Yr 11

Term 3 - Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering explores this new and developing field of human endeavour. This field combines engineering and medical research to produce artificial biomedical components to take the place of human organs that are defective. Examples include but are not limited to artificial joints, bionic ears, artificial hearts, dental replacements as well as tissue and bone development.

In addition to designing human organs that are effective substitutes, biomedical engineers have the added challenge of developing and using materials that are compatible with living tissue. The task of a biomedical engineer is to develop replacement human organs that will effective substitutes yet not be rejected by the body or promote dangerous side effects. In this way biomedical engineering promotes a better quality of life for those who suffer from loss of a limb, tissue degeneration or a defective organ.

In this module you will investigate biomedical engineered products, the materials used by biomedical engineers, the mechanics of biomedical components as well as the use of conventional drawing techniques to draw biomedical engineered equipment and products.