biomedical engineering
noun
: the application of engineering principles, practices, and technologies to the fields of medicine and biology especially in solving problems and improving care (as in the design of medical devices and diagnostic equipment or the creation of biomaterials and pharmaceuticals) : bioengineering sense 1
biomedical engineer noun
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Two years ago, Leili Ghazi quit studying biomedical engineering in Iran and seized the chance to travel to the United States to build a new life for herself and her parents. 
Amy Taxin, ajc, 26 June 2022 The foam gas-entrapping material, or GEM, was inspired by the whipping siphons used at Starbucks, said James D. Byrne, first author on the study and now an assistant professor of oncology and biomedical engineering at University of Iowa Health Care. Akila Muthukumar, STAT, 3 July 2022 Kim, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and of materials science and engineering at the University of Arizona, recently received a $600,000 award from the National Science Foundation to make his vision a reality. Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2022 Tarui plans to study biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University in the fall. Seamus Webster, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 Malcolm MacIver, a professor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern, asks. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 Jain also won first place in the biomedical engineering research category. oregonlive, 17 May 2022 At Tesla’s Austin headquarters, Musk has put his confidence in Omead Afshar, a 34-year-old biomedical engineering major from UC Irvine, according to one of the former employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022 Two years after the show ended, Saaem — who had graduated from Duke University with a doctorate in biomedical engineering — was working as the director of research at a biotechnology company in Massachusetts. Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2022 See More
Amy Taxin, ajc, 26 June 2022 The foam gas-entrapping material, or GEM, was inspired by the whipping siphons used at Starbucks, said James D. Byrne, first author on the study and now an assistant professor of oncology and biomedical engineering at University of Iowa Health Care. Akila Muthukumar, STAT, 3 July 2022 Kim, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and of materials science and engineering at the University of Arizona, recently received a $600,000 award from the National Science Foundation to make his vision a reality. Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2022 Tarui plans to study biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University in the fall. Seamus Webster, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 Malcolm MacIver, a professor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern, asks. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 Jain also won first place in the biomedical engineering research category. oregonlive, 17 May 2022 At Tesla’s Austin headquarters, Musk has put his confidence in Omead Afshar, a 34-year-old biomedical engineering major from UC Irvine, according to one of the former employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022 Two years after the show ended, Saaem — who had graduated from Duke University with a doctorate in biomedical engineering — was working as the director of research at a biotechnology company in Massachusetts. Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1960, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
biomedical engineering
noun
: the application of engineering principles, practices, and technologies to the fields of medicine and biology especially in solving problems and improving care (as in the design of medical devices and diagnostic equipment or the creation of biomaterials and pharmaceuticals) : bioengineering sense 1