I strongly believe that the FDA is too strict and rigid because of all of the regulations it imposes on healthcare in America. I understand that its mission is too improve quality and maintain innovation but imposing rules and regulations hinders the ability to innovate. Regulations are meant to insure the public against mistakes but without…[Read more]

Animal testing is something that I personally abhor but the problem is that it’s more unethical to test things on humans. If the animal species rapidly reproduces, then that’s not as much of an ethical issue but I would like to avoid testing on animals that aren’t prevalent tin the world. I guess you can say that a human life is worth more than an…[Read more]

One argument I would make for someone who wishes to work in academia is that they will be more independent in their workplace. In other words, after some years, they would have more control over their own hours and schedule so that person can work in his/her pace. Another benefit to academia is job security. After some years of experience and…[Read more]

Although I believe that both types of research are equally important, I believe that doing research that will lead to an immediate result is better because you need to make sure that your investments pay off. Doing research that is meant to benefit later on is somewhat risky because, as time goes on, some things can change like you may not get…[Read more]

Out of all of the phases of the a project’s life cycle, the planning phase is the most important. The professor gave us a very important saying in his lecture: “If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.” This illustrates how important the planning phases. Making a mistake early on in the project cycle, will mostly likely have a stronger negative…[Read more]

I’ve never had this experience and I don’t know anyone who had worked under multiple managers. I think it’s very inefficient to have multiple managers for just one project because it requires strong coordination between the individuals and since they have to ultimately agree on decisions before they carry them out, it can hurt the project because…[Read more]

One important question that I would ask is: who should I involve in the project? Which departments within the company should be involved? This is especially important in project management because this helps determine the scope of the project, addresses the issue of who would be a stakeholder. It’s difficult to determine the minimum number of…[Read more]

There are many benefits that an individual will receive if he/she decides to pursue a career in academia. One such benefit would be having more control over your own schedule. If you’re a professor, you can choose your own hours for working in the department and when you want to take a vacation/ There is more time flexibility for professors as t…[Read more]

I believe that for every 10 courses, 6 of them should be practical and 4 should be academic. The reason is because jobs require to apply your knowledge in an actual setting, which involves working under regulations and guidelines as well as working with different equipment, depending on the field. Exposing students to more practical…[Read more]

One of the obvious advantages to earning a BME degree is that it exposes to all of the different fields that fall under Biomedical Engineering (e.g. Bioinstrumentation, Bioinformatics, Medical Imaging, Nanotechnology). This is particularly helpful to people who have yet to choose a specific field and are still exploring the medical…[Read more]