Biomedical Engineering- What is it?

1. Biomedical Engineering- What is it? 9/10/14

2. Announcements • CBSA Mentoring program is still looking for Juniors and Seniors. Email ben.noe@covidien.com if interested • Thursday Design Meetings TBD- Submit your availability by Friday!

3. CU doesn’t have a Biomed program… What Next?

4. Chemical and Biological Engineering • Biomaterials: Figuring out what materials can and cannot be implanted into a body • Cellular, Tissue and Genetic Engineering: Utilize the anatomy and chemistry of cells and genes to design solutions to disease and medical problems.

5. Mechanical Engineering • Biomechanics: Developing systems to mimic natural biological and medical processes • Clinical Engineering: Working within hospitals to update, maintain and improve equipment • OrthopaedicBioengineering: Analyzing and developing systems to replace existing bodily systems • Rehabilitation Engineering: Developing aids for people with various disabilities.

6. Electrical Engineers and Computer Scientists • Bioinstrumentation: Using electronics and measurement techniques to develop medical devices. • Clinical Engineering: Working within hospitals to update, maintain and improve equipment and software • Medical Imaging: Integrating sound, radiation, magnetism, etc. with high speed electronic data processing, analysis and display to generate an image.

7. Biomechanics and IPHY • Biomechanics: Study of motion within the body and the physiological effects. • Orthopaedic Bioengineering: Studying the load forces, shape, and lubrication necessary in the body’s joints. • Rehabilitation Engineering: How we can use devices to best mimic the body

8. MCDB, Biology • Biomaterials: Figuring out what materials can and cannot be implanted into a body • Cellular, Tissue and Genetic Engineering: Utilize the anatomy and chemistry of cells and genes to design solutions to disease and medical problems. • Systems Physiology: Compiling information to gain a comprehensive and integrated understanding of the function of living organisms.

9. Lots of Overlap • There is a biomedical engineering program through • Electrical • Aerospace • Mechanical • Computer Science

10. Research Opportunities

11. Dr. Borden’s Lab: Colorado Theranostics Laboratory • Developing microbubbles for ultrasound imaging and targeted drug delivery. Specifically working with colliods. • http://www.colorado.edu/mechanical/theranostics/index.html

12. Dr. Ferguson’s Lab: Biomechanics and BiomimeticsResearch Laboratory • Nano-scale Characterization of Materials, Biological Tissue​ • https://sites.google.com/a/colorado.edu/bbl/

13. Dr.Segil’s • Neural Engineering and Prosthetic Limb Design • http://www.segildesigns.com/ Dr. Vernerey • Mechanics of soft matter, Computational multiscale modeling, cell/colloid mechanics, tissue growth and morphogenesis • http://vernereygroup.wordpress.com/

14. Locomotion Laboratory • The biomechanics, energetics, and neural control of walking and running. • http://www.colorado.edu/intphys/research/locomotion.html

15. Randolph Group • Sustainable biorefining of fuels, commodity chemicals, pharmaceuticals. • Stabilization and formulation of therapeutic proteins and vaccines.

16. Dr. Anseth’s Lab • Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering • Materials that improve biocompatibility and functional performance. • Polymers for drug delivery, in vivo imaging, and tissue engineering. • Directing tissue growth for regenerating cartilage and cardiac muscle.

17. Companies in the Area… • Covidien • Medtronic • Terumo BCT • Allosource • Many more smaller companies