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Quiz #4: Engineering Disciplines Biomedical Engineering

Quiz #4: Engineering Disciplines Biomedical Engineering. Steve Tennyson Alyse Waldhorn Alex Wong BE 1200, Section 001, Team #3. Biomedical Engineering. Apply engineering principles to better understand how the body works.

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Quiz #4: Engineering Disciplines Biomedical Engineering

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  1. Quiz #4: Engineering DisciplinesBiomedical Engineering Steve Tennyson Alyse Waldhorn Alex Wong BE 1200, Section 001, Team #3

  2. Biomedical Engineering • Apply engineering principles to better understand how the body works. • Understand the effects of outside forces on the body, whether diagnostic of traumatic. • Design and provide solutions to problems that arise anywhere from trauma to aging.

  3. Sub-disciplines • Tissue engineering • Genetic engineering • Neural engineering • Pharmaceutical engineering • Medical devices • Clinical engineering

  4. Growth in the field • #1 career for largest project growth • Projected growth from 2010 to 2020: • Average growth for all occupations: 14% • Average growth for biomedical engineers: 62% • Why? • Pharmaceutical and genomic industries are booming • Technological advances

  5. Work of young engineers • Young biomedical engineers will often be assisting doctors and medical scientists in hospitals • Other young biomedical engineers will maintain equipment and assist researchers with a variety of other backgrounds • Performance testing and safety of new products and inventions related to healthcare and research needs

  6. Job opportunities, training and background requirements • Biomedical Engineers are in high demand • Biomedical Engineers will find job opportunities in common engineering fields such as genetic, clinical, and cellular engineering • A bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering is required • Knowledge in chemistry, physics, biology, and multiple mathematic courses

  7. Opportunities for senior engineers • Senior Biomedical Engineers work towards new biomedical equipment designs such as artificial organs and patient monitoring • Train younger engineers and clinicians on proper equipment use • Some Senior Engineers become advisors for marketing departments and professors • Development of new disease-fighting drugs

  8. WSU Biomedical Engineering Program • Originally a subset of the mechanical engineering program • BS program established in 2010 • Graduate programs established in 1998 • Mission: “…enable graduates to attack societal epidemics of premature death, pain, and disability that result from trauma and aging.”

  9. Specializations that WSU will prepare you for • BS program established in 2010 • BS concentrations at WSU: • Impact-related trauma • Forensic bioengineering • Engineering neurphysiology/smart sensors • Biomaterials/tissue engineering • Biomedical imaging • Reseach • Biomechanics • Ballistics • Spine research • Targeted drug delivery

  10. Medical Robots • The device is a mobile cart with a two-way video screen and medical monitoring equipment, programmed to maneuver through the busy halls of a hospital. • And you think a Linebot program is difficult!

  11. SapienTranscatheter Aortic Valve • Alternative to open-heart surgery for patients who need new a new valve • Guided through the femoral artery by catheter from a small incision near the grown or rib cage. • Dramatically shorter hospitalizations

  12. Needle-Free Diabetes Care • Replace the poke with a patch • Sends the data wirelessly to a remote monitor

  13. Electronic Aspirin • For people who suffer from migraines and other causes of chronic, excruciating head or facial pain • Permanent implant of a small nerve stimulating device in the upper gum

  14. MelaFind Optical Scanner • Skin cancer diagnosis • A handheld tool approved by the FDA for multispectral analysis of tissue morphology

  15. Works Cited • "Biomedical Engineering." Biomedical Engineering. The Catholic University of America, n.d. Web. <http://biomedical.cua.edu/>. • “Biomedical Engineering.” Wayne State Universtiy. Web. http://engineering.wayne.edu/bme/ • "Biomedical Engineers." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, n.d. Web. <http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/biomedical-engineers.htm>. • "Careers in Biomedical Engineering." Careers in Biomedical Engineering. University of Texas At Austin, n.d. Web. <http://www.bme.utexas.edu/about-us/careers-in-biomedical-engineering>. • MacRae, Michael. "Top 5 Medical Technology Innovations." ASME.org. N.p., Mar. 2013. Web. <https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/bioengineering/top-5-medical-technology-innovations>. • Simon, Cecilia C. "Top 10 List: Where the Jobs Are." Nytimes.com. N.p., 13 Apr. 2011. Web. <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/education/edlife/edl-17conted-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>.

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