The BME External Advisory Board (EAB) is composed of nationally distinguished leaders from industry, academia and government who provide advice on the department’s academic, research, outreach and other programs.
The EAB meets once a year with students, faculty, and administrators, to provide input and feedback for the department to achieve its vision of becoming a national leader in training biomedical engineers who will develop the newest innovative health care technologies. The faculty uses the board’s feedback to improve the department’s programs, services and facilities.
External Advisory Board

Vice President of Operations
Transcatheter Mitral & Tricuspid Therapies
Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA

Teaching Associate Professor,
Department of Bioengineering,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign


University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
University of Michigan



Neely Chair & Regents’ Professor, Mechanical Eng., Director
Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Graduate Program, Georgia Institute of Technology

Vice President for Industry Relations,
University Distinguished Professor and Dean
Anderson University

Professor, Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics
College of Medicine, University of Florida


Professor and Provost
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Southern Methodist University



Professor and Chair
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Biomedical Engineering


James M. and Marsha McCormick Director & Swanson Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University


BME Alum, B.S., 1996
Vice President and Business Unit Director
Global Surgical Business
Advanced Medical Solutions