Biomechanical engineering is a
bioengineering
Biological engineering or
bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically-viable products. Biological engineering employs knowledge and expertise from a number o ...
subdiscipline, which applies principles of
mechanical engineering to
biological systems
A biological system is a complex network which connects several biologically relevant entities. Biological organization spans several scales and are determined based different structures depending on what the system is. Examples of biological syst ...
and stems from the scientific discipline of
biomechanics. Topics of interest in the field include
biomedical engineering and
agricultural engineering.
Biomechanics, specifically, is the study of biological systems such as the human body, combined with the study of mechanics, or mechanical applications. Using the skills learned from biology, engineering, and physics to research and development for health care, such as organs that have been made from artificial materials, or new advances with prosthetic limbs. The creation of
biomaterial, which is a synthetic material that can be integrated into living tissue or can live in sync with biological material, is one of the biggest advances in medicine to this day. Those in this field might also hold the job of not only installing, but also adjusting, maintaining, repairing, and providing technical help for all the biomaterial. The combination of knowledge from mechanical engineering and biology is used to potentially improve quality of life for an organism.
Research Groups
Stanford University Mechanical EngineeringDelft University of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of Technology(broken since December 2011)
North Carolina State University(broken since December 2011)
References
Engineering disciplines
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