- Overview
- Research Opportunities
- Where Can Biomedical & Rehabilitation Engineering Take Me?
- Biomedical Engineering Minor Requirements (Class ’10 and beyond)
- Biomedical Science and Technology Minor Requirements (Class ’10 and beyond)
- Biomedical & Rehabilitation Engineering Concentration: Requirements
Did you know?
Biomedical engineers play a significant role in mapping the human genome, robotics, tissue engineering, and in nanotechnology.
Where Can Biomedical & Rehabilitation Engineering Take Me?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the number of biomedical engineering jobs will climb much faster than average, greater than 27%, by 2014. (http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm) The types of jobs a biomedical engineer can perform vary widely. From a development engineer at a medical device company to a clinical engineer in a hospital, these jobs span knowledge of engineering and biology. Driving forces behind the predicted growth in biomedical engineering include great technical advances in biomedical technology, along with an aging population. Example jobs include:
- Designer of prostheses and medical devices
- Developer of drugs and other therapies
- Clinical engineer assuring quality of hospital medical equipment
- Rehabilitation engineer performing custom design and manufacture of aids
Many biomedical engineers use their bachelor's degree as a stepping stone to medical related, advance graduated degrees like medicine, dentistry, veterinary, physical therapy, rehabilitation engineering, etc.