Biomedical Engineering Career Research Paper

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There are two engineering careers that interest me, biomedical or civil engineering. I know they may seem completely different, but due to the fact I take some classes in the engineering field, and some in the medical field, I still have not decided which way to go. A biomedical engineer creates equipment, devices, computer systems, and software used in healthcare, while a civil engineer designs, builds and supervises construction projects such as bridges, buildings, airports, and many more. A biomedical engineer focuses a lot on bringing knowledge to create, design and evaluate biomedical equipment. Biomedical engineers do anything on a range from designing artificial internal organs, to present their research findings to other scientists, …show more content…

However a biomedical engineer can make anywhere from $51,480 to $139,520. In 2014, there were about 22,100 jobs for biomedical engineers. Biomedical engineers work in many different settings, some work in hospitals where therapy is occurring and some work in laboratories doing research. They can commonly work in teams with other scientists, healthcare workers, or other engineers. Since biomedical engineers have the ability to work with different people from other fields the need for biomedical engineering products and services is growing. This is leading to the employment of biomedical engineers increasing, is suggested to grow 23% from 2014 to …show more content…

Along with building and designing, civil engineers aldo analyze and plan projects, consider costs, perform soil testing to look at strength for the foundations going there, test materials, present their findings to the public, manage the repair of infrastructures. As you can tell, civil engineers do a lot more than just design and build the infrastructure. They have to consider everything else that goes into building it, such as the environment around it, the cost and all other safety