Engineering Wellness
Apply engineering principles to personal well-being. Understand stress. Improve your quality of life.
Engineer a Better You
Engineers are trained to understand complex systems, identify problems, and develop solutions. Engineering Wellness™ is a Rutgers School of Engineering course designed to help students apply those same principles to understanding and improving their personal well-being.
Through engineering concepts and models, students explore the relationship between physical and mental health, the factors that influence stress, and the role of personal behaviors and environments in shaping quality of life.
Rather than approaching wellness solely through a traditional health perspective, the course emphasizes applying engineering principles, analytical thinking, and problem-solving strategies to better understand the challenges of everyday life.
Learn to think about wellness through an engineering lens.
Engineering Wellness Course Information
Engineering Wellness | 14:125:211
Engineering Wellness introduces students to the application of engineering principles to personal well-being and quality of life. Students examine the mind-body relationship, stress, psychological flow, and the use of engineering models to evaluate challenges and explore approaches to wellness.
The course combines engineering theory with practical applications, guest lectures, and a group project that challenges students to apply engineering problem-solving methods to a real-world wellness scenario.
Through the group project, students analyze a case study, identify contributing factors using force diagrams and root cause analysis, and develop experimental plans and corrective actions.
Guest lectures introduce additional perspectives on wellness, including the biological, psychological, and environmental factors that influence mental health.
Course Details
- Course Number: 14:125:211
- Instructor: Biju Parekkadan, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medicine
- Schedule: Mondays and Thursdays, 12:10–1:30 p.m.
- Location: Biomedical Engineering Building, Room 116
Explore Engineering Wellness
Engineering Wellness connects foundational engineering concepts with real-world challenges, encouraging students to approach personal well-being through analytical thinking and problem-solving.
Understanding the Mind-Body Connection
Explore the relationship between psychological experiences, emotions, cognitive processes, and physical health, and how these interconnected systems influence overall well-being.
The Engineering of Stress
Examine stress through engineering principles, including force, pressure, and support structures, to better understand how external challenges and personal resources affect well-being.
Finding Your Flow
Explore the relationship between challenge and skill through flow-state theory, examining how this balance influences engagement, performance, and personal experiences.
Engineering a Better Quality of Life
Apply engineering approaches such as quality control, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement to identify factors that influence personal wellness and explore potential solutions.
Ready to Engineer Your Well-Being?
Discover how engineering principles can offer a new perspective on personal wellness and quality of life.
Explore 14:125:211 — Engineering Wellness in the Rutgers Schedule of Classes.