Business: Is Corporate America Trying to Drive a Message Home to Academia?

The academic community appears is getting increased attention from Corporate America.  In 2008 a large technically focused business and a respected business magazine have both made an effort to make a statement to academia about what they value.
In 2008 Boeing distributed its ranking and critiques of 150 engineering departments based on the performance of [...]

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 [...]

Mississippi:List of Pharma Companies Which May Potentially Employ Biomedical Engineers and Technologists

An engineer with genomics, tissue and chemistry heavy background may be able to find a position in one of these firms which are registered as manufacturers of pharmaceuticals.   The manufacturers on this list may have changed their location since the it was last updated but should be no more than a year out of date.  [...]

Mechanical and Electrical Engineers Graduating in 2007 vs. Job Projections

In a previous post I noted that Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering graduates are also competing for jobs that Biomedical Engineers could claim.   I am listing the information below to amplify my point that there are a lot of these graduates looking for positions.  These engineering programs and their graduates have identified the medical field [...]