September 2005, Issue #41
Letter from JETS
It's the beginning of the school year. And JETS is excited to announce the return of its National Engineering Design Challenge. JETS has revamped the design competition, in partnership with NISH, to challenge students to design and build technological solutions that empower people with disabilities to enter or advance in the workplace. More ...
JETS Update
Learn about exciting JETS program and activities. This month we're featuring the 2005-06 TEAMS Competition and the new NEDC—National Engineering Design Competition. More ...
Feature Story: Rehabilitation & BioMedical Engineering
Rehabilitation engineering is a growing specialty within biomedical engineering. According to the Biomedical Engineering Society, rehabilitation engineers enhance the capabilities and improve the quality of life for individuals with physical and cognitive impairments. They work with those that are born with disabilities such as cerebral palsy as well as those who have suffered a debilitating injury such as a spinal chord injury or loss of a limb. More ...
Feature Links
Check out the links related to rehabilitation engineering.
Extreme Engineer
Dr. Jerry Weisman always knew he wanted to be an engineer. After first considering aeronautical engineering, he wound up enrolling in mechanical engineering at the University of Vermont. There he became aware of bioengineering as an undergraduate because of research in field being conducted at the university. He selected the mechanical properties of bone for the topic of his senior design project. He found it interesting and decided to go to grad school in biomechanics. But it wasn't until he began commuting to campus with a physical therapist that he discovered rehabilitation engineering and the reward of applying engineering knowledge to make a big difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities.
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Current Event
Engineers — Key Players in Rebuilding New Orleans and
Post Katrina Recovery
We start this month with something very obvious that you have heard about on TV, the newspapers, the radio and feel at the gas pump. Katrina. She was in every way, the worst hurricane to set foot in the U.S. and has done several billions of dollars of damage to New Orleans and the surrounding areas (the president just requested $51.8 billion in relief aid for the area). But, what does this have to do with engineering? More ...
Hot Topics
JETS Affiliate Marquette University has provided information on an exciting new rehabilitation engineering technology called TheraDrive.
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