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A Brief History of Engineering
Published in Diane P. Michelfelder, Neelke Doorn, The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering, 2020
Bioengineering, biomedical engineering, and geoengineering are even more recent examples of the explicit connections between scientific and engineering disciplines that characterize contemporary engineering (Lucena and Schneider 2008). Unlike computer and nuclear engineering, these fields did not emerge to serve new technologies. Instead, they grew from increasing recognition of the overlap between engineering projects and scientific research being carried out in other fields. Ventilation systems have long been at the core of mechanical engineering expertise; combined with work on human physiology and new attention to indoor spaces as environments, ventilation can be seen as an exercise in bioengineering. Biomedical engineering is an outgrowth of medical electronics, biomechanics and the mechanics of motion, and materials engineering. Geoengineering has emerged alongside proliferating evidence of humans’ influence on the global environment and has moved from methods of controlling local weather, through cloud-seeding for example, to proposed projects to reshape the global climate.
Biomedical Applications of 3D Printing
Published in Jince Thomas, Sabu Thomas, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Jiya Jose, Nanoparticles in Polymer Systems for Biomedical Applications, 2019
M. S. Neelakandan, V. K. Yadu Nath, Bilahari Aryat, Parvathy Prasad, Sunija Sukumaran, Jiya Jose, Sabu Thomas, Nandakumar Kalarikkal
In recent years, tissue engineering has been an area of immense research interests because of its vast potential in the repair or replacement of damaged tissues and organs.95,96 The prospects for using SLA fabrication methods for biomedical applications are various. A number of researchers in the biomedical engineering field are employing 3D printing as a transformative tool for biomedical applications, especially for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Nowadays, researchers have greatly increased awareness of the dramatic differences in cell behavior between 2D and 3D culture systems. Culturing cells in 3D delivers a more physiologically applicable environment to guide cell behaviors and enhance their functions. Therefore, excessive efforts have been made to develop 3D bio fabrication techniques that can generate complex, functional 3D architectures with proper biomaterials and cell types to mimic the native microenvironment and biological components.97–99
Force-System Resultants and Equilibrium
Published in Richard C. Dorf, The Engineering Handbook, 2018
Perhaps a greater potential benefit occurring from the use of biomedical engineering is identification of the problems and needs of our present healthcare system that can be solved using existing engineering technology and systems methodology. Consequently, the field of biomedical engineering offers hope in the continuing battle to provide high-quality health care at a reasonable cost; if properly directed toward solving problems related to preventive medical approaches, ambulatory care services, and the like, biomedical engineers can provide the tools and techniques to make our healthcare system more effective and efficient. For detailed examples of specific research and development activities in this field, see Bronzino (2000).
Auxetic fibrous materials and structures in medical engineering – a review
Published in The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2023
Biomedical engineering focuses on utilizing the concepts and techniques of engineering for the betterment of human health and human care. Whereas, textile biomedical engineering can be defined as the ‘Application of a systematic, quantitative and integrative way of thinking about and approaching the solutions in problems of how fibers and textiles can be engineered to the benefits of biology, physiology, medicine, behavior, and health of human populations’ (Li et al., 2019). Fibrous structures have been widely used in the field of medical science and engineering. This article is a comprehensive review of applications of various auxetic fibrous materials and structures in medical engineering. It is aimed that this review will be helpful for future advancement in the area of auxetic textile materials particularly in health care applications.
A critical review of additive manufacturing technology in rehabilitation medicine via the use of visual knowledge graph
Published in Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2023
Weihua Lu, Wenxin He, Jiaming Wu, Yicha Zhang
In the third stage (2015–2022), research on AM technology applied to RM continues to increase until it peaks in 2019 with 363 publications. During this stage, the total number of publications reaches 2559. With the development of AM technology from basic materials research to multidisciplinary crossover applications, AM crosses over with more and more disciplines from 3DP in the beginning to 4DP, to smart materials, and computer-aided engineering design. This development results in emerging disciplines such as biomedical engineering and 3D bioprinting. So this stage can be regarded as the multidisciplinary application phase, from microscopic drug release to stent and splint manufacturing, to large RM machinery and equipment. AM technology applied to RM are studied by many countries in recent years and would remain a key area in the future.
Empathy and ethical becoming in biomedical engineering education: a mixed methods study of an animal tissue harvesting laboratory
Published in Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
Justin L. Hess, Sharon Miller, Steven Higbee, Grant A. Fore, Joseph Wallace
The biomedical engineering profession aims to improve medicine through design. Hence, the vision of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES 2020) is ‘developing and using engineering and technology to advance human health and well-being.’ Consequently, as educators in the field, we should aim to equip our students with not only the technical ability to solve biomedical design problems, but also the knowledge to make ethical decisions. While we recognise that cultural systems (e.g. institutional, organisational) can inhibit individual agency and action, we should strive to instil in our students the courage and confidence to see such ethical decisions to fruition when faced with ethical challenges in their future practice. Numerous instructional resources exist that pertain to specific evidence-based pedagogical frameworks in engineering education to these ends, as evident from the abundant resources available on the Online Ethics Centre (a repository of case studies for science and engineering ethics study).