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Bioengineering Technology

Bioengineering Technology. Bioengineering Technologies Transportation Technologies Communication Technologies Manufacturing Technologies Construction Technologies. Bioengineering Technologies.

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Bioengineering Technology

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  1. BioengineeringTechnology

  2. Bioengineering Technologies Transportation Technologies Communication Technologies Manufacturing Technologies Construction Technologies

  3. Bioengineering Technologies Explore the production of mechanical devices, products, biological substances, and organisms to improve health and/or contribute improvements to our daily lives. Bioengineering Technologies Include: • Medical (Adaptive/Assistive Devices) • Agricultural/Food (Irradiation, Integrated Pest Management, GM Foods) • Biofuels

  4. Bioengineering in Medicine Uses: • Help prevent illnesses and injuries • Diagnose diseases and injuries • Treat illnesses and injuries Examples: • Adaptive and Assistive Devices • Medicines and Vaccines • Surgical Techniques • Diagnostic Equipment • Internal replacement body parts

  5. Adaptive and Assistive Devices Technologies that are used to improve or enhance the lives of people with disabilities or conditions that make daily tasks difficult. Examples of assistive devices include: prosthetic devices (artificial body parts), wheelchairs, eyeglasses/contacts, grab bars, hearing aids, braces, handicap ramps, etc.

  6. Other Medical Technologies • Medicines and Vaccines- Created to help fight and prevent disease. Often originally derived from plants. • Surgical Techniques- engineers are continually redesigning surgical equipment and techniques to become less invasive so patients can heal more quickly. For example, robotic surgery is becoming more routine because it can be more precise. • Diagnostic equipment- provides doctors with information about a patient’s condition and general health. • Internal replacement body parts- can be mechanical, electronic or organic (living organs). Ex. pacemakers, heart valves, hip and knee joints, etc.

  7. Agricultural/Food Bioengineering • Bioengineering practices have been used in our food production to: • improve the nutrition of our food, • increase crop yields • increase the health and safety associated with our food • There are many bioengineering practices in Agriculture, such as irradiation, integrated pest management and genetically modified (GM) foods. • Each practice has positive and negative consequences associated with it, which need to be considered. http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=85B20568-A020-4A51-8558-0E4E2269B8B1&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

  8. Agricultural/Food Bioengineering cont.

  9. Bioengineering and Energy • We currently rely heavily on fossil fuels for energy, but they are likely to run out. • Biofuels- an alternative energy source. They are solid, liquid, or gaseous fuels that are composed of organic matter, most typically plant material. • Corn and soybeans are two commonly used plants to make biofuels. What are some positive and negative aspects about the use of biofuels? http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=C4C43724-30D3-47BF-8CFE-13E0E6D37952&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

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