<p>well,,, i'm pretty confused now.
The USnews ranking seems they put bioE and BME in one category.</p>
<p>Some people suggest that BME and BioE are same field while the others disagrees.
What's the truth? are they really same field? slightly different? or very different?</p>
<p>I'm interested in medical instrumentation, artificial organ/limbs. If BME and BioE are different, which field should I pursue?</p>
<p>Mechanical engineering! =D</p>
<p>What fields of BioE does EE apply to?</p>
<p>BME, as the name states is more releated to applying engineerring principles to the medical field. BioE is more general, its more broad than biomedical E as it does not link everything together in the medical field. If you want to pursuee artifical/ tissue enigneering, artifical organs, etc biomedical would give you more exposure.</p>
<p>In my opinion, BioE tends to approach things more from a cell point of view rather than an engineering point of view (but there are some great bioE programs that don't necessarily fit in that mold).</p>
<p>x_wolf - you could probably find a good match for yourself at either a BME or bioE program. Biomedical instrumentation you'd likely find the best in a BME program, but the artificial organs/limbs can be at either a BME or BioE school</p>
<p>ElectricTech - EE applies most directly to biomedical instrumentation (making medical equipment, imaging devices, pacemakers, etc). The program I'm in right now also has a lot to do with EE - I'm in a bioelectricity specialty sequence, which focuses almost exclusively on the nervous system. Research in the field ranges from pacemakers to functional electrical stimulation (letting paralyzed people walk / use their hands) to brain computer interfacing (decoding brain signals to make a device do what you want it to do) It's probably easiest to find a EE-related field in a BME program, but there are a few good BioE programs for that too.</p>
<p>You're looking more for BME.</p>
<p>thx a lot guys. Now I know for sure I'm pursuing BME</p>