The History of Biomedical Engineering

This chapter is about biomedical engineering in the country. The opening preamble introduces this realm, a relatively new, multidisciplinary, and multiphysics area of science, education, research, and technology devoted to solving problems in the medicine and biology parts of physics. The following section is devoted to the outstanding forefathers of biomedical engineering and the education and achievements that boded this industry in the country. The third section concerns biomedical schools, technology, and engineering in the interwar decades, from private initiatives to state-ruled education, institutions, and industry. Section four concerns biomedical engineering, education, and research in the post-war and contemporary periods. A birds’ eye view reference timeline presents the organizations, committees, national chapters, and bodies of bioengineering.