The Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering brings together the renowned engineering education and research of Marquette University and the innovative medical research and clinical practice of the Medical College of Wisconsin. Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) have a long history of collaboration, dating back to when MCW was known as the Marquette University School of Medicine. In the 1960s, while they were still a single institution, the biomedical engineering program at Marquette was launched as one of the first in the country and was known as a pioneer in developing solutions for clinical applications. More recently, Marquette and MCW faculty members have worked together on numerous transformational research discoveries in rehabilitation medicine, orthopaedics, trauma, and cardiovascular and pulmonary physiology. This long, successful history of collaboration is what makes the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering so unique - combining two exceptional institutions into one outstanding educational experience.