The 20 Smallest B.S. Biomedical Engineering Graduating Classes in 2008

There are any number of reasons why these are small graduating classes.  The most likely is that the listed schools have only recently inaugurated their Biomedical Engineering programs.   A number of schools took advantage of the Biomedical Engineering program grants by the now defunct Whitaker Foundation before it ceased to exist in 2005.   The foundation [...]

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 [...]

Top 20 Schools With The Largest B.S. Biomedical Engineering Graduating Class in 2007

Top 20 schools which offer B.S. Biomedical Engineering degrees by graduating class size.  These schools represent 1641 graduates.  They represent about half the total number of B.S. BME graduates for 2007.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects approximately 300 new Biomedical Engineering jobs every year between 2006 and 2016.   As can be seen there is [...]

After You Get Your New Biomedical Engineering or BMET Position: The Boss and Goals

You have graduated and now you have a job as a Biomedical Engineer or BMET. You have been accepted as having the potential to make a contribution to your new company.  What does it really mean?  Well basically it means that your new boss and his boss thinks they can use you [...]

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 [...]