Course Number: BME 1008
Credits: 1
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
Introduction to and overview of biomedical engineering. Lectures will be given by faculty expert in an area of biomedical engineering. The goal is to give beginning students an appreciation for the breadth of the field and to guide them in making curriculum, major, and career choices.
Course Number: BME 2202
Credits: 3
Max Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester:
Course Material:
Principles of engineering statics and dynamics as they relate to biological systems. Topics include vector mathematics, summation of forces and moments in static equilibrium, equations of motion, dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, concepts of work, energy, and momentum, & introduction to deformable bodies. All topics are discussed in the context of biological systems.
Course Number: BME 3012
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
Through exposure to real clinical problems, learn to communicate with medical professionals in order to identify unmet needs, to develop prototypes and initial concepts for clinical problems, and to critically evaluate potential solutions for clinical problems.
Course Number: BME 3053C
Credits: 2
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
Computer programming lab and lecture utilizes Matlab to analyze biomedical measurements.
Course Number: BME 3060
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
Working specifically within the framework of biomedical engineering applications, this course provides the engineering fundamentals of the conservation laws of mass, energy, charge and momentum.
Course Number: BME 3101
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
Restoration of physiological function by engineering biomaterials for biological environment, covering principles underlying use and design of medical implants and matrices/scaffolds. Strong emphasis on transition from engineering material to biological tissue, including molecular and cellular interactions with biomaterials, tissue and organ regeneration, and design of intact, biodegradable, and bioreplaceable materials.
Course Number: BME 3234
Credits: 3
Max Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Varies
Course Material:
This course will focus on the understanding of mechanical behavior of biological tissues and systems. The course will begin by evaluating structure-function relationships, stress-strain relationships, and the mechanical complexity of biological systems. In addition, the basics of viscoelastic behavior will be introduced as it applies to biological tissues.
Course Number: BME 3323L
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
The cellular engineering laboratory will teach students the fundamentals of cell culture for use in biomedical engineering investigations. Acquire skills in cell culture, quantitative analyses, notebook keeping, report writing, and oral presentation.
Course Number: BME 3508
Credits: 3
Max Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
Basic theory and techniques of biosignals and systems. Topics include sampling, noise in biological signals, signal averaging of noisy biological signals, Fourier analysis and filtering.
Course Number: BME 3941
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall, Spring, SumA, SumB, and SumC
Course Material:
Engineering work experience under the supervision of an engineer. (Variable credit 0-3)
Course Number: BME 4160
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Varies
Course Material:
Consists of classroom lectures on fundamental concepts in magnetism and magnetic micro and nano-materials and their applications in biomedicine. Participants present a critical review of recent literature in the field and lead a group discussion on a specific, recent paper.
Course Number: BME 4311
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
Introduces the fundamentals of molecular biology for biomedical engineers. Designed for juniors or senior majoring in biomedical engineering to learn the nomenclature and current state of knowledge of the eukaryotic cell and its related structures. Topics include protein structure and function, enzymes, the structure and nature of DNA and the cellular structure and function of various cellular organelles. Learn about energy and the function of mitochondria and chloroplast, cellular communication and the function of the extracellular matrix.
Course Number: BME 4361
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Varies
Course Material:
Applying engineering to neuroscience including such diverse areas as neural tissue engineering, models of neural function and neural interface technology. Focuses mainly in the context of neural interfaces and prosthetics, from basic neural physiology and models of neural mechanisms to advanced neural interfaces currently in development or produced commercially.
Course Number: BME 4409
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
Quantitative modeling of organ system physiology of the nervous system, the cardiovascular system and the respiratory system will be discussed and students will work on quantitative problems.
Course Number: BME 4503L
Credits: 1
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
Laboratory for BME 4503.
Course Number: BME 4531
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
Medical imaging technologies from a biomedical engineering perspective. The physics, mathematics, instrumentation and clinical applications of all common medical imaging modalities including x-ray radiography, computed tomography (CT), ultrasound imaging, positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will be discussed. Emerging imaging modalities including optical imaging, fluorescence imaging and photoacoustic imaging are also introduced.
Course Number: BME 4621
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
Principles of themodynamics and kinetics from a biomolecular perspective. The mathematics, analysis, and applications of classical thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, and reaction kinetics are introduced in the context of molecular interactions, binding equilibria, metabolism, and biomolecular transport common to living systems.
Course Number: BME 4632
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall and Spring
Course Material:
Introduces and applies the concepts of momentum, mass, and thermal energy transport in the context of problems of interest in biomedical sciences and engineering. Macroscopic and microscopic analysis of momentum, mass, and thermal energy transport problems in biomedical systems.
Course Number: BME 4648
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Varies
Course Material:
Focuses on the principles of engineering controlled release systems, and integrates topics in polymer chemistry, biomaterials, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, and mass transport phenomena.
Course Number: BME 4760
Credits: 3
Max Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Varies
Course Material:
Covers the biomedical applications of data science techniques, which include pre-processing techniques, machine learning data analysis, and data visualization techniques.
Course Number: BME 4882
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall
Course Material:
Design of custom strategies to address real-life issues in the development of biocompatible and biomimetic devices for biotechnology or biomedical applications. Student teams will work with a client in the development of projects that incorporate various aspects of biomedical engineering including instrumentation, biomechanics, biotransport, tissue engineering, and others. Formal engineering design principles will be emphasized; overview of intellectual properties, engineering ethics, risk analysis, safety in design and FDA regulations will be reviewed. Part 1 focuses on the design.
Course Number: BME 4883
Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Spring
Course Material:
Design of custom strategies to address real-life issues in the development of biocompatible and biomimetic devices for biotechnology or biomedical applications. Student teams will work with a client in the development of projects that incorporate various aspects of biomedical engineering including instrumentation, biomechanics, biotransport, tissue engineering, and others. Formal engineering design principles will be emphasized; overview of intellectual properties, engineering ethics, risk analysis, safety in design and FDA regulations will be reviewed. Part 2 focuses on the implementation and testing.
Course Number: BME 4931
Credits: 3
Max Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Varies
Course Material:
Selected topics in biomedical engineering. Topics will vary each semester. See syllabi below for current and previous course offerings.
Course Number: BME4503
Credits: 3
Max Credits: 3
Program: Undergraduate
Semester:
Course Material:
3 credits – A discussion of the fundamental engineering and medical principles of the acquisition, measurement, and processing of physiological signals from living systems, focusing on the human body. Students are introduced to operational amplifiers (op-amps) and their circuit configurations that allow signal processing, conditioning, amplification, and spectral filtering as relevant to biomedical devices. The basics of biosensors (transducers) and bioelectrodes for the measurement of motion, biopotentials, pressure, and temperature are explored in Biomedical Engineering-specific applications like photoplethysmography (PPG), electrocardiography (EKG), electrophoresis, and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS). A primer in digital systems, boolean logic, and logic gates is provided to enable the prototyping of clinically relevant solutions.
Course Number: BME4931
Credits:
Program: Undergraduate
Semester:
Course Material:
Course Number: EGN 4912
Credits: 0
Program: Undergraduate
Semester: Fall, Spring, SumA, SumB, and SumC
Course Material:
Provides firsthand, supervised research with a faculty advisor or postdoctoral or graduate student mentor. Projects may involve inquiry, design, investigation, scholarship, discovery or application. (S-U)