Biological engineering

Nearly one-fifth of the human genome is privately owned (Crichton 441). Gene patenting is a relatively new concept and controversial one at that. Many scholars have very strong opinions on this topic, two of these scholars being: Harvard graduate and novelist Michael Crichton and a former resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and staff economist John E. Calfee. Both scholars have written extremely compelling essays on the topic. Crichton’s essay “Patenting Life”, gives an…

Introduction There are many different CBRN agents and weapons. One of the most dangerous categories of CBRN are biological weapons. Biological weapons are multi-faceted and can cause various levels of damage. Agroterrorism is a form of biological warfare. This kind of terrorism is very dangerous to a countries way of life. Where other forms of warfare will kill people near the attack a biological attack can not only make people fall ill but also have significant long term effects. An…

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis also known as BPA is defined as the diameter and shape of blood splatters, which reflects the origin and trajectory of external blood flow in the context of homicide or violent death, in which the skin surface is disrupted (Medical dictionary https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Bloodstain+Pattern ). The development of bloodstain pattern analysis dates back to nearly 150 years ago in history and through the years there have been many studies, developments,…

Biological warfare, despite it’s modern sounding name, has been the world’s cheapest and most effective method of widespread killing for centuries, and reports of countries utilizing disease as a weapon date all the way back to the 1100s (and perhaps even beyond written record). Although ancient in origin, that does not mean the threat of widespread, virus-induced destruction is no longer a threat for the United States-- and the world as a whole. Treaties have been signed by all the major…

Due to the lack of supplies and hygiene in third world countries, a virus called Ebola has broke out. Ebola has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in the past year causing nearly four thousand lives in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. With the right steps, this virus can be contained and eventually cured. Ebola is a deadly virus that first appeared in the year 1976, occurring in Sudan and the current Dominican Republic of Congo. The virus was named after a small river in the Dominican…

Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone is about the Reston virus, one of the five strands of Ebola, and its outbreak in Virginia in 1989, which startled the eastern United States. The story begins with a hot zone of the Ebola virus, Kitum Cave, in order to provide background information towards the virus and its hunger to take hold of a host. Over the course of the story Preston depicts the viral effects, emphasizes the passion of the scientist, and conveys the bravery in an almost disastrous situation.…

weaponing of a bio agent, which is the process of using an aerosol device to disseminate the bio agent in the air over a large population. Anthrax is easy to make, since it can be found in nature all around the world and anthrax has been used as a biological agent for centuries, which makes it very dangerous. Anthrax can spread through physical contact, but is not contagious. Anthrax, which is an inactive bacterium that can be found in naturally in…

What is Mechanical 1 What is Mechanical Engineering? What is Mechanical Engineering? Jaren Esquivel School of Engineering and Sciences  What is Mechanical 2 What is Mechanical Engineering? Engineering is the application of science and mathematics by which the properties of matter and the sources of energy in nature are made useful to people (Merriam-Webster, 2015). Mechanical engineering is a specific branch of engineering that deals with mechanisms. Michigan Technological…

which have to do with solving medical and healthcare matters. As population increases, as does the risk of an increase in the spread of disease or epidemic growth. This calls for a growing need in biomedical engineering to develop the ideas to save humanity in the future. Biomedical Engineering is a complex process of solving, and then designing ways to solve problems in the human body using medicines or technology to improve humanities overall health. More specifically, Biomedical Neural…

My dad is a mechanical engineer, my uncle has Masters in Physics, but he is currently working as a banker now, and he handles 4-5 branches under him. My brother has computer engineering degree, and he is recently doing his masters in Computer Science. Finally, I have always wanted to make my career in a science or engineering field. My dad owned Submersible Pump factory in India, and instead of going to play outside with my friend, I loved being with my dad in his factory to see how things…