This program will provide students with the knowledge and skills to:
- develop systems to enhance athletic performance and training;
- use electronics to make advanced sporting equipment and infrastructure;
- understand how biomedical engineering improves the physiology and anatomy of patient monitoring and rehabilitation and overall performance of healthcare;
- and develop biomedical and science instrumentation.
Australia and many other countries have sports institutes and academies that employ large numbers of sports specialists every year. Many smaller academies, clubs and organizations also utilize specialists along with many local and regional companies who design sporting equipment and training aids. The Asia Pacific region is also responsible for the engineering and manufacturing of over 70% of all sporting goods and technology related equipment worldwide.
As a sports and biomedical engineering student, you should be aware in addition to skills obtained in this program; you will be gaining other skills highly sought after by employers. Known at Griffith University as generic, professional or transferable skills, they can be successfully implemented in different workplaces both in voluntary and paid employment.