Case studies of students' involvement in research

Research and development have been speeding up in recent decades, especially in interdisciplinary and newly emerging areas. Since the students will be exposed to this situation immediately after graduation when they start their jobs it is desirable to involve them in research projects. Through this work they acquire new knowledge and skills they will need in the future jobs. Moreover, they are frequently participating in strongly interdisciplinary research that requires orientation not only in engineering disciplines, but also in the other concerned areas. One of the typical examples is the area of Biomedical Engineering. In this paper we will discuss several case studies of students' involvement in research and present their research results.