Biomedical Engineering- What is it? 9/10/14

Announcements  CBSA Mentoring program is still looking for Juniors and Seniors. if interested  Thursday Design Meetings TBD- Submit your availability by Friday!

CU doesn’t have a Biomed program… What Next?

Chemical and Biological Engineering  Biomaterials: Figuring out what materials can and cannot be implanted into a body  Cellular, Tissue and Genetic Engineering: Utilize the anatomy and chemistry of cells and genes to design solutions to disease and medical problems.

Mechanical Engineering  Biomechanics: Developing systems to mimic natural biological and medical processes  Clinical Engineering: Working within hospitals to update, maintain and improve equipment  Orthopaedic Bioengineering: Analyzing and developing systems to replace existing bodily systems  Rehabilitation Engineering: Developing aids for people with various disabilities.

Electrical Engineers and Computer Scientists  Bioinstrumentation: Using electronics and measurement techniques to develop medical devices.  Clinical Engineering: Working within hospitals to update, maintain and improve equipment and software  Medical Imaging: Integrating sound, radiation, magnetism, etc. with high speed electronic data processing, analysis and display to generate an image.

Biomechanics and IPHY  Biomechanics: Study of motion within the body and the physiological effects.  Orthopaedic Bioengineering: Studying the load forces, shape, and lubrication necessary in the body’s joints.  Rehabilitation Engineering: How we can use devices to best mimic the body

MCDB, Biology  Biomaterials: Figuring out what materials can and cannot be implanted into a body  Cellular, Tissue and Genetic Engineering: Utilize the anatomy and chemistry of cells and genes to design solutions to disease and medical problems.  Systems Physiology: Compiling information to gain a comprehensive and integrated understanding of the function of living organisms.

Lots of Overlap  There is a biomedical engineering program through  Electrical  Aerospace  Mechanical  Computer Science

Research Opportunities

Dr. Borden’s Lab: Colorado Theranostics Laboratory  Developing microbubbles for ultrasound imaging and targeted drug delivery. Specifically working with colliods.  ex.html ex.html

Dr. Ferguson’s Lab: Biomechanics and Biomimetics Research Laboratory  Nano-scale Characterization of Materials, Biological Tissue ​ 

Dr. Segil’s  Neural Engineering and Prosthetic Limb Design  Dr. Vernerey Mechanics of soft matter, Computational multiscale modeling, cell/colloid mechanics, tissue growth and morphogenesis

Locomotion Laboratory  The biomechanics, energetics, and neural control of walking and running.  comotion.html comotion.html

Randolph Group  Sustainable biorefining of fuels, commodity chemicals, pharmaceuticals.  Stabilization and formulation of therapeutic proteins and vaccines.

Dr. Anseth’s Lab  Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering  Materials that improve biocompatibility and functional performance.  Polymers for drug delivery, in vivo imaging, and tissue engineering.  Directing tissue growth for regenerating cartilage and cardiac muscle.

Companies in the Area…  Covidien  Medtronic  Terumo BCT  Allosource  Many more smaller companies