1500
High school students attended Inspire events
550
Industry professionals have participated
7
Funded Centers advancing healthcare
75+
Projects that have been started
$115M
SRI Grants awarded

OUR MISSION

The Institute for Engineering in Medicine's (IEM) mission is to advance healthcare through research partnerships between faculty in the health sciences, faculty in the College of Science and Engineering, and the biomedical industry.

OUR RESEARCH

The Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) research collaborations aim at the development of innovative engineering solutions for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. We are always looking to add new research themes as we add new members and research partners to IEM.

John Bischof - IEM Director

Note from the Director

"Engineers, scientists, and clinicians have made amazing advances in medicine by working together over the past 75 years. The Institute for Engineering in Medicine exists to make the next 75 years even more amazing."

John Bischof, IEM Director

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2023-2024 ANNUAL REPORT

Visit the Annual Report page to see the latest medical research, academic impact, and industry engagement within IEM. 

Not only can you review the most current Annual Report but you have access all the way back to 2012!

Congratulations to this year’s IEM Engineering in Medicine Doctoral Fellowship recipient Huzefa Husain.

Announcements

Earlier this month, IEM attended Advanced Manufacturing Minneapolis 2024 (MD&M), the largest annual end-to-end design and manufacturing event in the Midwest.

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This year, IEM had the distinguished honor of having Dr.

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