<p>If a person with a mechanical engineering degree worked in prosthetic development and creation, what would they be responsible for? Purely the moving parts? How do they contribute to improving the field?</p>
<p>What major do you think contributes the most to prosthetics?</p>
<p>Son is interested in biomedical engineering, and is particularly interested in working in this area.</p>
<p>We’re looking at Marquette, which has three different tracts, and are wondering which kind of engineering emphasis he should take for this kind of work.</p>
<p>Also wondering if might be more beneficial for him to just go to a college that doesn’t necessarily have biomedical, but maybe major in mechanical engineering and try to intern at a biomed firm.</p>
<p>Any thoughts on this?</p>
<p>Mechanical works. two relatives. Interning works. Basic engineering principles needed.</p>
<p>You could take your electives in fluids. Remember blood is a fluid, so a lot of the principles you learn, like fluid flow, could transfer to BIOE.</p>
<p>A professor in my ME department designed some sort of valve for a heart. And of course prosthetics is a given.</p>