Companies usually attend conferences where they can preset and showcase a new product they have been working on. the conferences are effective because they include the desired audience the company is looking for. in these type of events, a company will prepare product information, showcases, demonstrations, Q&A to all the audience. it is a fast…[Read more]

From my family’s experience, if I were to start a company it will be LLC. One of the biggest advantages for LLC it’s the tax flexibility; by being a single member, the business will be taxed as a sole proprietorship. There is also limited liability and less paperwork. My family has had an LLC business for over 20 years. We are able to create our…[Read more]

Personally, I would not turn down an offer based on the type of company. I will focus more on the experience I will gain, but also the work environment. Some people have told me I should start up with a sole proprietorship because is small, therefore it will be easier for people to get to know you, network and connect with managers, VPS or…[Read more]

A private company does not disclose their books to the public in general. The boss alone is in charge of the business. This gives them the freedom to manage the company in their own way. Meanwhile, a public company has to respond to the shareholders by giving them updates about how the company is doing, as well as disclose the books to the general…[Read more]

While its true that regulations do not ensure quality, they are necessary for some level of standardization in the audit of products.Many times when companies try to stay at the top using innovative systems they can be affected by loopholes causing low-quality products to be out in the market and affecting peoples pocket. If drugs that did not…[Read more]

I haven’t witnessed anything exceptional, but in my other classes, we had a lecture about ethics and we discussed about different situations. As for my personal experience, I think that when you work in the industry you must display your boss/manager your ethics. Even if we don’t try, they still evaluate you without you knowing. I happen to have a…[Read more]

Although I did not participate in QC where I was the one testing the product or evaluating it, I was the one who had to use the User Requirements Doc. to create process flows that need to be followed by the QC Techs. In my experience, when I toured the QC lab at the company where I worked at, I was pretty impressed with their protocols during…[Read more]

I think this topic is a little complicated and your opinion will depend on which side you stand. If you work on trying to develop new products to help people, you will find that the FDA is way too strict, but if you are more on the consumer side, you will hope that they are strict as you don’t want to use any product that wasn’t properly regulated…[Read more]

I think recalls also happen after a while due to unforeseen complications. A company must always try to maintain QC as is best, perhaps by innovating systems that check the product in a more effective and correct way, but things could go wrong sometimes. If an equipment fails after shown to be effective causing the product to be defective, the…[Read more]

I was reading through the FDA website and found interesting that many products have recalls. Many times the company will decide to remove a product that’s harmful or defective from the market, or in some instances, this is requested by the FDA. However, some products will still be available in developing countries. I think the reason is most…[Read more]

When conducting research on animals, you have to be very careful, because you want the experiment to succeed, I’ve only conducted research on rats previously, and sometimes, we did not know why the animal died. The animals were put under so that they did not experience any pain, and sometimes we found that some of the animals would die from…[Read more]

I will choose to do research in the industry over academia. I think people who like to stay in academia have a passion for discovery, while people in the industry have the passion for helping others at a faster rate. Academia gives more freedom, and you have more time, but you also have the stress of results not been what you expected. In the…[Read more]

To me, both types of research are important, but my personal interest is to see results right away. I had previous experience doing research in the academic field, and even though I liked it, sometimes I found myself to be stressed about results taking a long time, or that they did not take me a meaningful conclusion. It is necessary to keep both…[Read more]

Missing a milestone can mean failure but it does not mean that the project is over. Many times, if a project is massive for a company, the can face complex obstacles and may fail a milestone in the way, but it can be taken as an opportunity to re-evaluate the plan, consider possible alternatives, and ultimately improve the process. Even though it…[Read more]

The obstacle I encountered was being able to meet with SME’s. My internship project had tight deadlines and it required the involvement of multiple teams. Therefore, I had to meet with SME’s across the globe, so when scheduling meetings, there were other factors to consider such as different time zone, work schedules, holidays, etc. This was…[Read more]

In my first internship, I had 2 managers. Their management style was very similar. They are both very flexible and open-minded. They let me be creative and explore different solutions to my task. At the same time, they were very supportive of the decisions. If I had questions, even though they were busy they made time to explain things to me and…[Read more]

Biomedical engineering is so diverse that students are required to select a specific track to focus on. However, BMEs are competing with other engineers who are more knowledgeable. It is one of the biggest disadvantage for BMEs, the fact that we touch on different fields, but we do not go as much in-depth as the other majors. Sadly, the reality is…[Read more]

My opinion is that this is not a good ratio. I agree that informational courses are important and necessary for the career, but ultimately, it does not give you the skills recruiters are looking for. the background information gives us the foundation but having practical courses that will actually teach me skills I can add in my resume will stand…[Read more]

Reading through the past comments, I also have to agree that students need to focus on obtaining as much industry experience as possible. Over the years, I heard from advisors that biomedical engineers compete with the other majors (chemical, electrical, and mechanical) in order to find jobs. Therefore, it makes it harder for us to grow our…[Read more]