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BMES serves as the lead society and professional home for biomedical engineers and bioengineers. BMES membership has grown to over 6,000 members, with more than 160 BMES Student Chapters, three Special Interest Groups (SIGs), and four professional journals.

BMES Hub

Welcome to the BMES Hub, a cutting-edge collaborative platform created to connect members, foster innovation, and facilitate conversations within the biomedical engineering community.

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Discover all of the ways that you can boost your presence and ROI at the 2024 BMES Annual Meeting. Browse a range of on-site and digital promotional opportunities designed to suit any goal or budget that will provide maximum impact.

NEW JOURNAL - BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION!

Teaching biomedical engineering using hybrid and online instruction during the pandemic can be challenging. With the launch of the journal Biomedical Engineering Education and its first Special Issue, some great teaching tips are available to you here. More than 25 papers cover a range of educational topics including:

  • Teaching design when students cannot access a makerspace
  • How to build a welcoming and engaging environment with your students online
  • Practical alternatives to exams
  • Novel modifications for circuits and cell culture laboratories

Biomedical Engineering Education is now accepting all article types, including Research, Innovation, Teaching Tips, Perspectives, and Review articles


Ann Saterbak, Editor-in-Chief, 
Biomedical Engineering Education
Duke University

Call for Chapter Development Report Reviewers

Call for Chapter Development Report Reviewers

Want to make an impact? As a CDR reviewer, you’ll evaluate submissions from student chapters and help determine which ones deserve top recognition....

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BMES 2025 Call for Abstracts Now Open

BMES 2025 Call for Abstracts Now Open

We’re looking forward to seeing you in San Diego, CA., on October 8-11 for #BMES2025.

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Call for Awards & Fellows Committee Members

Call for Awards & Fellows Committee Members

We are seeking passionate members to join the prestigious BMES Awards and Fellows committees and play a key role in helping us recognize excellence...

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CALL FOR PAPERS - SPECIAL ISSUE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION

CALL FOR PAPERS - SPECIAL ISSUE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION

Biomedical Engineering Education is a new BMES journal to be published by Springer. To serve the BMES educational community during the COVID-19...

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Call for Candidates: Seeking Two Editors-in-Chief for BMES Journals

Call for Candidates: Seeking Two Editors-in-Chief for BMES Journals

Open Editor-in-Chief Positions for BMES Journals: Annals of Biomedical Engineering (ABME) Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE)

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SUSAN MARGULIES ELECTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

SUSAN MARGULIES ELECTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

The newly elected members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) include BMES Fellow Susan Margulies, the chair of the Wallace H. Coulter...

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