AWARDS

BMES Distinguished Achievement Award

BMES Distinguished Achievement Award, The BMES Distinguished Achievement Award (formerly the BMES/ BME International Award) is awarded each year to an individual, a company, charitable foundation, or non-academic institutions that have made great contributions to the field of biomedical engineering to recognize and honor such organization.  The President, CEO or Founder of the recognized organization is expected to deliver a plenary lecture at the BMES Annual Meeting and to publish the text of the lecture in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering.  An important purpose of the lecture is to offer a vision of the challenges and opportunities in biomedical engineering.

BMES Awards Recipients:

2011 - Roderic Pettigrew, PhD, MD - NIBIB

2010 - Nicholas A. Peppas, ScD - University of Texas at Austin

2009 - William A. Hawkins, President & CEO - Medtronics

2008 - Chad A. Mirkin, PhD - International Institute for Nanotechnology

2007 - Alfred E. Mann,

Conditions:

  1. It has been an expressed desire of the of the Lee family that this award be used mostly to recognize biomedical engineers from non-academic institutions.
  2. Application form, nominee’s curriculum vitae, resume or a short bio,  letter (s) of support not to exceed 5 letters.
  3. The contributions of the awardee do not need to precede the award date by any specific period of time.
  4. The Awards Committee will screen the nominations, critically evaluate the nominees’ records, and submit a rank ordered list of the top nominees to the BMES President.  The President will select the awardee.
  5. Applicants must be BMES member in good standing.

The award will consist of a plaque, a complimentary registration for the annual meeting, a check of $1,000, and up to $1,000 to assist with travel expenses.

Submit tghe nomination with a letters describing the nominee's service to biomedical engineering; Nominee's Short Bio, Resume or CV, all submission must be electronic. Email your nomination to regina@bmes.org.  Submission deadline is May 31st.