1. Biomedical Engineering A B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

2. Biomedical Engineering Why should we offer a B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering at RHIT? There is a growing need for technology transfer due to the explosive rate of technological advancement in medicine and the biological sciences Student demand There is a need to maintain our edge over the competition

3. Biomedical Engineering The need for technology transfer Genetic analysis Micro/Nano fabrication Tissue Engineering Optical Sensor Technologies Minimally Invasive Surgery

4. Biomedical Engineering Where did last year’s graduating BE minors go? Cook Urological Cook Inc. Accenture Motorola Rice University graduate student Delaware Machinery, Muncie, IN Catheter Research Inc. Cook Inc. United Technologies Rose-Hulman graduate student

5. Biomedical Engineering Where did Rose biomedical engineers go in the past three years after finishing the MS degree? http://www.rose-hulman.edu/Class/BioMed/alumni-MS.htm Eli Lilly & Co. Cook Inc. Guidant Boston Scientific Cardio-Medical Solutions University of Michigan, PhD student Indiana University Medical School, medical student Hughes Aircraft Marquette University, PhD student Tulane University, PhD student

6. Biomedical Engineering The competition 7 out of 16 AITU schools offer B.S. degree programs in Biomedical Engineering or Bioengineering Purdue University is currently developing an undergraduate program in BME There are 62 total B.S. degree programs in the U.S. with an average of 89 students/program

7. Biomedical Engineering * data from Whitaker Foundation Engineering Education Summit Compiled in VANTH 2000 annual report

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11. Biomedical Engineering A B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology