April 27, 2008 – 10:02 pm
~This essay recently won first place in EngineerGirl’s 2007 essay contest~
I believe biomedical engineers will meet future critical human needs in health care and quality of life. Engineering fields are civil, electrical and computer, mechanical, industrial, and biomedical engineering. Biomedical engineering applies science and math techniques to solve problems in medicine and biology. For instance, biomedical engineers will assist with diagnosing and treating cancer, improving the lives of war veterans, and detecting environmental toxins.
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A recently-made computer language christened ‘Scratch’ allows adults and children as young as eight years old to create virtual quizzes, games, animations, e-cards, and much more. Read More »
From February 1st to April 30th 2007, I took an online course with Northwestern University titled Winter Robotics Discovery I. The teacher, Carole Burns posted the assignments on the website. The students could post messages and attachments about their robot on individual boards. I used the NXT Lego Mindstorms kit, a camera, my Toshiba PC computer, and the Lego Mindstorms software. My Microsoft Window XP has a Intel Celereon processor and 1.60 GHz, 896 MB of RAM. Read More »