EarthSky spoke with biomedical engineer Ted Bateman of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
In addition, the recognition of the role of the biomedical engineer as responsible for medical devices is necessary to improve countries' ability to properly manage medical devices.
Recently, however, Clark Hung, a biomedical engineer at Columbia University in New York City, has grown cartilage that matches its natural counterpart strength for strength.
It serves as an introduction to the fundamental science and engineering on which biomedical engineering is based.
The course covers basic concepts of biomedical engineering and their connection with the spectrum of human activity.
BCI research has drawn attention of scientists in the brain-science, calculator, engineering, biomedical engineering and human machine automatic control.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the Labor Department offers job market predictions through 2018. The highest growth is expected in biomedical engineering.
One would think developing products to detect cancer might make for a stressful environment, but many biomedical engineers embrace the fact that the tools they're creating could save a life.
