Purpose of Collection:
Sitting at the cross-section of medicine, biological science, and engineering, biomedical engineers design the advances in equipment, devices, computer systems, and/or software used to improve human health. Biomedical engineers are the professionals behind improving prosthetic limbs, medicine delivery technology, tissue and stem cell research, biomedical signal processing, and a wide range of other technologies that improve human health.
For concrete examples of our collections in action, please visit our Biomedical Engineering subject guide.
Academic Departments & Programs Supported:
- Undergraduate Programs
- Graduate Programs
- Interdisciplinary/Collaborative/Specialized Programs include:
- Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc) in Biomedical Engineering offered through the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Biomedical Engineering (OCIBME). The Institute draws upon various supporting departments at Carleton and Ottawa Universities, with the expertise of participating medical research units including the the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and the University of Ottawa Eye Institute.
Themes/Subject Coverage
- Biofluids
- Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Systems Biology
- Biomechanics and Robotics
- Biomechatronics
- Bio-inspired Systems and Biomimetrics
- Biomedical Instrumentation, Sensors and Measurement
- Biomedical Signal Processing
- Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing
- BioMEMS
- Clinical Engineering, Therapeutic & Diagnostic Systems, Healthcare Devices and Technologies
- Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Engineering
- Healthcare Information Systems, Telemedicine, Wearable Systems
- Information Technology- applications and technologies related to biomedicine
- Micro and Nanotechnology
- Neural and Rehabilitation Engineering, Assistive Devices
- Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Bone and Joint Mechanics
- Tissue Mechanics and Biomaterials
Selection Guidelines
Chronological
Current
Geographical
Unrestricted
Language
English is the primary language of the collection. Works published in other languages are purchased very selectively at the specific request of faculty
Material Types
Collected: journals and government documents; in print and online. Collected Selectively: conference proceedings, textbooks, translations, biographies,
dissertations.
Exclusions
Popular press items, audiovisual material, working papers, pamphlets