For the company that I work for they implement new devices in order to make the work of technicians easier and ensure quality. One such device is one meant to cut tissue into predetermined shapes with very little human input. The device is not used often however because those who created it did not take into account the size of the room that it is…[Read more]

I currently work as a technician at a tissue bank where I process the tissue and prepare it to go out to the doctor. Our organization as a whole is one of the bigger tissue banks and the department I work in has been steadily growing for some time now. Because of this growth, they are implanting new devices in order to make the technician job…[Read more]

As an undergrad, a group of my classmates and I had to come up a phantom for micro-CT scanning. Our client for the project wanted channels a micron small and in order to do that there would require a large sum of money that we did not have access to so we created one with larger channels that was not quite what he wanted but fulfilled the main…[Read more]

I would say that Goleman’s perspective is not too far off. Because the type of work required by biomedical engineers is a collaborative effort you need a certain level of interpersonal skills in order to work with a group of intelligent strong-willed people. IF you are insufferable to work with nobody is going to ask for your help when an issue c…[Read more]