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Published by Afterschool.my on Mar 22, 2013, 12:50 pm
Students who have a strong interest in engineering and medicine may want to consider biomedical engineering. This interdisciplinary field applies engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. There are many sub-categories of biomedical engineering and these include bioinstrumentations, bioinformatics, biomaterials, biomechanics, rehabilitation engineering, tissue engineering and so forth.
In every country, biomedical engineering has varied definitions and interpretations. In Malaysia, biomedical engineering refers mainly to clinical engineering or the maintenance of medical equipment.
Driven to strengthen research and development in this field, the Department of Biomedical Engineering of Universiti Malaya is among the few institutions spearheading discoveries in the fields of biomedical engineering (BBEng) and prosthetics & orthotics (P&O).
Established in 1997, this department has been awarded by the university with a High Impact Research Grant (HIR), which amounted to RM10 million over the past few years. In 2011, the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) injected RM590 million into the UM-MoHE HIR programme to propel research to a whole new level.
The department also established a research center and specialized research laboratory in 2008. Center for Applied Biomechanics (CAB) and Medical Informatics and Biological Microelectromechanical Systems (MIMEMS) Laboratory have been formed to enhance research activities in this department.
Seven years ago, most of the country’s biomedical engineers were mainly involved in choosing the most suitable equipment for a medical practice and maintaining the equipment. Research and development was lackluster at that time.
Although most foreign biomedical engineering companies bring their technology here to do the manufacturing at the moment, the industry is beginning to recognize Malaysia’s ability to provide talented graduates in research and development.
According to Dr Nahrizul Adib Kadri, Head of Department of Biomedical Engineering, Universiti Malaya, most of its graduates receive job offers within 6 months after graduation. He acknowledges the fact that jobs overseas still outweigh opportunities found locally. Growth in opportunities will be driven by the demand for new treatments for diseases and the increasingly higher expectations of aging and disabled patients to maintain an active lifestyle. At the moment, Malaysia has about 123,346 people with physical disabilities.
More than just maintaining or fixing medical equipment, graduates of biomedical engineering can help develop and customise artificial organs and limbs, medical devices like pace makers or refining imaging technology that allow patients to be examined in more precise ways than ever before.
For inquiries on biomedical engineering, you may contact:
Dr. Nahrizul Adib Bin Kadri
Head of Department
T: (603) 7967 4580 / 4581
F: (603) 7967 4579
E: [email protected]
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Written by Lyn Cacha
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