Ken- Working at a Startup
After being at Georgia Tech for 10 years (a masters and a PhD were achieved during this time), Ken came out with his degrees in mechanical engineering rather than biomedical engineering. During his time in school he worked in a lab at the IBB and in Bob Goldberg’s lab, where […]
Beatrice Wan – Regulatory Specialist at CR Bard
There aren’t many BMEs who come into their first year dead-set on working in regulatory. As expected, it took Beatrice Wan a few years to realize it was what she loved. After graduating from Georgia Tech with a BME degree in 2011, Beatrice started working at CR Bard, a medical […]
Amber Robinson – PhD in International Health
Amber Robinson graduated from Georgia Tech with a BS in Biomedical Engineering in 2006. She received her Masters in Public Health from Emory Rollins School of Public Health and is a PhD candidate in International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has also previously worked at […]
Michelle Lightfoot – Resident Physician at Loma Linda University
Michelle Lightfoot graduated from the BME program in December of 2005. She’s every grandparent’s dream to brag about – an engineer and now a doctor too, but this wasn’t always her goal. Entering Tech, Michelle never thought she would go to medical school. Her biomedical engineering degree would catapult her […]
Michael Schneider – Using Engineering in Anesthesia
For Michael Schneider, the BME program offered the unique opportunity to integrate life sciences with becoming a helluva engineer; such a combination also afforded a wide variety of career choices. What really drew him toward the major though was modelling; the concepts found in fluid dynamics, biochemistry, and other subjects […]
Andy Barranachea – BME to Business
Andy Barranachea graduated from the Georgia Tech BME program in May 2013, worked for two years in strategy consulting at Bain & Company, and currently works in marketing at Goodman Manufacturing. From BME to Business It all started because I did a certificate in entrepreneurship as well as BME. I […]
Rob Burke – Assoc. Director at Avidity Nanomedicines
Rob Burke was one of the first 40 graduates from Tech’s BME program. Being a member of this first class of students, they were often the “guinea pigs” as the department and the professors were working to the lay the groundwork for what is today one of the best Biomedical […]
Finding Your Passion
My name is Courtney Rowe, and I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2008. I am currently working as a product development engineer on the commercialization side of research and development at Kimberly-Clark. BMEs pick up skills in different areas. We act as […]
Shelley Eckert – I am a new product developer at Halkey Roberts
My name is Shelley Eckert and I graduated from Georgia Tech in May of 2010. The first three years after graduation, I worked at Sierra Bard in Covington, Georgia in Bard Medical Division. I worked in the R&D department on the new product development side doing work primarily with their […]
I am a clinical project manager at Edwards
I grew up in Louisiana and went to college at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. I initially pursued pre-med, but quickly realized there is no fallback plan if you only do pre-med, so I changed to biological engineering with a focus in pre-med. I soon recognized that engineering was much […]
I develop product designs and send them to other engineers for further development
My name is Gregory Meyer, and in 2006, I graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering (BME). My parents were the main influence behind my decision to pursue a BME degree. My father is a mechanical engineer, while my mother is a doctor. Being a biomedical engineer […]
I am a senior scientist at Genentech
My name is Dr. Richard Carano and I am a senior scientist at Genentech. I use models of diseases to evaluate drugs. I do research in biomedical imaging to understand how drugs work in the body. I have always enjoyed math and biology, so I knew that I wanted to […]
Sharon Callaway – Product Manager at Velocity Medical Solutions
I graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Biomedical Engineering (BME) and I am currently a Product Manager at Velocity Medical Solutions. I knew from the beginning of my college career at Tech that BME was the right major for me. The program fit me really well throughout all […]
