The Brahm and Sudha Verma Lifetime Visionary Award was established in 2005 to honor the visionary contribution of Brahm Verma and his wife Sudha Verma. In addition to providing vision to the Biological Engineering profession and discipline through the formation of IBE in 1995, Brahm Verma was the first President of IBE and has been unwavering in promoting biology-inspired engineering.

The purpose of this award is to recognize an individual who through their multifaceted works has articulated a sustained vision for the discipline and profession of biological engineering. A recipient of this Award is not required to be a member of IBE, and an Award is given only as deemed appropriate.

The nomination materials should include

1. a nomination statement (of no more than 2 pages) which addresses the objectives of the Award, and
2. letters (each of no more than 2 pages) from three thought-leaders in the biological engineering community who can communicate on the extraordinary vision of nominee. At least, one of the letters should be from a current member of IBE.

The Selection Committee, in consultation with the President and previous Award recipients, will select an Awardee.

The Awardee will be invited to the IBE annual meeting in the Spring for the presentation of the Award and make a presentation on her/his vision for biological engineering.

 All nominations must be submitted via email to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Sabrina Jedlicka, by December 31, 2022.