The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Steven Chase, professor of biomedical engineering and a member of the Neuroscience Institute, to its College of Fellows.
Chase was nominated, reviewed and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows “for outstanding contributions to the study of motor function and its restoration with brain-computer interfaces and leadership in graduate education.”
Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top two percent of engineers in these fields. College membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering and medicine research, practice, or education” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.”
“Becoming an AIMBE Fellow is the highest honor in biomedical engineering,” said Keith Cook, department head and professor of biomedical engineering. “It indicates that one has made an outsized impact on the field, either through research or education. We’re pleased to see Steve being honored for both.”
A formal induction ceremony was held during the AIMBE Annual Event at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Virginia on March 31, 2025. Chase was inducted along with 171 colleagues who make up the AIMBE College of Fellows Class of 2025.
AIMBE Fellows are among the most distinguished medical and biological engineers including four Nobel Prize laureates and 27 Presidential Medal of Science and/or Technology and Innovation awardees. Additionally, 233 Fellows have been inducted to the National Academy of Engineering, 120 inducted to the National Academy of Medicine, and 51 inducted to the National Academy of Sciences.
