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Biomedical Engineers
Apply knowledge of engineering, biology, and biomechanical principles to the design, development, and evaluation of biological and health systems and products, such as artificial organs, prostheses, instrumentation, medical information systems, and health management and care delivery systems.
Other names for Biomedical Engineers:
Automation Engineer, Bio Engineer, Biochemical Engineer, Bioengineer, Biomechanical Engineer, Biomedical Electronics Technician, Biomedical Engineer, Biomedical Engineering Director, Biomedical Engineering Supervisor, Biomedical Engineering Technician, Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET), Biomedical Field Service Engineer, Biomedical Manager, Biomedical Scientist, Biomedical Technician, Bioprocess Engineer, Certified Orthotist, Certified Prosthetist, Clinical Engineer, Clinical Engineering Director, Dialysis Engineer, Imaging Engineer, Medical Engineer, Nanotechnologist, Orthopedic Designer, Product Development Engineer, Project Engineer, Research Engineer, Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE), Validation Engineer, Validation Specialist,
What do Biomedical Engineers do?
Develop new applications for energy sources, such as using nuclear power for biomedical implants.
Evaluate the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of biomedical equipment.
Install, adjust, maintain, and/or repair biomedical equipment.
Advise hospital administrators on the planning, acquisition, and use of medical equipment.
Advise and assist in the application of instrumentation in clinical environments.
Research new materials to be used for products such as implanted artificial organs.
Develop models or computer simulations of human bio-behavioral systems in order to obtain data for measuring or controlling life processes.
Design and develop medical diagnostic and clinical instrumentation, equipment, and procedures, utilizing the principles of engineering and bio-behavioral sciences.
Conduct research, along with life scientists, chemists, and medical scientists, on the engineering aspects of the biological systems of humans and animals.
Teach biomedical engineering, or disseminate knowledge about field through writing or consulting.
Design and deliver technology to assist people with disabilities.
Diagnose and interpret bioelectric data, using signal processing techniques.
Adapt or design computer hardware or software for medical science uses.
Analyze new medical procedures in order to forecast likely outcomes.
Do you enjoy these?
Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
Accelerometers
Acoustic sensors
Modulators
Physiological recorders
Thickness measuring devices
Wave generators
Physiological recorders
Bacteria transformation kits
Microcontrollers
Biometric identification equipment
Amplifiers
Frequency calibrator or simulator
Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
Electrometers
Tissue culture incubators
Sterilization cabinets
Fatigue testers
Benchtop centrifuges
Circuit tester
Viscosimeters
Cardiac pacemaker generators or implantable defibrillators or accessories
Deflecting devices
Desktop computers
Sonometers
Dissolved oxygen meters
Medical radiation dosimeters
Dynamometers
Proton spectrometers
pH electrodes
pH electrodes
Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories
Electromyography EMG units or accessories
pH electrodes
Electrometers
Endoscope maintenance units or accessories
Pressure indicators
Camera based vision systems for automated data collection
Flexure or transverse testing machines
Flow injection analysis equipment
Fluorescent microscopes
Pressure indicators
Pressure indicators
Infrared spectrometers
Radio frequency RF switches
Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
Gas or vapour concentration measuring instruments
Glass injection moldings
Neuromuscular stimulators or kits
Pressure indicators
Hardness testers
Digital cameras
Immunology or serology quality controls or calibrators or standards
Impact testers
Electrometers
Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
Pressure indicators
Electrometers
Isolators
Notebook computers
Laser cutting tools
Electronic loads
Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
Computed tomography CT or CAT radiotherapy simulators
Fatigue testers
Compression testers
Microcontrollers
pH electrodes
Microscopic structure estimation apparatus
Transmission electron microscopes
Plastic injection moldings
Microplate readers
Microplate washers
Microplates
Drug delivery systems or accessories
Drug delivery systems or accessories
Milling machines
Hemacytometer sets
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Electronic actuators
Flexure or transverse testing machines
Scanning electron microscopes
Multimeters
Medical computed tomography CT or CAT contrast agent injectors
Electrometers
Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes
Spectrophotometers
Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes
Tweezers
Physiological recorders
Oscilloscopes
Cardiac pacemaker generators or implantable defibrillators or accessories
Cardiac pacemaker generators or implantable defibrillators or accessories
Physiological recorders
Piezo electric crystals
Piezo electric crystals
Pressure indicators
Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrometers
Plastic injection molds
Physiological recorders
Tissue culture coated plates or dishes or inserts
Tissue culture coated plates or dishes or inserts
Rapid amplification or complementary deoxyribonucleic acid ends RACE technology products
Medical positron emission tomography PET units
Pressure indicators
Electrometers
Pressure sensors
Electro pneumatic transducers
Tension testers
Surface tension measuring instruments
Pulse oximeter units
Q Meters
Medical radiation dosimeters
Amplifiers
Bacteria transformation kits
Scanning probe microscopes
Pneumatic actuators
Fatigue testers
Medical single photon emission computed tomography SPECT units
Skinfold calipers
Tissue culture apparatus
Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters
Wear testers
Flexure or transverse testing machines
Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies
Sterilization sets
Force or torque sensors
Strain gauges
Dye sublimination printers
Magnetometers
Physiological recorders
Treadmills
Physiological recorders
Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echo or echography units for general diagnostic use
Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echo or echography units for general diagnostic use
Medical ultrasound or doppler or echo probes
Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echo or echography units for general diagnostic use
Medical ultrasound or doppler or echo transducers or accessories
Electrometers
X ray and fluoroscopy RF radiotherapy planning simulators
Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use
Technology used
Project management software
Pattern design software
Word processing software
Charting software
Presentation software
Spreadsheet software
Content workflow software
Data base user interface and query software
Configuration management software
Development environment software
Enterprise application integration software
Object or component oriented development software
Program testing software
Requirements analysis and system architecture software
Web platform development software
Computer aided design CAD software
Analytical or scientific software
Compliance software
Medical software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software