As the Dean of the School of Engineering, I am excited to be working on endeavors that will grow Rutgers Engineering in both size and stature.  There is much strength to build upon including a very accomplished faculty and recent research funding successes that make Rutgers attractive to potential students.  Biomedical Engineering faculty, staff and students are at the heart of many of these successes.  The BME Building is a state of the art facility that inspires students, faculty, and staff to develop the best possible research and education programs.  The strengths and recent accomplishments of BME faculty and students are documented through the website and I encourage you to take the time to explore it. 

We are developing a number of initiatives to grow Engineering by recruiting new faculty in areas of emerging importance as well as reaching out to and admitting a larger and more meritorious student body.  The plan is to strengthen the academic departments and to build upon interdisciplinary research and education thrusts. The areas of growth we target will enable Rutgers engineers to develop cross-cutting collaborations with programs in Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Pharmacy, and our neighboring Medical School, to name a few key partners.  We believe that such partnerships will showcase our unique strengths and make us competitive to address problems of national imperatives and global importance.  Biomedical Engineering will be prominently featured throughout these initiatives. 

I look forward to working with the visionary BME leadership and striking alliances with industry and our peer institutions to grow the stature of Rutgers Engineering.

Thomas Farris,
Dean, School of Engineering,
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey