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Students in Biomedical Engineering The Biomedical Engineering Program attracts students of the highest quality. Information on students entering the undergraduate program in the last 3 years indicate the Biomedical Engineering students had the highest ACT score of all programs in the College of Engineering and Science and in the University. The average ACT for Fall 2001 for new BIEN students was 25.9, compared to the COES average of 24.8 and the University average of 22.3. Placement of graduates in medical school, graduate school, or employment in industry has been excellent. Of the 22 graduates during 1999-2000, 21 achieved their placement goal within six months post graduation (95%), of which 11 were placed prior to graduation. For 2000-2001, 13 of 20 were placed as of the time of graduation (May 19, 2001). Data on students graduating in the past five years who remained in the United States and actively sought placement indicate that approximately 10% entered medical school, 35% entered graduate school, and 55% were employed. Graduates during the last two years seeking admission to graduate school were admitted to prestigious institutions including Rice University, Boston University, University of Michigan, Purdue University, Johns Hopkins University, Case Western Reserve University (receiving one of the two highest fellowships in Biomedical Engineering at CWRU), University of Virginia, Tulane University, Mississippi State University, and the University of Alabama-Birmingham. The Program has had a student on the USA Today Academic All-American Team for 6 out of 9 consecutive years (1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2000). Six BIEN students have participated in the highly selective Baylor College of Medicine SMART (Summer Medical and Research Training) Program in the last eight years. The program continues to attract the best students in the university, many of whom come from out of state to study biomedical engineering here. One example of these outstanding students is Solana Christiansen. In 1998-99, Solana Christiansen, a senior in Biomedical Engineering from Wisconsin, received a national Tau Beta Pi award (Peter & Elsa Soderberg Scholar for 1999- 2000). Solana was a member of the University Cross-Country Team, established the Chamber Orchestra on campus and was the President of Tau Beta Pi, which was named the Most Improved Chapter in the nation for 1999-2000. Before the end of her senior year, Solana had been named the top engineering student in the country by Tau Beta Pi, been named to the USA Today Academic All American Team, and had received a NSF Graduate Fellowship, with which she is attending the University of Michigan. The Outstanding Student in BIEN for 2000, Shea Allen (from Mississippi) graduated with a 4.0 GPA and has published research papers with faculty in Chemistry and BIEN. He enrolled in the University of Mississippi Medical School in Fall 2001. 
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