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About Us

Welcome to the BMEGS webpage!

Biomedical Engineering Graduate Students (BMEGS) is the student group for graduate students in the Biomedical Engineering department at Northwestern University, and was founded in 2003.

Our mission is to:

  1. Build a cohesive intradepartmental community among students through academic initiatives and community building activities
  2. Foster and maintain connections both with other departments (in and outside of NU) as well as with professionals
  3. Serve as a liaison and maintain a transparent relationship between students and department administration
  4. Participate in the local community outreach activities by promoting science and engineering to Chicago’s youth

BMEGS works with the Department of Biomedical Engineering to accomplish the following initiatives for the benefit of BME graduate students:

  1. Funding – The department offers funding for BMEGS to host events.
  2. Feedback session – Every spring BMEGS hosts an anonymous feedback session with graduate students and faculty chairs of the graduate program. Graduate students are able to provide feedback regarding the graduate program and have questions answered.
  3. Social events – BMEGS organizes regular social events in addition to the BME department events to foster friendship and collaboration amongst BME graduate students. See our Upcoming Events page for details.
  4. Website – BMEGS maintains a website that contains information for BME graduate students such as BMEGS contact details, upcoming events, advice for new and current students, and useful links.