Posted on November 14, 2009 by jmmeijer
Posted on November 9, 2009 by jmmeijer
Top 20 schools which offer B.S. Biomedical Engineering degrees by graduating class size. These schools represent 1650 graduates. They represent about half the total number of B.S. BME graduates for 2008. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects approximately 300 new Biomedical Engineering jobs every year between 2006 and 2016. As can be seen there is a significant mismatch between the actual number of graduates and the projected number of jobs. Anyone interested in these programs should note that the size of a department does not necessarily indicate a high level of quality when it comes to preparing a student for a corporate career.
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| School |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| University of California-San Diego |
83 |
47 |
130 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus |
83 |
39 |
122 |
| Duke University |
73 |
37 |
110 |
| Washington University in St Louis |
61 |
32 |
93 |
| Arizona State University |
54 |
38 |
92 |
| Vanderbilt University |
56 |
35 |
91 |
| University of California-Davis |
60 |
27 |
87 |
| The University of Texas at Austin |
54 |
29 |
83 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
44 |
37 |
81 |
| University of California-Irvine |
53 |
28 |
81 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick |
58 |
21 |
79 |
| University of California-Berkeley |
44 |
34 |
78 |
| Boston University |
53 |
25 |
78 |
| Case Western Reserve University |
52 |
24 |
76 |
| Johns Hopkins University |
45 |
27 |
72 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
41 |
22 |
63 |
| Northwestern University |
38 |
24 |
62 |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus |
29 |
30 |
59 |
| University of Southern California |
35 |
22 |
57 |
| Texas A & M University |
32 |
24 |
56 |

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Posted on September 30, 2009 by jmmeijer
Posted on September 27, 2009 by jmmeijer
Creating an implantable device is a challenging engineering problem which, with time, usually yields to the engineer’s and scientist’s efforts. Getting one of these product on the market under time constraints can lead to trade offs and is always a delicate balance between the improvement of medical care and the profit motive. Finally approving one is clearly a great responsibility since it unleashes the product on the public. It’s interesting to note the clinical data on this product. Why would a membrane that presumably physically separates the pericardium from the chest wall produce only a 50% reduction in adhesions? Is it because of the mediastinitus it causes?
REPEL-CV Bioresorbable Adhesion Barrier – P070005

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Posted on September 27, 2009 by jmmeijer
The potential magnetic field sensing system improves on current technology by working at room temperature. The inclusion of the nitrogen, which also occurs naturally, creates a transducer which when impinged by an appropriate wavelength of green light flouresces red. Plus or minus spin can be detected by minor variations in the amplitude of the flourescence. The finding is a byproduct of work by researchers working at the Joint Quantum Institute, MIT and Texas A&M University.
Diamonds May Be the Ultimate MRI Probe, Say Quantum Physicists

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