Special Section: Annual Education Issue: Let the Wild Rumpus of Education Start!

Abstract

Welcome to the inaugural Annual Education Issue of the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. As part of our efforts to foster excellence in biomechanics education, the editors of the journal have created this special section to highlight innovative teaching practices in bioengineering. The field of bioengineering is still young and, to a large part, lacks established textbooks and pedagogy. Yet, the field is growing rapidly, and some of the most exciting teaching methods and texts are being created to teach biomechanics to a broad, interdisciplinary audience. Our goal is to facilitate the dissemination of best teaching practices and to encourage use of recent research findings published in this journal to educate our students about cuttingedge research results and methods.