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.
 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.
Sub-disciplines
 Tissue engineering
 Genetic engineering
 Neural engineering
 Pharmaceutical engineering
 Medical devices
 Clinical engineering
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
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
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
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
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.”
Specializations that WSU will prepare
you for
 BS program established in 2010
 BS concentrations at WSU:
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Impact-related trauma
Forensic bioengineering
Engineering neurphysiology/smart sensors
Biomaterials/tissue engineering
Biomedical imaging
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Biomechanics
Ballistics
Spine research
Targeted drug delivery
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!
Sapien Transcatheter 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
Needle-Free Diabetes Care
 Replace the poke with
a patch
 Sends the data
wirelessly to a remote
monitor
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
MelaFind Optical Scanner
 Skin cancer diagnosis
 A handheld tool
approved by the FDA
for multispectral
analysis of tissue
morphology
Works Cited
 "Biomedical Engineering." Biomedical Engineering. The Catholic University of
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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-andengineering/biomedical-engineers.htm>.
"Careers in Biomedical Engineering." Careers in Biomedical Engineering.
University of Texas At Austin, n.d.Web. <http://www.bme.utexas.edu/aboutus/careers-in-biomedical-engineering>.
MacRae, Michael. "Top 5 Medical Technology Innovations." ASME.org. N.p.,
Mar. 2013. Web. <https://www.asme.org/engineeringtopics/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/edl17conted-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>.