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Milwaukee School of Engineering. Biomedical Engineering (BME). Is the application of engineering principles to monitoring, understanding, modifying or controlling living systems, particularly the human body. Uses Life sciences MathematicsPhysicsChemistryEngineering
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1. Introduction to Biomedical Engineering at MSOE
Dr. Charles S. Tritt
March 8, 2012 (v. 2.2)
2. Milwaukee School of Engineering Biomedical Engineering (BME) Is the application of engineering principles to monitoring, understanding, modifying or controlling living systems, particularly the human body.
Uses
Life sciences
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Engineering & technology
Social sciences & business
Often create (design, manufacture or sale) medical devices and services that meet society’s needs.
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3. Milwaukee School of Engineering Areas within BME There are at least seven sub-areas within biomedical engineering:
Medical Electronics and Instrumentation
Medical Devices & Artificial Organs
Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Engineering
Medical Imaging
Bio-signal Processing
Biomaterials including Tissues Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
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4. Some Examples Class of 2012 Design Projects
Fluidic Model of the Cardiovascular System
Infant Reactive Thermal Model
Launch Motion Monitor
Portable Pulmonary Function Analyzer
Postural Sway Monitor
Taser Evaluation System
Diabetic Foot Evaluation System Milwaukee School of Engineering 4
5. Taser Evaluation System
6. Diabetic Foot Evaluation System
7. 7 Milwaukee School of Engineering MSOE is Different! We cover all BME specialty areas – Allows for a wide range of opportunities after graduation.
Technical Rigor – Students study classic engineering topics.
Focus on Design & Entrepreneurship – Team works for over 2 years to research, develop and design a medical product.
Balanced Approached – Laboratory experiences in almost every area assure graduates can apply academic concepts to “real world” applications .
8. Program Details Entrepreneurship Courses
Two courses sophomore year to help students understand how business and engineering relate.
Joint Labs in Junior Year
First of its kind labs to combine two disciplines and teach one lab at interface.
Physiology & Biosystems, Physiology & Biotransport and Biomechanics & Biomaterials.
Seven quarter design project
Two Technical Electives
Allows students to focus on an area of interest.
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9. Our Design Experience Real World Problems
Projects identified by faculty.
Work guided by “chief engineers.”
Process is “industry simulation”
Various “roles” that students apply.
Learn to manage resources (time and money).
Not only learn how to design, but how to write a business plan.
BE teams consistently finish at or near the top in the MSOE Senior Design Business Plan competition.
Product prototype produced.
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10. Intermission Milwaukee School of Engineering 10
11. Medical Instrumentation Monitoring equipment – pulse, blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure, temperature, etc. Milwaukee School of Engineering 11
12. Medical Devices & Artificial Organs Extracorporeal devices – heart lung machines, artificial kidneys for dialysis patients, insulin pumps, etc. Milwaukee School of Engineering 12
13. Biomechanics & Rehabilitation Engineering The study of how people move.
Applications include sports and rehabilitation.
Technology is the basis for motion capture techniques used in animated movies and computer games.
Can help people with stokes and spinal cord injuries.
Involves mechanical and biomedical engineering and physiology. Milwaukee School of Engineering 13
14. Medical Imaging Minimizes the need to make holes in patients.
X-rays – now mostly done digitally.
CT Scans – Use x-rays combined with a lot of math.
MRI Scans – Use magnetic fields & radio waves.
PET Scans, etc. – Many other specialized approaches for detecting tumors, etc.
Involves mainly biomedical and computer engineering and math topics. Milwaukee School of Engineering 14
15. Bio-Signal Processing Extracting useful information from electrical signals coming from the human body.
ECG – Heart.
EEG – Brain.
EMG – Muscles. 15
16. Biomaterials Critical to the success of implants and other medical devices.
Includes tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. 16
17. System Physiology & Modeling Physiology is how the body works. It is to life science as physics is to other sciences.
Used to predict results without having to do the complete experiment – saves time, money and lives.
Involves mainly chemical and biomedical engineering, math and physiology topics. Milwaukee School of Engineering 17
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19. Milwaukee School of Engineering What Biomedical Engineers do after College Workforce
Design
Marketing & Tech Service
Management
Government (FDA, Patent Office)
Further Education
Graduate School (M.S., Ph.D.)
Professional Schools – Law, Medical, Dental, etc.
Business School (full or part time; immediate or later) 19
20. Jobs Product Development Engineer – Merge Healthcare
Process Quality Engineer – Boston Scientific
Biomedical Systems Supervisor – Appleton Medical Center/ Theda Clark Medical Center
Regulatory Affairs Specialist – Smiths Medical
Biomedical Imaging Engineer – GE Medical Systems
Clinical Engineer – Froedert Hospital
Engineering Consultant – Accenture
Field Service Engineer – Beckman Coulter
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21. Graduate School Continued study after Bachelor's (4-year) degree. Masters and Doctorate (Ph.D.).
Some companies prefer BEs with advanced degrees.
Generally limited funding for Masters, often full funding for Ph.D.
Must get good grades (GPA > 3.0) in Bachelor’s program. Milwaukee School of Engineering 21
22. Medical School MUST have > 3.5 (3.8 preferably) GPA and take MCAT test (which is finally being updated).
On first pass GPA + MCAT score must be above threshold.
To do well on MCAT we recommend prep courses.
Have better chance of getting into school in state of residence.
Students need an additional 2 chemistry courses (organic chemistry II and general chemistry III)
Count as two technical electives, but still have to fit into rest of BME curriculum. Milwaukee School of Engineering 22
23. Other MSOE BME Facts Nearly half of our graduates choose to immediately further their education.
Starting salaries up to $55,000 as of December 2011 (I expect the 2012 maximum and average to be significantly higher, seniors are reporting an energetic job market).
High percentage of female students (over half in some classes). Milwaukee School of Engineering 23
24. Who Will Do Well? Significant predictor of college GPA is the ACT Math sub-score. The higher the math score the greater the probability the student will attain a high GPA. Preferred scores…
Math > 28
Overall > 27
English > 27
Reading > 26
Science > 27 Milwaukee School of Engineering 24
25. Suggested AP Topics Suggested
Calculus AB or BC
Biology
Chemistry
Humanities/Social Sciences
History, Literature, Language, etc. Of Limited Value
Physics
Statistics
Computer Science
Economics
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