BME1899H Internship in Applied Research
BME1899H Internship in Applied Research
Programs
MEng
Descriptions
This internship is typically undertaken during the summer session. Ideally, students should carry out a project in industry, in private consulting firms, hospitals, or government institutions. The internship will be evaluated by both the internship supervisor and the program director. Students will be expected to cover four important aspects of biomedical device development during their internship:
- Clinical, medical or health needs assessment (need of healthcare providers and patients). For this project component, the students will apply concepts mainly related to their biomedical science courses.
- Concept development (literature and patent searches, input from experts). For this project component, the students will apply concepts related to their engineering, entrepreneurship, biomedical science courses.
- Design and prototyping. For this project component, the students will apply concepts mostly related to their engineering and biomedical sciences courses. Development of business models. For this project component, the students will apply concepts mostly related to their entrepreneurship courses.