Water Industry Process Automation & Control Monthly - April 2024
Scope for Biomedical Engineers
1. Scope for Biomedical Engineers
Vikas R. Gupta
Assistant Professor
Department of Electronics Engineering
Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur.
2. What is Biomedical Engineering all about?
• Confluence of engineering, technology and biological sciences
• Responsible for developing, designing and improving medical
devices
• Examples : artificial limbs, prosthetics, imaging machines
• Interdisciplinary field
• Sub disciplines of Biomedical Engineering:
Tissue Engineering
Biomedical Imaging
Systems Physiology
Bioinstrumentation,
Biomechanics
3. What is the difference between
Bioengineering, Biological Engineering and
Biomedical Engineering?
5. Scope of Biomedical Engineering in India and
Abroad:
• B.Tech. Biomedical Engineering:
NIT, Raipur
NIT, Rourkela
TSEC, Mumbai
DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai
GEC, Gujarat
SSN College of Engineering - Anna University
BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore
VIT, Vellore
Manipal Institute of Technology, Bangalore
Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune
BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
6. Scope of Biomedical Engineering in India and
Abroad:
• M.Tech. and PhD in Biomedical Engineering :
IIT Bombay (MTech and PhD)
IIT BHU - MTech only
IIT Hyderabad (MTech and PhD)
IIT Kanpur (MTech and PhD)
IIT Kharagpur (MTech in Medical Imaging and Image Analysis)
IIT Madras (MTech in Applied Mechanics with specialization in
Biomedical Engineering)
IISc, Bangalore (Interdisciplinary PhD in Bioengineering)
IIT Gandhinagar (MTech and PhD in Biological engineering)
MNIT, Allahabad (MTech only)
NIT, Rourkela (MTech & PhD)
Manipal Institute of Technology (MTech in Biomedical
Engineering)
COEP (MTech in Biomedical Instrumentation)
7. Scope of Biomedical Engineering in India and Abroad:
• MS & PhD Abroad:
• Companies in India:
L&T
General Electric Global Research, Bangalore
Stryker Global Technology Center
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd
Texas Instruments Inc.
Phillips Healthcare
Orbees Medical
Siemens
Covidien
8. Scope of Biomedical Engineering in India and Abroad:
• List of Biomedical Engineering Research Centers in India:
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Bombay
Centre for Biomedical Engineering, IIT Delhi
School of Biomedical Engineering, IIT BHU
Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (BSBE), IIT Kanpur
Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad
Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras
Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Ropar
Centre for Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering (BSBE), IIT Indore
School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur
Department of Bioengineering, CMC Vellore
Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore
General Electric Global Research, Bangalore, India
9. Scope of Biomedical Engineering in India and
Abroad:
• Research Areas:
Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
Biomechanics
Biomedical Imaging
Biomedical Electronics
Neuroengineering
Cardiovascular Engineering
Bioinformatics
Systems Physiology and many more
10. Scope of Biomedical Engineering in India and
Abroad:
• Some examples of Biomedical Engineering Innovations:
1. Minimally invasive surgeries:
2. Robotic surgeries:
3. Non invasive medical devices:
24. Journals and
Conferences• Journals for Biomedical Engineering
Nature Biotechnology
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation
Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
• Conferences for Biomedical Engineering
International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and
Biology Society (EMBC)
IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
ICME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering
The Asia-Pacific Conference on Life Sciences and Biological
Engineering
25. Periodicals related to Biomedical
Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Reviews in
• Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
• Education, IEEE Transactions on
• Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
• Potentials, IEEE