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With the ongoing rapid advances in biotechnology, it is imperative
that health engineering studies, in addition to the more traditional
medical ones, be implemented to maximize the benefits of related
public and private funding at universities. At Waterloo, engineering
considerations are being pursued that have a significant impact
in the following two areas: personal health (embryo development,
prosthetic implants, automobile design, building design, food
processing, pharmaceutical production, diagnostic devices,
work-flow) and public health (drinking water safety; remediation
of contaminated air, water and soil; pollution control of
industrial, agricultural and municipal wastes; risk assessment
and management). The engineering approaches being used and
developed for these areas include: imaging, sensors, stem
cells, biochips, recombinant cells, bioreactors, bioseparators,
biomechanics, nanotechnology, control systems, machine intelligence,
mathematical algorithms, computer-aided simulations and optimizations.
A seminar series augments the communication network at BHEC.
From: HealthEngineering.ca
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