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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

Proposed FY2027 Budget Signals Cuts to Biomedical Research and Science Agencies

Proposed FY2027 Budget Signals Cuts to Biomedical Research and Science Agencies

Late last week, the Administration released the FY 2027 President’s Budget Request, outlining proposed funding levels across federal science and...

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From Lab Concept to Patient Impact: Gargi Maheshwari on Translating Science into Real-World Solutions

From Lab Concept to Patient Impact: Gargi Maheshwari on Translating Science into Real-World Solutions

In the biomedical engineering ecosystem, breakthroughs often begin in the lab but getting them to patients is a complex journey. That is where...

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William Wagner’s Interdisciplinary Career Earns Him the 2026 BMES Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lectureship Award

William Wagner’s Interdisciplinary Career Earns Him the 2026 BMES Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lectureship Award

William Wagner is the Berenfield Endowed Chair of Bioengineering and Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering, Surgery, and Chemical Engineering at...

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CALL FOR PAPERS - SPECIAL ISSUE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION

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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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Two New Editors-in-Chief Named for BMES Journals

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Two New Editors-in-Chief Named for BMES Journals

Two new Editors-in-Chief were selected for two prestigious Society journals: Keefe Manning, was named the new Editor-in-Chief of the Cardiovascular...

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

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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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