Bioengineers are the people who design and develop innovative materials, processes, devices, biologics, and informatics to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease, to rehabilitate patients, and to generally improve health. Bioengineers also provide environmentally sound solutions to industrial process problems, and use their knowledge of biological systems to create biologically inspired processes and products. In this example the valve was implanted slightly misaligned in the aortic position. Biomedical engineering applies science and engineering, mathematical analysis, and computer techniques to biomedical problems. It's an exciting area with a bright 21st-Century future and is experiencing tremendous growth.
Biomedical engineering is at the forefront of medicine's technologic revolution.
Disciplines, which make up this diverse area, are having a tremendous impact on improving health care. New areas are opening each day, from genetic engineering and biotechnology to instrumentation, robotics and the space station. The graduates of Biomedical Engineering graduate programs go on to establish careers in academia, government, biotechnology, medical devices or medical instrumentation fields. Potential employers include colleges and universities, hospitals, government, research institute laboratories or private industry. Some broaden their research experiences by taking postdoctoral positions in prominent research laboratories before beginning their own independent careers.