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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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STEM Calendar for the Month of May for Educators Everywhere

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May is a month brimming with significance in the realm of STEM, with a plethora of holidays and historic milestones that highlight the profound impact of science and technology on our lives and society as a whole. Join us as we embark on an unforgettable exploration of the wonders of STEM this May.

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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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“Tissue engineering is a promising strategy that aims to generate grafts for tendons and other tissues in vitro,” he says. This involves the creation of ‘bioreactors’, which attempt to provide the same chemical and physical properties as the tissue site in the body. Bioengineering is where engineering meets medicine.

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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. 3D Printing.

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How to build an engineer: Start Young with STEM Education

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STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 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.”

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Using adsorbents to help society

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The identification of new adsorbents is critical to technological advancements in healthcare, climate change and water scarcity,” explains Yamil. Chemical and biomolecular engineers solve some of the world’s most urgent problems by applying techniques from engineering, biochemistry, cell biology and organic chemistry at the molecular level.