Biomedical engineering expands traditional engineering expertise to analyze and solve problems in biology and medicine, providing an overall enhancement of health care. The role of biomedical engineers includes multiple levels of involvement, from choosing an appropriate off-the-shelf system to modification of commercial approaches, to the design and development of custom systems. The biomedical engineering program is directed toward the application of engineering and technology to increase the functional capabilities of and quality of life for people with physical disabilities. Biomedical engineers work with healthcare professionals to design medical devices and equipment that enhance the quality of life for their patients by applying engineering products and process design strategies to medical problems. An undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering provides the foundation to attend medical school, graduate school or professional degree programs in fields such as law, pharmacy and veterinary medicine. Such opportunities include, but are not limited to, the following: Computer systems to monitor patients during surgery or in intensive care, or to monitor healthy persons in unusual environments, such as astronauts in space or underwater divers at great depth Human-machine interfaces that allow individuals with paralysis, resulting in the partial or total loss of use of all limbs and torso to drive a wheelchair or use a computer Medical devices such as artificial joints, arms and legs, as well as cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators, artificial kidneys and hearts Prostheses and orthotic devices for amputees or impaired individual.

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