Quiz 4 Engineering Disciplines Biomedical Engineering Steve Tennyson

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: �Impact-related trauma �Forensic bioengineering �Engineering neurphysiology/smart sensors �Biomaterials/tissue engineering �Biomedical imaging � Reseach �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

Mela. Find Optical Scanner �Skin cancer diagnosis �A handheld tool approved by the FDA for multispectral analysis of tissue morphology

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