I think that a balance of the two skills is needed and agree with 85:15 ratio of interpersonal skills to technical skills. I think its important for biomedical engineering students to focus on technical skill rather than interpersonal skills for an undergraduate degree. The reason is because biomedical engineering is such a large field it is difficult to provide enough of a foundation for an undergraduate degree program to be able to devote a large focus to interpersonal skills. Once a student has completed their education and move to working in industry they will have a lot of experiences to gain interpersonal skill.