A biomedical engineering internship in Australia excites me no end, but at the same time,(which I have applied to a couple), I don’t want to get my hopes up, and consequently be let down. My major makes it so difficult to actually get an internship, really. As opposed to most engineering majors (i.e. mechanical, civil, chemical), after 2 years of studies, they can apply most of their knowledge. Not with us. The first 2 years of our studies are basic engineering courses, which does not AND can not apply to the human body. It’s so frustrating. I hear all my non BMEN friends getting internships, and they don’t even have as many hours as I and my other BMEN friends do. How do I know what biomedical engineering is if I can’t even experience it first hand? The only time I’ll be ABLE to is after my junior year of just BMEN classes. These consist of bioelectronics, bioinstrumentation, biomaterials, biofluid mechanics, biomeasurements, and vascular mechanics. It’s so discouraging sometimes.
But, at least, I’m not giving up. I emailed 50 random biomedical engineering/technology companies in Australia. 5 replyed. 3 said that nothing was available. 1 said that they didn’t have anything, but they would forward my request to a company that might be available. 1 said they might be interested, depending on my coursework and experience.
Only time will tell.
Posted by Courtney at April 21, 2005 07:08 PM