Kotche named Biomedical Engineering Society Fellow
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Richard and Loan Hill Clinical Professor of Biomedical Engineering and UIC College of Engineering Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs Miiri Kotche has been elected as a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES).
BMES promotes a collaborative and inclusive community to advance human health through education, discovery, and translation. This mission drives research and educational initiatives, including webinars, chapter programs, and meetings. BMES sits at the center of the biomedical engineering ecosystem, connecting academia/research, industry, government, clinicians and biomedical engineering philanthropy.
Kotche was elected for her exceptional leadership, service and scholarship in biomedical engineering and medical innovation education, including intentionally designed diversity and inclusion efforts in elementary, high school, and undergraduate programs through industry employment.
She said being part of BMES has been a wonderful opportunity to build a community of BME educators across the country and get involved in national policy recommendations for engineering education.
Kotche is a member of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the American Society of Engineering Education. She is also the director of the UIC College of Medicine Innovation Medicine Program and co-leads the Biomedical Engineering Experience for Science Teachers (BEST), while also conducting engineering education research through the BEST program.
“Being inducted as a Fellow is extremely meaningful to me because it recognizes the importance of engineering education on the field of bioengineering,” Kotche said. “To be named a Fellow reminds me that the work I do matters in both big ways and small.”
Kotche views this appointment as an opportunity to work more closely with more junior teaching-focused faculty, provide mentorship, and get further involved with the BME education community.
Kotche received her bachelor’s in general engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and her master’s in mechanical engineering as well as her PhD in biomedical engineering (formerly bioengineering) from UIC.