The mission of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) at VCU is to expose its members to all aspects of Biomedical Engineering. Given our practical application to industry connections, innovative speakers, and professional development series, BMES at VCU provides its members with opportunities to succeed in the future. BMES at VCU also aims to create a vibrant, collaborative community through career related events, guest speakers, informational panels, and social game nights.

Contact: bmesatvcu@gmail.com 

Engineering World Health (EWH) is a brand new organization at VCU established to improve health care issues in developing countries. EWH provides the opportunity for students and members to partake in projects designed to tackle alarming medical issues while perfecting individual skill sets. Students and members can gain knowledge and experience with industrial design, social entrepreneurship, business planning, global ethics, etc. In order to accomplish these particular goals, EWH consists of several parts dealing with an engineering design competitions and trips abroad.

EWH allows students to experience comprehensively the way that healthcare is impacted in developing countries, from the "nuts and bolts" of device engineering to the physiological aspects of diseases and treatments and their social repercussions.

Tau Beta Pi is the only engineering honor society representing the entire engineering profession. It is the nation's second-oldest honor society, founded at Lehigh University in 1885. Tau Beta Pi's members exhibit honor upon their alma mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as students in engineering. There are now collegiate chapters at 242 US colleges and universities, 39 active alumni chapters in 16 districts across the country, and a total initiated membership of approximately 554,000.

Virginia Commonwealth University Tau Beta Pi, the Virginia Epsilon Chapter, is considered one of the newer chapters. We were founded on March 1, 2003. The chapter has continued to grow each year in numbers and in presence on campus. We continue to prosper with new members and leaders who each contribute to our chapter by bringing something different to the table. Students in our organization are either top eighth percent of the junior engineering class or top fifth of the senior engineering class.

TauBetaPi@VCU Facebook link: facebook.com/TauBetaPiatVCU

Contact: taubetapi@vcu.edu