The Need for Biomedical Engineering Managers
Abstract
Health care costs and needs are on the rise in the U.S., particularly due to the aging of Baby Boomers. New medical products and solutions are required to provide for the growing number of health care issues. as a result, enrollment in biomedical engineering undergraduate programs has been increasing in recent years. While new product development requires research scientists, skilled professionals are also needed to develop, market, and manage products. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, "opportunities for engineering managers should be better in rapidly growing areas of engineering - such as environmental and biomedical engineering - than in more slowly growing areas - such as electronics and materials engineering." at the same time, engineering management graduate program enrollment has also been on the rise. the purpose of the paper is to illustrate the growing demand for biomedical engineers with complementary skills in engineering management. Growth and projected growth of both biomedical engineering management enrollments will be analyzed, as well as employment numbers. Comparisons will be made between the industries in which biomedical engineers are employed and the numbers of engineering managers employed in these industries. Projected growdi numbers for biomedical engineers and engineering managers will also be analyzed to demonstrate what employment will look like in the future. This information will be used to determine which industries involved in biomedical engineering demonstrate need and which offer the most potential for biomedical engineering managers. Future research would include interviews with hiring managers of companies in the most promising industries for biomedical engineering managers as validation. Copyright © (2008) by the American Society for Engineering Management.
Recommended Citation
M. Brunkhorst et al., "The Need for Biomedical Engineering Managers," 29th Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2008, ASEM 2008, pp. 159 - 163, American Society of Engineering Management, Dec 2008.
Department(s)
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Baby boomers; Biomedical engineers; Engineering managers; North american classification system (NAICS); Standard occupational classification (SOC)
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2024 American Society for Engineering Management, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Dec 2008
