Department chairman Huang Ding-nan explains the goals of biomedical engineering as follows: "The objects of our research are the instruments used in hospitals and clinics, from the most precisely designed surgical instruments to injection tubes and even artificial organs.
洪炳南系主任解釋醫學工程的研究對象：「醫院裡一切器材，從精密的儀器、人造器官，到手術刀、注射筒、甚至縫線，都在醫學工程研究、發明、製造的範圍內。