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How can smart contact lenses monitor and treat eye conditions?

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At Purdue University , Dr Chi Hwan Lee is using his skills as a biomedical engineer to develop smart contact lenses that can both monitor the condition and deliver drugs to combat it. TALK LIKE A BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER. Wearable sensors can be tailored to monitor a range of physical (e.g., DR CHI HWAN LEE Leslie A.

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Harnessing the power of music to improve mental health

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Interacting with music can have significant benefits for both your physical and mental health, meaning music can play an important role in your well-being. The benefits of music are spread across the spectrum of physical and mental health. Music is complex because it involves multiple senses.

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talkSTEM High School Interns’ Perspectives

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For example, this school year, we are taking AP Physics and learning to drive. When one of us first began our biomedical engineering research internship, they knew nothing about shear waves. Over the summer, being brave enough to make mistakes was one of the biggest aspects of our growth.

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Building and training human tendons in the lab

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This involves the creation of ‘bioreactors’, which attempt to provide the same chemical and physical properties as the tissue site in the body. Research project: Developing a humanoid bioreactor for tendon tissue engineering. Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UKRI-EPSRC) (grant number EP/S003509/1).

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How to build an engineer: Start Young with STEM Education

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Pew Research reported, “ women make up a large majority of all workers in health-related jobs, but remain underrepresented in other job clusters, such as the physical sciences, computing and engineering.” Below are examples of engineering careers to motivate children.

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3 STEM Must-Haves for New STEM Teachers: Secondary Edition

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Through building drones, students expand on their circuit and engineering lessons from previous years. Once built, drones serve as a perfect lesson for flight and physics, and exploring principles like drag, thrust, and propulsion. With programmable drones, they also grow in computer science skills.

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Using adsorbents to help society

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About chemical and biomolecular engineering If you enjoy chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics and are interested in learning how things work on a small scale, then you should consider a career in chemical and biomolecular engineering.