{"id":120665,"date":"2022-07-29T15:45:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T19:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?page_id=120665"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:08:58","slug":"bioengineering-technology-entrepreneurship-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/academics\/teaching-and-innovation\/bioengineering-technology-entrepreneurship-center\/","title":{"rendered":"BTEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Located in one of the nation\u2019s elite Biomedical Engineering departments, the <strong>Bioengineering Technology &amp; Entrepreneurship Center<\/strong> (BTEC) is a 5,000 square foot bioengineering maker space designed to transform education and innovation for bioengineering students through hands-on learning. The center advances cutting-edge technologies identified in partnership with industry, from gene editing to biosensors to digital medicine.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Co0TWvffQGg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span>Boston University Creating the Societal Engineer\u00ae<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As bioengineering approaches the next 50 years, powerful new technologies will enable an unprecedented understanding of biology at all length scales. BTEC is anticipated to prepare the next generation of the societal bioengineer with the skills most needed by the Pharma\/Biotech and Medtech industries to enhance human health and benefit society overall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/07\/BTEC_BANNER.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-120671 size-full\" width=\"1672\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2022\/07\/BTEC_BANNER.jpg 1672w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2022\/07\/BTEC_BANNER-636x123.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2022\/07\/BTEC_BANNER-1024x198.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2022\/07\/BTEC_BANNER-768x149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2022\/07\/BTEC_BANNER-1536x298.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in one of the nation\u2019s elite Biomedical Engineering departments, the Bioengineering Technology &amp; Entrepreneurship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11977,"featured_media":0,"parent":118379,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120665"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140864,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120665\/revisions\/140864"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}