Pro: Biomedical Engineering
Sarah Forton
"Biomedical engineers analyze and design solutions to problems in biology and
medicine, with the goal of improving the quality and effectiveness of patient
care" (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2012).
Synopsis
Bioengineering includes any situation in which technology interacts with a living system. Biomedical engineering combines engineering techniques with medicine and biology to further advance patient care. Biomedical engineers strive to find ways of completing tasks quickly and more efficiently. Medical imaging combines engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve health care treatments. Biomedical engineers create machines that generate an image for physicians that can be used in diagnosis or patient treatment. These processes allow images to be obtained with minimal or completely noninvasive procedures. Developments in the subfield of classical mechanics have led to the artificial heart and valves, artificial joint replacements, bone cartilage, and tendons of the musculoskeletal system. It helps us understand major organ systems and how injuries affect the shape and mechanic of body parts ("Guide to college," 2012). Yet with all of these medical accomplishments, there are still those people who protest that biomedical engineering techniques are unethical or immoral. Nonetheless, bioengineers help save lives by improving technology and machinery that help diagnose, monitor, and treat genetic disease. Our health care system today is highly advanced and is ironically used to treat most of these people who are supposedly opposed to bioengineering procedures.
Medical Imaging
"Medical imaging uses energy phenomena and physics principles, in conjunction with high-speed data processing, to produce images of the body that reflect its anatomic structure and physiologic function" (Genevieve, 2002). It combines engineering with medical and biological sciences to advance health care treatment in diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Bioengineers create machines that generate an image for physicians that can be used in diagnosis or patient treatment. Physical phenomenons include sound, radiation, and magnetism. These processes allow images to be obtained with minimal or completely noninvasive procedures. Biomedical engineering procedures help to make other medical procedures less painful and more readily repeatable than invasive techniques (Ricci, 2011).
Classical Mechanics
Classical mechanics is "the study of how objects move in response to forces placed on them" (Genevieve, 2002). "Developments in this area have led to the artificial heart and valves, artificial joint replacements, bone cartilage, and tendons of the musculoskeletal system" ("Guide to college," 2012). It aids in helping medical professionals understand major organ systems, such as the heart, lungs, and blood vessels. Also, it studies how injuries affect the shape and mechanic of body parts. Examples of classical mechanic subfields include statics, dynamics, fluids, solids, thermodynamics, and continuum mechanics, which are applied to solve medical problems through biomechanics. Classical mechanics "provide principles for understanding how fluids move, how objects become deformed under various forces, and how levers and forces move objects" ("Guide to college," 2012).
Synopsis
Bioengineering includes any situation in which technology interacts with a living system. Biomedical engineering combines engineering techniques with medicine and biology to further advance patient care. Biomedical engineers strive to find ways of completing tasks quickly and more efficiently. Medical imaging combines engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve health care treatments. Biomedical engineers create machines that generate an image for physicians that can be used in diagnosis or patient treatment. These processes allow images to be obtained with minimal or completely noninvasive procedures. Developments in the subfield of classical mechanics have led to the artificial heart and valves, artificial joint replacements, bone cartilage, and tendons of the musculoskeletal system. It helps us understand major organ systems and how injuries affect the shape and mechanic of body parts ("Guide to college," 2012). Yet with all of these medical accomplishments, there are still those people who protest that biomedical engineering techniques are unethical or immoral. Nonetheless, bioengineers help save lives by improving technology and machinery that help diagnose, monitor, and treat genetic disease. Our health care system today is highly advanced and is ironically used to treat most of these people who are supposedly opposed to bioengineering procedures.
Medical Imaging
"Medical imaging uses energy phenomena and physics principles, in conjunction with high-speed data processing, to produce images of the body that reflect its anatomic structure and physiologic function" (Genevieve, 2002). It combines engineering with medical and biological sciences to advance health care treatment in diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Bioengineers create machines that generate an image for physicians that can be used in diagnosis or patient treatment. Physical phenomenons include sound, radiation, and magnetism. These processes allow images to be obtained with minimal or completely noninvasive procedures. Biomedical engineering procedures help to make other medical procedures less painful and more readily repeatable than invasive techniques (Ricci, 2011).
Classical Mechanics
Classical mechanics is "the study of how objects move in response to forces placed on them" (Genevieve, 2002). "Developments in this area have led to the artificial heart and valves, artificial joint replacements, bone cartilage, and tendons of the musculoskeletal system" ("Guide to college," 2012). It aids in helping medical professionals understand major organ systems, such as the heart, lungs, and blood vessels. Also, it studies how injuries affect the shape and mechanic of body parts. Examples of classical mechanic subfields include statics, dynamics, fluids, solids, thermodynamics, and continuum mechanics, which are applied to solve medical problems through biomechanics. Classical mechanics "provide principles for understanding how fluids move, how objects become deformed under various forces, and how levers and forces move objects" ("Guide to college," 2012).
Intro to The Gifts of Bioengineering
The Gifts of Bioengineering is a self-composed poem about the benefits of bioengineering. It was written to highlight bioengineers' many successes and influence readers to support bioengineering and its projects. In a world full of controversy, some people claim that programs used by bioengineers are unethical, but the truth is that the possible risks are not nearly as significant as the outcomes. Bioengineers strive towards advancements in the fields of medicine and technology and their efforts should be recognized. This poem connects to the positive standpoint of biomedical engineering because it gives detailed examples of medical advancements and successes provided to our healthcare system by bioengineers.
Bibliography
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/biomedical-engineers.htm.
Genevieve, P. (2002). Retrieved from http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/biomedical-engineering.
Guide to college majors in bioengineering. (2012). Retrieved from
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-education-guide/engineering/bioengineering-major.htm.
Ricci, T. (2011). How bioengineers are enhancing the quality of healthcare. Retrieved from
https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/bioengineering/bioengineers-are-enhancing-quality-of-healthcare.
Genevieve, P. (2002). Retrieved from http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/biomedical-engineering.
Guide to college majors in bioengineering. (2012). Retrieved from
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-education-guide/engineering/bioengineering-major.htm.
Ricci, T. (2011). How bioengineers are enhancing the quality of healthcare. Retrieved from
https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/bioengineering/bioengineers-are-enhancing-quality-of-healthcare.