Tag Archives: Johns Hopkins University

Future of Suture: FastStitch

Image Caption: Johns Hopkins undergraduates invented this abdominal suturing tool, called FastStitch, to guide the placement of stitches and guard against the accidental puncture of internal organs. Credit: JHU

After a surgeon stitches up a patient’s abdomen, costly complications — some life-threatening — can occur. To cut down on these postoperative problems, Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a disposable suturing tool to guide the placement of stitches and guard against the accidental puncture of internal organs.

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Latest Ranking of Biomedical Engineering programmes in U.S

U.S.News & World Report released its rankings for graduate engineering programs including a ranking of biomedical engineering and bioengineering. The rankings came out this month and are for those looking to enroll in programs in 2012.

U.S. News analyzed more than 1,200 graduate programs to create year’s rankings, according to the magazine. The U.S. News Grad Compass, Best Engineering Schools 2012

The rankings looked at tuition, total graduate engineering enrollment, research expenditures per faculty member, engineering school research expenditures, average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students) and more.

The rankings include:

#1 Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)
Baltimore, MD

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BIOMEDICAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMES ABROAD

General BME Internship Sites

Bioengineering Internships: http://career.berkeley.edu/Biotech/Listings.stm (updated 12/11/09)
Bioengineering Summer Research and Internship Experiences: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/undergrad/SummerInternships.html (updated 1/28/09)
Biomedical Engineering Co-op/Internships: http://people.rit.edu/gtfsbi/Symp/bme.htm (updated 12/11/09)
Complete List of Research Experiences for Undergraduates: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm (updated 12/11/09)
Biomedical Engineering Career Alliance bmecareeralliance.org (email Dr. Cavanagh for discount code for free membership)
General Research Search Engine: http://www.igert.org/summer.asp

University Internships

ASPIRE and QoLT Research Experience for Undergraduates at the University of Pittsburgh/Human Engineering Research Laboratorieshttp://www.herlpitt.org/Internships/2010%20programs.htm (updated 12/11/09)
AuburnUniversity – REU in Micro/Nano-Structured Materials, Therapeutics, and Devices http://eng.auburn.edu/programs/chen/research/micronanoreu/index.html (updated 12/8/08)
Boston University College of Engineering http://www.bu.edu/eng/reu/ (updated 12/11/09)

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USEFUL BIOMEDICAL RESOURCES

Universities offering BME program around the World

John Hopkins University, Maryland
University of California, San Diego
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Purdue University, West Lafayette
Arizona State University, Tempe
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of New South Wales, Sydney,
University of Auckland, Auckland
Imperial College, London

Top Notch Medical Equipment Manufacturers

Philips Medical Systems
GE Healthcare
Siemens Medical Systems
Medtronic, Inc.
Boston Scientific
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Toshiba Medical Systems
Hitachi Medical Systems

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