Using a variety of animals improved reproducibility by ensuring that are not limited to a specific species’ unique physiology. Different animals, such as rodents, pigs, or monkeys, may respond differently to the same intervention, helping researchers identify which effects are…   Read more»

The manufacturers ensure biocompatibility by working extensively with a variety of engineers across a device’s lifecycle by carefully selecting and testing materials under ISO 10993 guidelines to evaluate any potential adverse effects. There are also advanced manufacturing techniques and quality…   Read more»

I personally would enjoy doing research in industry. From my experience, I had the opportunity to work with novel and cutting edge technology for the first time and that’s primarily due to the company having a large budget allocated towards…   Read more»

I’d agree that BME does dive into a lot of other disciplines and you never go beyond a surface level understanding. While I did have a similar dilemma early on in my college career, I found that BMEs have a…   Read more»

A project manager can address budget concerns by reassessing the risks and identifying where costs can be optimized. From my own experience where we felt that we were allocating too much funds too, we would reevaluate inefficiencies within the system…   Read more»

From my experience and industry and participating in various team dynamics and being under different managers, I notices that the most successful teams were built on transparency, trust, and open communication across all members while also building on everyone’s own…   Read more»

Some outstanding qualities that I’ve noticed in project managers were adaptability. Adaptability is an essential quality to have because projects rarely go exactly as planned- unexpected challenges, shifting priorities, and evolving deliverable scopes require someone who can adjust quickly while…   Read more»

A medical device that comes to mind in lieu of this topic would be the Acurate Heart Valve from Boston Scientific which was recently cancelled in May. An official statement regarding the cancellation of the heart valve points its cancellation…   Read more»

In my personal experience in industry and from the few projects I’ve worked on with the respective company; I doubt that AI will “control” the medical industry, but it is certainly being used as a tool to further advance it….   Read more»

I’m a big advocate for internships and co-ops because they give you a problem-solving experience that’s pretty different from what you get in the classroom. Like a few others have mentioned here, they not only show recruiters how you’ve applied…   Read more»