🌟 Integrated MechanoBiosystems Lab Internship Program @ BME, NCKU 🌟

Join our team. Build real experimental systems.
Are you interested in how experiments actually run—not just how results are analyzed?
Do you want hands-on experience building devices, automation workflows, and biological assays that work day after day?

At the Integrated MechanoBiosystems Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, we offer a hands-on, execution-driven internship program focused on automated experimental systems and device-integrated biological research.

We’re looking for motivated and reliable interns who are willing to do essential, sometimes repetitive, but absolutely critical work—because that’s how high-quality science actually happens.

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📅Preferred Duration
We strongly encourage a minimum commitment of 3 months, with 4–6 months preferred, to ensure meaningful training, contribution, and integration into ongoing projects.

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🔬Internship Tracks

🔧Track A — Automation & Device Engineering

Build the systems that make experiments possible.
This track focuses on designing, building, and controlling automated experimental devices used in long-term biological assays.

You will:

• Design devices and fixtures using CAD tools


• Build and integrate systems using Arduino and/or Raspberry Pi


• Develop automated workflows for repeatable experiments


• Test, debug, and improve system stability and reliability


• Use basic physics-based simulation (e.g., COMSOL) when needed to validate designs

📋Ideal for students with backgrounds in:
Biomedical Engineering (engineering-oriented), Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Applied Mechanics, Robotics, or related fields.

🧫Track B — Device-Integrated Cell Culture & Biological Assays

Prepare the biology that feeds the system.
This track focuses on standardized cell culture and biological assay execution compatible with custom devices and automated workflows.

You will:

• Perform mammalian cell culture with emphasis on process consistency


• Handle and load cells in device-compatible formats


• Operate device-based assays under defined conditions


• Perform basic quality control (viability, reproducibility)


• Document sources of experimental variability to improve assay reliability

📋Ideal for students with backgrounds in:
Biomedical Engineering (biology-oriented), Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Biomedical Sciences, or bio-process–oriented Chemical Engineering.

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🎯What We Expect

Let’s be upfront: this internship is real research, not a highlight reel.

You will be doing foundational, sometimes repetitive work—device fabrication, system testing, cell culture, and protocol execution—because that’s what makes experiments reliable and publishable.

We are looking for students who are:

• Reliable and detail-oriented


• Comfortable working with structured protocols


• Open to feedback and collaborative work


• Interested in building skills that actually scale

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🎓Continuation Opportunities

Outstanding interns will be strongly encouraged to continue in the Integrated MechanoBiosystems Lab as:

• Master’s students


• Ph.D. students

with opportunities for scholarship and research assistantship support, depending on performance and funding availability.

This internship is designed as a direct pipeline into graduate training, not a one-off experience.

🗨️Ready to Build Something That Works?

👉Apply now and become part of the Integrated MechanoBiosystems Lab at BME, NCKU.
Please send your email to Prof. Ting-Yuan Tu: tytu@bme.ncku.edu.tw