What is Biomedical Engineering?

Prepared by Charles S. Tritt, Ph.D.
July 18, 1997

Biomedical engineers apply engineering principles to medical problems.

Work in groups of two or three and try to answer the following questions about biomedical engineering.

My answers to these questions can be found at http://www.msoe.edu/~tritt/whatbeis.html.

1. List some products you think biomedical engineers would be involved in the development, design, manufacture, sales, use or maintenance of.
2. List some things you think biomedical engineers typically do not do.
3. List some principles (subjects) you think biomedical engineers would apply.
4. List some types of places you think biomedical engineers would work and some jobs they might do.
5. List some other types of professionals you think biomedical engineers might work with.
6. List the college degrees that think biomedical engineers might get.

For more information visit MSOE's biomedical engineering web page at http://www.msoe.edu/eecs/be.