{"id":614,"date":"2021-10-01T20:11:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T20:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/bmes-2021\/?page_id=614"},"modified":"2023-10-06T21:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T21:15:42","slug":"about-us-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-at-bmes\/about-us-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rutgers BME VIrtual Tour\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SC4tj1WqZWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers University was initially established in 1965 as a track within electrical engineering, offering a master\u2019s degree with a biomedical engineering emphasis. In 1986, the State of New Jersey formally chartered the Rutgers Department of Biomedical Engineering as an independent entity within the School of Engineering, holding the exclusive responsibility of granting BME M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.<\/p>\n<p>The BME department developed its graduate programs in collaboration with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). Under the guidance of its first chair,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bme.rutgers.edu\/walter-welkowitz-founding-chair\">Walter Welkowitz (1986-1990)<\/a>, BME endeavored to provide students with a strong foundation in biomedical and clinical sciences along with rigorous training in engineering fundamentals.<\/p>\n<p>The undergraduate program in Biomedical Engineering was inaugurated in 1991 under the Applied Sciences option within the School of Engineering. Thanks to the tireless efforts of second BME chair\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bme.rutgers.edu\/litsa-micheli-tzanakou\">Litsa Micheli-Tzanakou (1990-2000)<\/a>, a formal undergraduate bachelor degree in BME was approved by the University in 1997 and the state in 1999. The Master of Engineering (M.Eng) degree was approved for BME in June 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1999, the graduate program offered joint degrees between Rutgers and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. On July 1, 2013, the\u00a0University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey\u00a0(UMDNJ) merged with Rutgers, and the former UMDNJ Graduate School in Biomedical Sciences (UMDNJ-GSBS) became the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS). In July of 2017, GSNB and GSBS merged to form the School of Graduate Studies (SGS).<\/p>\n<p>A new BME building was dedicated on April 18, 2007. 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