
Message from the Dean
Dear BIOMED Graduates,
Congratulations on your graduation from Drexel鈥檚 School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems! All of us in the School faculty who have guided you, professional staff who have cheered you on, and hundreds of alumni Dragons ready to welcome you into their ranks share in your pride and in your accomplishments.
Sincerely,
Dr. Paul W. Brandt-Rauf
Dean of the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems and Distinguished University Professor

About the Keynote Speaker
Stacy Klein-Gardner, MS ’93, currently serves on the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems’ Executive Advisory Council. She earned her MS in biomedical engineering from Drexel after receiving a BSE in biomedical and electrical engineering from Duke University in 1991 and before receiving her PhD from Vanderbilt University in 1996.
Ms. Klein-Gardner's career focuses on growing the engineering workforce, giving all students literacy in engineering and developing high-quality professional development for teachers in engineering. She is the founding executive director of the nonprofit Engineering for US All (e4usa) and served as the co-principal investigator (PI) and co-director of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Engineering for US All (e4usa) project. Ms. Klein-Gardner is also an adjunct Professor of biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University, where she provides educational evaluation for the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering’s National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded T32 training grant. She is very active in the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), formerly serving as the chair of the ASEE Commission on P-12 Commission Engineering Education and the ASEE Pre-College Engineering Education (PCEE) division. She is a fellow of ASEE and American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
You're a Forever Dragon Now!
Don't Miss the University-Wide Commencement on June 12!
We hope you'll join us for this special event at Citizens Bank Park on Thursday, June 12 at 5 p.m. ET. We look forward to celebrating our graduates at the University-wide Commencement ceremony, where our newest Forever Dragons will get the chance to participate in a procession around the baseball field and have their degrees conferred before being officially welcomed into the ranks of Drexel alumni.