Long before college, Brandon Shepherd (BME '09) considered himself a pre-med guy bound for a chemistry or biology major. He was also interested in engineering but he didn't know how to combine the two. Then his research led him to information about the biomedical engineering degree being developed at that time at the Herff College. "It was the perfect fit for me," Brandon recalls. "The new biomedical engineering program could provide all I needed to qualify for medical school and offer courses in subjects I'd always loved learning about."