Biomedical Engineer
Duties and Responsibilities: Biomedical engineers evaluate and
design answers to problems in biology and medicine, with an objective of refining
the value and effectiveness of patient care. They design inventions and systems
and artificial devices to substitute body parts. They also install, adjust,
maintain, repair, or provide technical support for biomedical equipment.
Salary: The annual median for biomedical engineer is $
86,960 in May 2012.
Education: In high school, future biomedical engineers should
take science classes such as chemistry, physics, and biology. They should also
take math classes such as calculus. In the bachelor programs they study in,
they have to take engineering and biomedical sciences courses. They need a
bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from an accredited program, to
enter the occupation.
Reflection: I would like to be one because two of my
favorite classes are math and science and this career requires that. It seems
like a pretty good job to work as.
