Thoughts about biomedical engineering?

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<p>My mind is hopping around between BME and EE, and I figured that EE is a large and established field while BME is a growing but a powerful field too.</p>

<p>What does a biomedical engineer do? (I mean position) Do most BME do research? Is it just research? What are some options for expanding?</p>

<p>Is a B.S. in BME enough to get a stable job? Or would I have to go to graduate school? (in general terms)</p>

<p>Is it "easier" than EE? I know that no engineering is easy. But I mean conceptually...</p>

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<p>bump for answers</p>

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<p>You should check this site for answers to some of your questions.</p>

<p>[Sloan</a> Career Cornerstone Center: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Healthcare](<a href=“http://www.careercornerstone.org/bioeng/bioeng.htm]Sloan”>Career Cornerstone Center: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine)</p>

<p>Also, there is a common conception around these boards that a BME undergraduate degree is fairly unmarketable, and that, until the field develops, only a graduate degree in BME is worth your time and money. The idea goes that anything a BME major can do, a MEng or Biochem/MolBio major can do with a higher degree of expertise. A BME major is considered to have exposure to a broad range of skills but is an expert in none.</p>

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I suppose the reason is the same as why we need med school. LOL But yeah, I hope we have a BME graduate here on CC.</p>

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<p>This program at University of Toronto (which is a fantastic engineering school), offers an engineering science degree that is biomed, but you also end up qualified as a professional EE or Chem engineer. Seems like the best of both worlds. I’m sure this can’t be the only such program.</p>

<p>[Engineering</a> Science Option](<a href=“http://www.ibbme.utoronto.ca/programs/undergraduate/engsci.htm]Engineering”>http://www.ibbme.utoronto.ca/programs/undergraduate/engsci.htm)</p>

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<p>You can’t qualify as a “professional EE or Chem engineer” from a university program. You need several years of experience working under a PE before you can even take the exam to become a PE. The website says graduates “will be eligible to become professional engineers.”</p>

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<p>If you’re going to do graduate study in BME after doing a bachelor’s in BME (usually necessary to be competitive, or so I gather), then you might as well do your bachelor’s in something else and still do a master’s in BME. Maybe in a few years a bachelor’s in BME will be strong, but it’s probably not the best current option.</p>

<p>Disclaimer: this is just what I’ve picked up from reading random CC threads</p>