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Employment Outlook and Motivation for Career Preparation

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Career Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

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    * “Co-ops” (short for Cooperative education programs) are programs that partner students with industry. This allows students to gain real world work experience while they are earning their college degree.

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA

    John D. Enderle PhD

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  1. Thomas S. Watson School of Engin. &, Applied Science, Binghamton University, Binghamton, 13902, U.S.A.

    Guruprasad Madhavan

  2. Dept. Industrial & Systems Engineering, Oakland University, Rochester, 48309, U.S.A.

    Barbara Oakley

  3. IRM College, National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, 20319, U.S.A.

    Luis Kun

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Enderle, J.D. (2008). Employment Outlook and Motivation for Career Preparation. In: Madhavan, G., Oakley, B., Kun, L. (eds) Career Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. Series in Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76495-5_4

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