. David Kaputa
Director, Clinical Engineering Programs
Biomedical Engineering
260 Glenbrook Rd., Unit 3247
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-3247
Tel (860) 486-7113
Fax (860) 486-2500
Email: david.kaputa@uconn.edu

For full consideration, applicants should have their graduate applications received by January 1, 2026. Interviews will be conducted during February and March of 2026. Final selections will be made in April 2026.

Professional Websites
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) www.aami.org
New England Society of Clinical Engineering (NESCE) www.nesce.org
American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) www.accenet.org