Posted on September 12, 2009 by jmmeijer
There are any number of reasons why these are small graduating classes. The most likely is that the listed schools have only recently inaugurated their Biomedical Engineering programs. A number of schools took advantage of the Biomedical Engineering program grants by the now defunct Whitaker Foundation before it ceased to exist in 2005. The foundation [...]
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Posted on July 3, 2009 by jmmeijer
The Biomedical Engineering programs ( schools, colleges ) attract a higher proportion of women than any other engineering program. I thought it would be interesting to show just how high the proportion is in some programs. I am not aware of any explanation. My guess is that the opportunity to contribute to the health of [...]
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Posted on July 3, 2009 by jmmeijer
The Biomedical Engineering programs attract a higher proportion of women than any other engineering program. I thought it would be interesting to show just how high the proportion is in some programs. I am not aware of any explanation. My guess is that the opportunity to contribute to the health of the community may be [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2009 by jmmeijer
An engineer with genomics, tissue and chemistry heavy background may be able to find a position in one of these firms which are registered as manufacturers of pharmaceuticals. The manufacturers on this list may have changed their location since the it was last updated but should be no more than a year out of date. [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2009 by jmmeijer
One the the big challenges to successfully commercializing the advances in genomic research for the medical device industry is how to present the information in a form that will be useful to clinician. Historically the vast majority of physicians practicing today were taught microbiology, biochemistry and physiology in medical school. In day to [...]
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