| Want to impact humanity and protect its health? | | | | products for use in the fields of biology and health, |
| Improve quality of life? Being a Bio-medical Engineer is | | | | such as artificial organs instrumentation, medical |
| a great opportunity to reach this goal. According to | | | | information systems, and health management and |
| the US department of Labor, Bureau of Labor | | | | care delivery systems. |
| Statistics, employment of biomedical engineers is | | | | Education Requirements |
| expected to increase faster than the average for all | | | | The biomedical engineering student should first plan |
| occupations through 2012. Hence, if you are | | | | to become a good engineer who then acquires a |
| considering your career in bioengineering field, you | | | | working understanding of the life sciences and |
| definitely are in the right career path. | | | | terminology. In college, prospective biomedical |
| Bioengineering (also called biomedical engineering) | | | | engineers usually select engineering as a field of |
| combines engineering expertise with medical needs | | | | study, and then choose a discipline concentration |
| for the enhancement of health care. Those working | | | | within engineering. Some students will major in |
| within the bioengineering field are working with living | | | | biomedical engineering, while others may major in |
| system and apply advanced technology to the | | | | chemical, electrical, or mechanical engineering with a |
| complex problems of medical care. In general, | | | | specialty in biomedical engineering. |
| biomedical engineers create everything from wheel | | | | Employment |
| chairs to artificial hearts to contact lenses. | | | | Biomedical engineers are employed in industry |
| Job Functions | | | | primarily in the pharmaceutical and medicine |
| Being a biomedical engineer, you may be called upon | | | | manufacturing and medical instruments and supplies |
| to design medical instruments and devices such as | | | | industries, in hospitals as clinical engineer, in research |
| magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the heart | | | | facilities of educational and medical institutions, in |
| pacemaker, kidney dialysis and the heart-lung | | | | teaching, and in government regulatory agencies. |
| machine. In additional, you may need to carry out | | | | Earnings |
| researches to acquire new knowledge needed to | | | | Median annual earnings of biomedical engineers with a |
| solve new medical problems. Bioengineering field | | | | bachelor's degree were $48,503 in 2004; those with |
| covers a wide specialty areas, among the well know | | | | a master's degree earned $59, 667. The middle 50 |
| specialty areas include bioinstrumentation, biomedical, | | | | percent earned around $70, 500. The lowest 10 |
| biomechanics, clinical engineering, rehabilitation | | | | percent earned less than $41,260 and the highest 10 |
| engineering. You can set your career path to any of | | | | percent earned more than $107,530. |
| these specialties in bioengineering. | | | | In Summary |
| Doctors, nurses and physicians are among your | | | | Employment of biomedical engineer is expected to |
| working partners if you work as a biomedical | | | | boom in next 5 years in line with the demand for |
| engineer in hospitals or any medical service centers. | | | | more sophisticated medical equipment. The increase |
| You need to work closely with them as a team to | | | | concerns on cost efficiency and effectiveness will |
| solve a wide range of challenges. If you work in | | | | also boost demand for biomedical engineers. Hence, |
| laboratory at industry or any research center, you will | | | | bioengineering is a great career path for you if you |
| work along with life scientists, chemists, and medical | | | | interest in this field. |
| scientists, to develop and evaluate systems and | | | | |