Reflective Entry- Week 7

During the duration of week seven, I have learned the difficulties of finding someone who is already living my goal who would participate in an interview from my research in WP3. I did not know searching for someone and getting ahold of them thought contacts provided would be as difficult as it was. I searched multiple universities trying to find someone who is in the Biomedical Engineering field who would be willing to help me first hand particularly about being in the field. The purpose of the interview is to gain knowledge about the field and learn how others experiences are. Also, to learn about how others enjoy being in the field; their likes and dislikes as well as the advantages and disadvantages. Basically, the main focus was to investigate their lives; observe the steps in education that they took; and the types of research and experiments that they encounter and get to be involved in. After talking to my classmates, I found that they were having the same problems I was. Ashley, in particular told me that a reason that many of us are having difficulty is because some people that are in our fields may not be happy with their jobs and wouldn’t want to be interviewed while Jerome on the other hand, pointed out that they may not have time.

            Finding interviews wasn’t the only thing I had difficulty with, I also encountered difficulty with finding credible material about my career as a Biomedical Engineer. Within the paper, you will see that my searches for materials that are credible are limited due to websites not meeting certain requirements. These requirements consists of relating to information that I am looking for specifically, being either .edu or .gov, not consisting of advertisements or non-professional graphics, and the information can’t be specifically for one college. These were the two difficulties that I had during week seven and they are slowly progressing.

"They Say, I Say" -Exercise 1 page. 50

The writer integrates multiple quotations into their own writing by first stating their position, then the quote, then the person’s name that their quoting, and lastly, their position. The first quote that the writer states is made by Katharina Jäger, a worker from the human-resources department of Baxter. To introduce her statement, the writer first states what they’re going to be talking/ writing about which is how new institutions and organizations are gaining a lot of press, but is not providing many biomedical engineering jobs. They elaborate on their position by providing statistics and examples. After two brief paragraphs of introducing the topic, they then begins the third paragraph with the quote using a comma and the word “says” to conjoin Katharina’s name and position. Particularly, the writer quotes Katharina twice and that’s how he ended the third paragraph. The writer uses Katharina’s statements to support his position and to direct his thoughts in another direction. Based on what I read in the third chapter of “They Say, I Say,” I would change the way he has another quote following the third paragraph and introducing the fourth.

Biomedical Engineering- Looking Ahead

According to this article, Biomedical Engineering has grown over the last past 10 years. It has undergone many qualitative changes that have made it the field that it is today. Although it has experienced many changes that has transformed its meaning, education, and growth, many people interested in this field is concerned about the future of this field. Due to The Whitaker Foundation no longer existing, biomedical engineers may face some serious competition with other engineers in other fields. The Whitaker Foundation was established in 1976 and has dedicated itself to enhancing human health through the support of biomedical engineering. It has spent more than $710 million on biomedical engineering during the Foundation’s 30-year existence. This foundation has made biomedical engineering well established, so there is little reason for serious concerns. Though what people aren’t realizing is that a serious issue is among them; the funding for young students current research maybe in jeapordy because the closing of The Whitaker Foundation just so happened to correspond with a leveing off the National Institute of Health support in the USA.

Biomedical Engineering: Principles and Challenges

After reading this article, I have concluded that becoming a Biomedical Engineer is hard work. I really have to be about my work if I want to succeed. This article provides valid information about the research and challenges that goes along with building prosthetics. The article manifested a thorough understanding of the large fields that cover biomedical engineering, which in the article is known as a multidisciplinary field that forces people from different fields to collaborate to solve problems. Before reading this article, I had no idea that I would be introduced to a diverse amount of procedure to solve problems for more successful outcomes.