Collection Profile: Biomedical Engineering

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.