Dr. Andrew Brightman, BS, PhD, is a Professor of Engineering and the Assistant Head for Academic Affairs in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.

Professor Brightman serves as co-director of the Scholarly Concentration in Biomedical Engineering and Applied Medical Technologies administered with the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Brightman also serves as a co-Director of the Bottorff Fellows program, part of the Engineering Medicine Initiative in the Purdue College of Engineering. Professor Brightman has been awarded the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Purdue College of Engineering.  

Professor Brightman serves as the Purdue representative at Bioethics and Subjects Advocacy Program (BSAP) of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. BSAP is run by the Center for Bioethics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.

Research Interests:

• Tissue Engineering - Extracellular Matrix Signaling Molecules
• Chronic Stress and Health Impact
• Ethics Pedagogy in Engineering
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Professional Formation in Engineering
• Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research in Biomedical Engineering
• Ethical Engineering of Medical Technologies