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"To promote the increase of biomedical engineering knowledge and its utilization"

History

In response to a manifest need to provide a society that gave equal status to representatives of both biomedical and engineering interests, the Biomedical Engineering Society was incorporated in Illinois on February 1, 1968. As stated in the Articles of Incorporation, the purpose of the Society is: "To promote the increase of biomedical engineering knowledge and its utilization."

Initially, the membership of the Society consisted of 171 Founding members and 89 Charter members. With the cooperation of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, the first Open Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society was held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Atlantic City on April 17, 1968.

The first Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society was held in Houston, November 18-20, 1968, in conjunction with the 21st Annual Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology.

Membership

The purpose of the Society is to encourage the development, dissemination, integration, and utilization of knowledge in biomedical engineering. Membership in BMES shall be open to all those who share the stated purpose of the Society and who have education, research, or practical experience in biomedical engineering or in an allied scientific field.

Benefits of being a student member include: online access to the annals of Biomedical Engineering, the BMES scientific journal; online access to membership, company, faculty, & internship directories; BMES Bulletin subscription; opportunity to serve on committees; reduced rates to BMES Annual Meeting; and voting rights.

For more information, visit the BMES National Office's website here.