1. Biomedical Engineering
Julia Rodriguez

2. Education and Salary
Bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences and engineering
Number of jobs in 2012: 19,400
Job outlook is expected to grow 27% from to 2022.
Average annual pay in 2012: $86,960

3. What is Biomedical Engineering?
They solve problems related to biology and medicine.
Design internal organs and devices to replace body parts.
Research the engineering aspects of humans and animals biological systems.

4. More of What They Do.
Repair, maintain, and evaluate biomedical equipment.
Create computer simulations to test new drug therapies.
Video on what bio medical engineers do.
Video on a senior project that future biomedical engineers made.

5. Famous Engineers
Barbara Williams: First African-American women to be named division head of a biomedical engineering company. She also developed pacemakers for dogs.
Barbara McClintock: Pioneer in biomedical field won a Nobel Prize in genetics research for finding “jumping” DNA.

6. Famous Companies
Aptus Endosystems: Emerging company that works on developing minimally invasive endograft devices and technology for the treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.
AtriCure: Has leadership in implementing innovation of surgical devices. Has assembled a team to serve patients and solve problems. They are even headquartered near Cincinnati.

7. Bibliography
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