HOW DOES MEDICINE USE THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS?

Hayat AlSindi's experience in biology, chemisty, and medicine inspires us to look further at how medicine and engineering work together. Explore more below!

ACTIVITIES

Dive even deeper into medicine, engineering, and the human body with the games and activities below. Click the title to learn more!

Nano Building Game CLICK HERE

This game allows you to simulate bionanoengineering- building tiny things using parts of living tissues. In the simulation, you will be using colored tiles to simlulate parts of molecules that are attracked to eachother or repeled by eachother to build certain patterns.

Virtual finance park CLICK HERE

Virtual finance park CLICK HERESponsored by Junior Achievement

Take a virtual tour with this exclusive Canvas tour set up by Junior Achievement.

Genetics Bingo CLICK HERE

Genetics Bingo CLICK HERESponsored by ARUP Laboratories

Learn the ins and outs of genetics and why people look the way they do with a fun game sponsored by ARUP Labs.

JA inspire CLICK HERE

JA inspire CLICK HERESponsored by Junior Achievement

This acitivity will expand your mind.

Stall Catchers CLICK HERE

Scientists have found what might be a connection between blood flow in the brain and Alzheimers. Help scientists gather and analyze data by checking videos of bloow flow in the brain for stalls!

Eterna: Fold RNA sequences CLICK HERE

This citizen science project is a game that lets players design RNAs by solving puzzles. These puzzle solutions can then be used by researchers to invent new medicines and better understand RNA and how it can be used ito improve health.

Biztown Adventure CLICK HERE

Biztown Adventure CLICK HERESponsored by Junior Achievement

Explore Biztown virtually through this Canvas activity.

Explore Nelson Labs CLICK HERE

Explore Nelson Labs CLICK HERESponsored by Nelson Labs

Catch the excitement at Nelson Labs.

VIDEOS

Click on the video embeds to learn more about the connections between medicine, engineering, and STEM.

Bioengineer Jessica Griffiths (Get to Know a Scientist!)

Bioengineer Jessica Griffiths studies the brain-gut connection, and specifically how that connection may differ in indiviudals with autism.

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Scientist Profile: Bioengineer

Tammy Reid Bush helped develop items such as office chairs using motion measurement devices to determine the most comfortable seating possible.

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Amy Alexander - Biomedical Engineer

Amy uses her creativity and the power of technology to design and 3D print tools that help surgeons reconstruct the human body.

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Journey of a Specimen: Medical Directors

When more than 50,000 specimens arrive in a day, who oversees it all? Julio Delgado, MD, VP and director of laboratories, tells us.

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Journey of a Specimen: Biocomputing

When 50,000 specimens arrive in a day, big data results. What happens then? Erica Cuttitta, Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Informatics supervisor of biocomputing, tells us.

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Journey of a Specimen: Inside the Lab

Martha Bale, VP, director of technical operations, Executive Administration, explains what a specimen goes through once it arrives at its designated lab.

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Journey of a Specimen: Automation

50,000 specimens arrive at ARUP in a typical day. How are they processed? Clint Wilcox, AVP, group manager, Support Services at ARUP Laboratories, tells us.

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Journey of a Specimen: Specimen Receiving

What happens after a specimen arrives at ARUP? David Rogers, AVP of Support Services at ARUP Laboratories, tells us in this video.

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Journey of a Specimen: Transportation

What happens when blood is drawn and sent to the lab? We receive over 50,000 specimens per day. Do you know how they get here? Christopher Sorensen, ARUP Laboratories’ national Transportation manager, tells us here.

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