Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT) is celebrating 50 years

Anatomy doll with gears as internal organs, black background

A milestone is a significant event in a project. April 19 2023 we celebrated the milestone of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT) turning 50 years in education, research and collaboration.

To celebrate this milestone, we invited those who have contributed to the department achieving this respectable age, but also everyone else curious about our department and its contribution to the field of biomedical engineering.

The focus of the celebration was IMT's journey through five decades with the perspective - people whom met and meant a lot to the development of a department and a field.

Program for IMT 50 years

Program

IMT 50 years took place from lunch to evening on April 19, the day before BME@LiU 2023. The celebration mainly took place in connection with IMT's premises on campus US.

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch and mingling on floor 13
13.00-14.30 IMT open house (mingling and the philosophers' tour in IMT's premises with demonstrations by researchers and students of today)
14.30-15.10 Coffee (outside hall Hugo Theorell, US Norra entrén)
15:10-16.15 Reflections - IMT's first 30 years (Hugo Theorell)
- Åke Öberg, prof. Emeritus
- Per Ask, prof. Emeritus
- Dan Loyd, prof. Emeritus
- Ursula Hass, unit manager, RISE Bio-organic Electronics
- Ingela Wiklund, former education officer
- Göran Salerud, prof. Emeritus
- Karin Wårdell, professor
- Britt Axelsson, former administrator
16.15-16.30 Pause
16.30-17.30 Reflections - IMT's latest 20 years (Hugo Theorell)
- Bengt Ragnemalm, electrical engineer
- Christine Ericsson, HR
- Teresa Nordin, tekn.dr
- William Lövfors, tekn.dr
- Magnus Borga, professor
- Björn Bakken, CEO Perimed AB
17.30-18.00 End of program
18.30 Dinner at Alfama

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IMT's timeline

1972 Department established in August
1977 First tekn. dr. Gert Nilsson
1981 Perimed AB established based on IMT research
1996 Competence center NIMED is established
2003 Tekn.dr. nr 50
2004 SEMANTICMINING EU-project
2007 International Master Program in Biomedical Engineering
2008 Novamedtech
2010 Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering
2010 AMRA established
2013 Semeoticons EU-project
2013 IMT celebrate 40 years
2015 Medtech for health
2017 SSF Big Data: Deep Brain Stimulation: dataanalysis in clinical support
2018 PRECISE4Q EU-project
2019 Master class from 1976 reunion (in Swedish)
2021 East Sweden Medtech
2022 IMT 50 years
2023 STRATIF-AI EU-project
2023 IMT celebrate 50 years

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