Education: Parents and Students Should Insist On Seeing Student Outcomes Statistics for Biomedical Engineering Programs

Over the last decade there has been a shift in focus by regional post secondary school accrediting agencies to require colleges and universities to demonstrate how their programs positively impact there students after graduation.  The term used to identify this type of activity is “student outcomes”.  In my opinion the reason parents and students decide to [...]

Biomedical Engineer: Senior Engineering Position Requiring Solid Core in Traditional Engineering

I have suggested a number of times on this blog that biomedical engineering programs need to increase the level of traditional engineering content.  Here is an anecdotal example of a corporation asking for this type of experience for a senior Principal Research Engineer position. Whoever created the description had been told or had decided [...]

Biomedical Engineering Programs (Schools, Colleges) Reporting Between 40 and 49% Women In Their 2007 Graduating Class

The Biomedical Engineering programs ( schools, colleges ) attract a higher proportion of women than any other engineering program.  I thought it would be interesting to show just how high the proportion is in some programs.  I am not aware of any explanation.  My guess is that the opportunity to contribute to the health of [...]

How Too Many Biomedical Engineering Programs Undercut Their B.S. Graduates Corporate Career Prospects

Students and their parents interested in a B.S. Biomedical Engineering or B.S. Biomedical Engineering Technology degree as a ticket to a corporate career need to examine their options carefully.    They need to look beyond the campus facilities, the leading edge research and of the campus “experience” and ask hard questions about how the graduate will [...]

Recent Declining Medical School Acceptance Rates for Biomedical Engineers

During my research into the impact that premed was having on biomedical engineering undergraduate programs I asked for and received historical matriculation data from the AAMC last year.  As far as I know I am the only one they have released this information to recently.  There apparently is some controversy about providing medical school acceptance [...]