The University of Texas at Arlington and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas jointly o ffer the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering. This highly competitive program receives more than 200 student applications annually.
Students work in numerous research laboratories on both the engineering and medical school campuses.
The system monitors the slight reduction in airway pressure during inspiration, compares it with an individualized template signal for the breathing pattern of the individual, and injects just enough oxygen-enriched air to complete a normal breath. The system is so well designed that the sleeping patient never notices the mechanical adjustment. The peripheral nervous system functions by electrical current transmission in axons, the long extensions of nerve cells, which interconnect with other axons to send signals to control the function of body parts. Axons are surrounded by a myelin sheath that insulates the current path. Schwann cells within the myelin help to feed and repair axons.