As part of the Zone’s effort to inform young people about the variety of career opportunities available, this interview is with bio-engineers Dr. Tracey Camilleri and Rosanne Zerafa who speak with passion about what sparked their interest in the subject that is also in a male dominated field, their latest project which helps physically immobile people to control external objects such as a music player for example, and in general, the opportunities the field of biomedical engineering can offer to young prospects.

About Tracey:
Occupation: lecturer from the department of systems and control engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malta 
Age: 31
Education: 
B.Eng.(Hons)(Melit.) obtained in 2004
Ph.D.(Melit.) obtained in 2012

About Rosanne:
Occupation: systems engineer at the Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics, University of Malta  
Age: 24
Education: 
B.Eng.(Hons) obtained in 2012
M.Sc. in Engineering obtained in 2013

Useful links:
www.um.edu.mt/eng
www.um.edu.mt/eng/sce/facilities/biomedical

The Zone is in collaboration with Think Magazine.
Read more from Rosanne and Tracey here:

"Moving objects with your thoughts"

"Moving wheelchairs with your thoughts"

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