Spotlight On: Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering is the merging of engineering and medicine (or biology). It is the newest of the engineering disciplines and has just recently become a field in its own right. Engineers who entered this profession were usually mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineers. They collaborated side by side with medical researchers and doctors or attended medical school themselves, becoming a physician/engineer. Today, a number of schools offer specialized biomedical engineering degrees that combine all these fields.

Biomedical engineers often work in research, and depending on their field of interest, they may specialize in bionics, genetic engineering, tissue engineering (artificial organs), or pharmaceutical ...

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