Biomedical Engineering Technology Concentration

With the retirement of Dr. Richard Aston, I have assumed the coordinator's position with respect to the Biomedical Engineering Technology Concentration.  Based upon the mandates by the Tennessee State Board of Regents, the Technology Department has reduced the number of hours for graduation to 128 semester hours, the minimum number required by TAC of ABET. 

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Biomedical Engineering Technology Strategic Plan

Preamble
The concentration in Biomedical Engineering Technology (BMET) began in the mid 1990s as one of the few Bachelors of Science (BS) BMET programs in the nation.  Like many other technology programs, the BMET program provides educational opportunities for those persons interested in applied engineering and technology, especially in field of medical and clinical electronics. The BMET program also provides opportunities for graduates of the two-year programs in BMET.

BMET Vision:
The concentration in Biomedical Engineering Technology strives to be the department of choice for students who wish to begin or advance their careers as Biomedical Engineering Technologists in hospitals, government labs, or private industries that require knowledge, understanding, and application of medical or clinical electronics. BMET focuses on serving both the manufacturing and service industries to create, improve, or advance product and service design, development, and distribution. It strives to be the choice of:

• regional high school students,
• students who have completed applicable technology Associate degrees who wish to continue to attain their Baccalaureate degree, and
• students who are returning from the work force.

BMET Mission:
The concentration in Biomedical Engineering Technology is dedicated to providing its students avenues for advancing their personal and professional learning objectives while enhancing the economic condition in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee.

BMET Constituents:
The primary constituents of the BMET concentration include its students, employers who hire BMET graduates, and the faculty and staff of the BMET concentration Department of Technology and Geomatics. The following goals are intended to serve these constituents.

BMET Goals:

1. The BMET concentration will maintain a student centered learning environment that helps students develop professionally into preferred graduates in this region.
2. The BMET concentration will create, expand, and continuously improve programs relating to medical and clinical electronics.
3. The BMET concentration will actively assist faculty growth, development, and partnership.

Goal 1: BMET will maintain a student centered learning environment that helps students develop professionally into preferred graduates in this region.

Goal 2: BMET will create, expand, and continuously improve programs relating to the focus of the concentration.

Goal 3: BMET will actively assist faculty growth, development and partnership.

Outcomes¹

BMET students and graduates will:

1. Demonstrate appropriate mastery of knowledge, skills and modern tools of the discipline.
2. Apply current knowledge and adapt to emerging applications of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.
3. Conduct, analyze and interpret experiments and apply experimental results to improve processes.
4. Apply creativity to design of systems, components and processes.
5. Function effectively on teams.
6. Identify, analyze and solve technical problems.
7. Communicate effectively.
8. Recognize the need for and possess the ability to pursue life long learning.
9. Understand professional, ethical and social responsibilities.
10. Respect diversity and recognize professional, societal and global issues.
11. Have a commitment to quality, timeliness and continuous improvement.

¹These outcomes are the ABET Technology Criteria 2000 (TC2K) for students and graduates of accredited engineering technology programs.

ASSESSMENT PLAN

General Education Requirements

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• Blank = outcome not achieved in course 
• L = low level of the outcome achieved in course
• M = medium level of the outcome achieved in course
• H = high level of the outcome achieved in course