Biomedical Engineer (ISTAT 2.2.1.9.4)
Highly qualified Expert and/or Manager of medical-biological systems modelling and advanced virtual simulation:
• Participates in scientific research projects in both the industrial field (above all in research and development institutes) and advanced laboratories, integrating basic engineering knowledge with relevant bioengineering skills.
• Uses advanced computer simulation methods and virtual simulation graphic techniques in order to simulate, analyse and understand the operation of biological systems.
• Deals with experimental activities, defining conventional and innovative measuring techniques, defining measuring protocols, analysing data, and proposing theoretical interpretations.
Highly qualified Expert and/or Manager of industrial activities for the design and production of biomedical devices.
• Involved in complex modelling and design tasks for equipment components, machines and production systems in the biomedical industry.
• Follows innovative and complex products during the various phases of the production process.
• Plans and monitors the reliability and quality of biomedical equipment production, and at the same time, assures innovation and positioning in the most advanced product markets.
Highly qualified Expert and/or Manager of clinical engineering services.
• Manages the purchase, testing and maintenance of healthcare equipment, holding positions of responsibility in clinical engineering services technical departments, assessing the costs and benefits of innovative technologies.
• Manages and designs also innovative software for the management of equipment, goods inventories, management of patient records.
• Manages healthcare equipment safety, assessing the environmental effects and impact on healthcare staff and patients.
• Assures training of healthcare staff in the use of advanced and complex equipment.
Highly qualified Expert and/or Manager of the design and production of advanced prostheses, biomedical systems and rehabilitation techniques.
• Deals with the study of mechanical behaviour of prostheses and biomaterials, as well as innovative modelling and design techniques for advanced neuro-prostheses.
• Is able to analyse data on human movement and suggest/test innovative rehabilitation and motor improvement techniques in both clinical and industrial fields and relating to sports medicine.
• Analyses complex biomechanical systems, also using advanced computer simulation techniques.
Highly qualified Expert and/or Manager of the development of innovative procedures for the identification of diagnostic techniques and the processing of biomedical data.
• Models and designs advanced diagnostic systems in the industrial field, in research and development centres, in avant-garde clinical centres, integrating knowledge of physiology and medicine and knowledge of traditional engineering sectors with in-depth bioengineering knowledge.
• Implements and develops advanced data analysis methods in clinical and industrial fields, using innovative signal processing techniques, statistical methods and graphic tools.
• Deals with image processing, suggesting innovative technologies, highlighting their potential and limits, proposing and implementing new image processing methods, also improving on the state of the art.
Graduates of the 2nd cycle degree programme in Biomedical Engineering will be able to operate professionally in production innovation and development, advanced design, planning and programming, management of complex systems, both freelancing and as employees in manufacturing and service industries and in the civil service. Graduates of the 2nd cycle degree programme in Biomedical Engineering will be able to interact with healthcare professionals each in their respective field of competency, for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Graduates may find work in biomedical and pharmaceutical industries, producers and suppliers of systems, equipment and materials for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation; public and private hospitals and clinics; services companies managing medical equipment and systems, telemedicine; specialist clinical laboratories.
Local fields of employment
In the Emilia-Romagna Region there is a large concentration of small and medium enterprises working in the biomedical sector, with an extremely advanced industrial system with a strong international vocation. Moreover, the regional system is characterised by highly technologically developed public and private healthcare structures, as well as research bodies of international renown. The skills developed during the 2nd cycle degree programme in Biomedical Engineering offer a broad base of engineering skills that are particularly requested and appreciated not only in the specific industrial sector but also other technological areas.
In particular, the Emilia Romagna Region offers the following specific fields of employment:
• biomedical industries for the design and production of medical diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation devices;
• biomedical industries for the design and production of prostheses;
• diagnostic software and clinical management companies;
• consulting services for the management of clinical engineering services;
• research bodies studying complex biomedical systems;
• hospitals, in the technical departments and clinical engineering services;
• biomedical research laboratories.
