CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ROLE IN DEVELOPING BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Vasheghani-Farahani, Ebrahim; Rafieyan, Saeed

doi:10.22047/ijee.2024.447692.2064

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ROLE IN DEVELOPING BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Document Type : مقاله علمی -پژوهشی ( ویژه نامه)

Authors

Ebrahim Vasheghani-Farahani

Saeed Rafieyan

Tarbiat Modares University

https://doi.org/10.22047/ijee.2024.447692.2064

Abstract

In this article, the role of chemical engineering in human health applications is mentioned first, with a particular focus on (bio)medical engineering. Then, the historical background of this role at the beginning of chemical engineers’ activities in this field will be examined with emphasis on important issues. In the following, the future horizons of chemical engineering in several important fields of application in medicine, such as biomaterials, drug delivery systems, and tissue engineering, are explained briefly. Then, the importance of applying chemical engineering principles in the link between chemical engineering and tissue engineering/clinical medicine (translational medicine) is intensively expressed. Finally, how the lessons related to (bio)medical engineering emerged in the chemical engineering educational program and its development until today, including the master’s program of chemical-biomedical engineering in Iran, and a short conclusion will be presented at the end.

Keywords

Chemical engineering

biomedical

biomaterials

drug delivery

tissue engineering

curriculum

20.1001.1.16072316.1403.26.103.6.5

Subjects

Research and Studies

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