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 [...]

Job Experience Is Key To Getting That Biomedical Engineering Job

Getting a job in the medical products area is typically more difficult than in the consumer field for a number of reasons.  Although growing the medical products industry is relatively small compared to the consumer product industry.  Engineering hiring managers at large corporations tend to require more experience because of the high risk involved in [...]

The Entry Level B.S. Biomedical Engineer’s dilemma

Follow the link below to see a discussion by inquiring students that highlight the well known job dilemma which occurs all too regularly to a graduating BME with a B.S. degree who either has planned to go into a corporate career immediately upon graduation, or has not been accepted to graduate school or medical school [...]

Impressions From a Recent Visit to a Big Ten University Biomedical Engineering Program.

I was recently invited to give a test lecture as part of an interview at one of the more prestigious universities in the nation.   I had applied for a faculty position and the chair wanted to hear me speak.  I presented my views on the development of a biomedical engineering curriculum that would meet industry [...]