Biomedical Engineering- What is it?9/10/14

Announcements CBSA Mentoring program is still looking

for Juniors and Seniors. Email ben.noe@covidien.com if interested

Thursday Design Meetings TBD- Submit your availability by Friday!

CU doesn’t have a Biomed program…What Next?

Chemical and Biological Engineering Biomaterials: Figuring out what materials

can and cannot be implanted into a body Cellular, Tissue and Genetic

Engineering: Utilize the anatomy and chemistry of cells and genes to design solutions to disease and medical problems.

Mechanical Engineering Biomechanics: Developing systems to mimic

natural biological and medical processes Clinical Engineering: Working within hospitals to

update, maintain and improve equipment Orthopaedic Bioengineering: Analyzing and

developing systems to replace existing bodily systems

Rehabilitation Engineering: Developing aids for people with various disabilities.

Electrical Engineers and Computer Scientists Bioinstrumentation: Using electronics and

measurement techniques to develop medical devices.

Clinical Engineering: Working within hospitals to update, maintain and improve equipment and software

Medical Imaging: Integrating sound, radiation, magnetism, etc. with high speed electronic data processing, analysis and display to generate an image.

Biomechanics and IPHY

Biomechanics: Study of motion within the body and the physiological effects.

Orthopaedic Bioengineering: Studying the load forces, shape, and lubrication necessary in the body’s joints.

Rehabilitation Engineering: How we can use devices to best mimic the body

MCDB, Biology

Biomaterials: Figuring out what materials can and cannot be implanted into a body

Cellular, Tissue and Genetic Engineering: Utilize the anatomy and chemistry of cells and genes to design solutions to disease and medical problems.

Systems Physiology:  Compiling information to gain a comprehensive and integrated understanding of the function of living organisms.  

Lots of Overlap There is a biomedical engineering

program through Electrical Aerospace Mechanical Computer Science

Research Opportunities

Dr. Borden’s Lab: Colorado Theranostics Laboratory

Developing microbubbles for ultrasound imaging and targeted drug delivery. Specifically working with colliods.

http://www.colorado.edu/mechanical/theranostics/index.html

Dr. Ferguson’s Lab: Biomechanics and Biomimetics Research Laboratory Nano-scale Characterization of Materials, Biological

Tissue

https://sites.google.com/a/colorado.edu/bbl/

Dr. Segil’s Neural Engineering and Prosthetic Limb Design http://www.segildesigns.com/

Dr. Vernerey• Mechanics of soft matter, Computational

multiscale modeling, cell/colloid mechanics, tissue growth and morphogenesis

• http://vernereygroup.wordpress.com/

Locomotion Laboratory The biomechanics, energetics, and neural

control of walking and running.

http://www.colorado.edu/intphys/research/locomotion.html

Randolph Group Sustainable biorefining of fuels,

commodity chemicals, pharmaceuticals. Stabilization and formulation of

therapeutic proteins and vaccines.

Dr. Anseth’s Lab Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Materials that improve biocompatibility and functional performance.

Polymers for drug delivery, in vivo imaging, and tissue engineering.

Directing tissue growth for regenerating cartilage and cardiac muscle.

Companies in the Area… Covidien Medtronic Terumo BCT Allosource Many more smaller companies