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How can smart contact lenses monitor and treat eye conditions?

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At Purdue University , Dr Chi Hwan Lee is using his skills as a biomedical engineer to develop smart contact lenses that can both monitor the condition and deliver drugs to combat it. TALK LIKE A BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER. FIELD OF RESEARCH : Biomedical Engineering. WHAT CAN THESE DEVICES MONITOR?

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Top 10 Halloween STEM Activities

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In this fun, prep-free webquest and poster set students will research 23 creepy, crawly, gross STEM Careers and make connections to STEM careers in real life! In our Biomedical Engineer lesson plan , your middle schoolers can learn about biomedical engineering in this fun, hands on STEM activity! Build a Skeleton.

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Celebrating Black History: Course Now Available

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: With STEM Icons Mary Daly & Alexa Canady, get a heart-pumping look into the field of biomedical engineering. Peek Inside Computers: Let’s explore computer science as I/O detectives as we learn about computer engineer Mark Dean.

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Harnessing the power of music to improve mental health

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He has established the Music and Mental Health Research Clinic to explore the relationships between music and mental health and to develop ways of integrating music into healthcare services. Gilles’ own research focuses on how music can benefit older adults and combat age-related health conditions.

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The Future of Health Technology

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Biomedical engineering, or BME, a topic that combines engineering and health sciences to advance medical technology, has only recently emerged as its own field of study. In order to complete these advances, biomedical engineers work with math, science, and medicine.

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Using adsorbents to help society

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At the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA, Dr Yamil Colón is a chemical and biomolecular engineer studying this important chemical process. His work could help make huge breakthroughs in healthcare, climate change, environment and water scarcity research. How does the team do this research? What is Yamil working on?

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Inspirational women in STEM

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The research she conducted during her PhD in molecular and cell biology formed the basis of LambdaVision’s work, and she is now developing artificial retinas in microgravity on the International Space Station, for which she won a Women in Aerospace outstanding achievement award. Women role models in STEM research. Sources: 1.

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