BMES (the Biomedical Engineering Society) is the professional society for students, faculty, researchers and industry working in the broad area of
biomedical engineering
Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic purposes). BME also integrates the logica ...
. BMES is the leading biomedical engineering society in the United States and was founded on February 1, 1968 "to promote the increase of
biomedical engineering
Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic purposes). BME also integrates the logica ...
knowledge and its utilization." There are 7,000 members in 2018.
Since 1972, the society has published an academic journal, the ''Annals of Biomedical Engineering''
online archive.
History
The BMES was first established in Illinois on February 1, 1968 as a non-profit organization that aims to serve the biomedical engineering students, academics, researchers, and professionals. Upon establishing the organization it first had 171 founding members and 89 charter members.
The BMES held its first meeting on April 17, 1968 with cooperation of the American Societies for Experimental Biology at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ.
BMES administers several awards. Their premier award is the
Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award which recognizes biomedical engineering achievement starting in 1991.
References
External links
Engineering Society
Biomedical engineering
Biomedical Engineering Society
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