Course Descriptions

Biomedical Engineering

BME 181

Biomedical Engineering Seminar I

(1 cr.) Seminar series given by instructor, invited experts, and students with focus on biomedical electronics, medical devices, rehabilitation engineering, medical instrumentation, and biomedical ethics. (Seminar) Pre: credit or concurrent enrollment in MTH 141 or permission of instructor.

BME 207

Introduction to Biomechanics

(3 crs.) Engineering analysis of the human body in equilibrium, biological tissue mechanics (stress and strain), elementary beam theory (bending and torsion) applied to bones. (Lec. 3) Pre: (MTH 142 and PHY 204 and (credit or concurrent enrollment in BIO 220)) or permission of instructor.

BME 281

Biomedical Engineering Seminar II

(1 cr.) Seminar series given by instructor, invited experts, and students with focus on physiological system modeling, biomechanics, biomaterials, tissue engineering, artificial organs, and biosensors; assignments involving design and 3D printing. (Seminar) Pre: BME 181 or permission of instructor.

BME 307

Bioelectricity

(3 crs.) Quantitative analysis of electrical phenomena in biological cells, tissues, and organs. Action potentials and propagation in neurons, cardiac and skeletal muscle. (Lec. 3) Pre: ((ELE 212 or 220) and (MTH 243 or 362)) or permission of instructor.

BME 360

Biomeasurement

(3 crs.) Principles of biomeasurement, basic electronics, sensors, patient safety, embedded system design with microcontrollers, programming with assembly and C languages, introduction to physiological signals, introduction to filters. (Lec. 3) Pre: ELE 212. Concurrent enrollment or credit in BME 361 required or permission of instructor.

BME 361

Biomeasurement Laboratory

(1 cr.) Constructing and experimenting with electronics and embedded systems using microcontrollers, assembly, and C languages, constructing an electrocardiogram (ECG) amplifier, timers, and interrupts embedded signal processing, and implementing QRS detection and heart rate meter. (Lab. 1) Pre: Concurrent enrollment or credit in BME 360 is required.

BME 362

Biomedical Instrumentation Design

(3 crs.) Overview of bio-measurements, Fundamentals of diagnostic and therapeutic devices, engineering standards, and regulations for medical devices; safety, noise rejection, biomedical signal processing using computer programming, design of embedded and handheld systems. (Lec. 3) Pre: (BME 360 and BME 361) or permission of instructor.

BME 363

Biomedical Instrumentation Design Laboratory

(1 cr.) Hands-on applications of electronics, embedded and handheld devices to biomedical instrumentation systems. Computer software application design for collecting, processing, and displaying signals recorded using the handheld device. (Lab. 3) Pre: Concurrent enrollment or credit in BME 362 or permission of the instructor.

BME 391

Special Problems

(1-4 crs.) Independent study of special engineering problems. Topic and number of credits determined in consultation with the instructor. (Independent Study)

BME 461

Physiological Modeling and Control

(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (BME), ELE 461. Principles of physiological modeling and control of linear and nonlinear systems, stability analysis, root locus, Bode plots, linearization. (Lec 3) Pre: ELE 314, or permission of instructor. Not for graduate credit.

BME 464

Medical Imaging

(3 crs.) Engineering and clinical applications of medical imaging systems including X-ray, computed tomography, radioisotope imaging, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging; picture archiving and communication system and medical image processing. (Lec. 3) Pre: (BME 207 and 360 and ELE 313) or permission of instructor. Not for graduate credit. Not open to students who have credit in ELE 564.

BME 465

Medical Image Processing Laboratory

(1 cr.) Development of medical imaging processing algorithms with graphical user interface in C++ under the Windows operating system; smoothing and sharpening filters, morphological filters, area measurement and edge tracer. (Lab. 1) Pre: credit or concurrent enrollment in 464. Not for graduate credit. Not open to students who have credit in ELE 564.

BME 466

Biomaterials Engineering

(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (BME), CHE 466. A biomaterial is any material designed to interact with a biological system. This course will examine the structure, properties, and processing of biomaterials in a wide variety of biomedical applications. (Lec. 3) Pre: (CHM 124 or CHM 227 and MTH 244 or 362) or permission of instructor.

BME 468

Neural Engineering

(3 crs.) Principles and technologies of neuroengineering and clinical applications; brain stimulator, spinal cord stimulation, functional electrical stimulation (FES), neural-machine interface for motor prosthesis control, artificial visual/auditory devices for augmented sensory perception. (Lec. 3) Pre: BME 360 or permission of instructor. Not for graduate credit.

BME 473

Brain Signal Processing and Applications

(4 crs.) Presents advanced techniques in brain signal processing including time-frequency analysis (e.g., wavelet), spatial filters (e.g., Laplacian filters), data reduction techniques (e.g., PCA), and machine learning algorithms (e.g., LDA). (Lec. 3, Rec. 1) Pre: {(MTH 243 or equivalent), and (MTH 451 or STA 409 or ISE 311 or equivalent), and (ELE 314 or equivalent), and Matlab programming} or permission of instructor. Familiarity with topics in ELE 501, 506, and 509 is highly recommended.

BME 484

Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design I

(3 crs.) Applications of engineering skills; team projects in biomedical areas such as neuroengineering, assistive technology, cardiopulmonary measurements, medical imaging, and modeling of physiological systems. First of a two-course sequence. (Lec. 2, Lab. 3) Pre: (BME 207 and 362) or permission of instructor. Not for graduate credit. (D1)

BME 485

Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design II

(2 crs.) Applications of engineering skills; team projects in biomedical areas such as neuroengineering, assistive technology, cardiopulmonary measurements, medical imaging, and modeling of physiological systems. (Lec. 1, Lab. 3) Second of a two-course sequence. Pre: BME 484 or permission of instructor. Not for graduate credit. (D1)

BME 491

Special Problems

(1-4 crs.) Independent study of special engineering problems. Topic and number of credits determined in consultation with the instructor. (Independent Study) Not for graduate credit.