Rehabilitation engineers are biomedical engineers who work with technology and computers to help individuals with disabilities to reach toward their maximum potential for an enjoyable and productive life. Helping the mentally disabled learn, providing a voice for those who cannot speak, and transportation for the physically disabled are some of the activities of the rehabilitation engineer. Other biomedical engineers work in research laboratories located in medical schools, universities and government facilities. Here, they learn more about the workings of the living body. Their studies range from the microscopic biological building blocks of life to whole body interactions.
Some biomedical engineers make man-made materials to repair and replace damaged organs.
These materials may be used for contact lenses, dental implants, replacement hip joints, and replacements for limbs. Biotechnology is the newest area of biology and medicine to have attracted the involvement of engineers , particularly in relation to medicine, agriculture, forensic science, security, environment control and mining. Biomedical engineers therefore do many exciting things. Their work spans all of engineering and medicine. They have the satisfaction that their work helps other human beings directly.