Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering Newsletter
University of Minnesota
Fall 2003

Welcome back to campus!
The first class that took the complete curriculum graduated in May 2003. Given the program was announced just 3 years previously, this underscores the popularity and rapid growth of this long-awaited degree at the University of Minnesota. Among our 35 graduates to date, about one-half are employed or are seeking employment (most with companies in Medical Alley), about one-fourth have begun graduate studies (including Caltech, MIT, U. California-SF, U. Michigan, and U. Washington), and the remaining one-fourth have either begun or are seeking enrollment in health professional or business school, or are working as research associates.

New Faculty Member Hired: Prof. Bin He
Prof. He is currently a full professor of bioengineering, electrical and computer engineering, and computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 1988 at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Harvard-MIT HST program prior to joining UIC. His research is in the development of electrophysiological and multimodal neuroimaging methods with particular interests in noninvasive determination of eliptogenic foci. He has a parallel program in cardiac imaging aimed at localizing sources of cardiac arrhythmia. Prof. He will join the Department in January 2004 and will become the Director of Undergraduate Studies in spring semester.

Department Web Page
The departmental Web page is located at http://www1.umn.edu/bme. This site contains crucial departmental information. As an undergraduate you may want to follow the link, Information for Current Students, from the home page where you will find course information and various requisite forms such as the course Schedule and Elective Planning Worksheets. Please take a look at the Engineering and Science Electives Planning Policy document as it contains information on the emphasis areas and recommended course work, an excellent resource!

Registration Holds
The Department of Biomedical Engineering places a hold on your record prior to the following fall registration, in this case Fall 2004. You will need to complete either the Undergraduate Course Schedule Planning Worksheet or, if you have declared your emphasis area, the Biomedical Engineering and Science Elective (ESE) Planning Worksheet. Once these are complete and signed by the DUS (Director of Undergrad Studies) we will remove the hold on your record for registration. I will send information and a reminder of this as we approach fall 2004 registration in the spring.

IT Career Services (ITCS)
ITCS has job postings on its Internet site and on the job posting board in 50 Lind Hall. It lists internships and part-time and full-time permanent positions. ITCS also has a resource center where you can research companies, and find books and directories for writing resumes and information on IT majors.

Eligibility for on-campus interviewing and resume referral requires students to register with IT Career Services. To learn how, contact ITCS by e-mail, phone or drop by and see them at 50 Lind Hall.
Career Services office: 50 Lind Hall
Phone: 612-624-4090
Fax: 612-626-0261
E-mail: itcs@tc.umn.edu
Web address: http://www.it.umn.edu/career

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
The University of Minnesota's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program offers financial awards twice yearly to full time undergraduates for research, scholarly, or creative projects undertaken in partnership with a faculty member. It encourages students to conduct research and pursue academic interests outside of their regular courses by employing them to work on special research projects. For additional information please check their web site at: http://www.urop.umn.edu/. The next deadline is October 11, 2004.

Graduation:
Apply for graduation in 105 Lind Hall.
Deadline for application for Fall 2004 graduation: September 20, 2004
Deadline for application for Spring 2005 graduation: January 31, 2005

Upper Division Advising:
Professor Bin He, Director of Undergraduate Studies
275 Shepard Labs
612-626-1115
binhe@umn.edu

BMEn Undergraduate Student Services:
7-105 Hasselmo Hall
612-624-4507
bmedus@umn.edu