(BMEN)
Professors G.L.Coté,
J. D. Humphrey, W.A.Hyman (Interim Head), K. R. Rajagopal, L.
Wang, S. M. Wright, H.Wu; Associate
Professor C.S.Lessard; Assistant
Professors J. Criscione, C. M. Quick; Assistant
Lecturer N. Cram
240. Biosolid Mechanics. (3-0). Credit
3.
Introduction into the mechanics of deformable
media important in biomechanics, including biomaterials and
biological tissues with an emphasis on mechanobiology and the
formation of biological problems within the context of 1) kinematics
including displacements, rotation, strains, 2) the concept
of stress, 3) equilibrium, 4) constitutive relations, and 5)
boundary conditions. Prerequisite: ENGR 211.
285. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 4.
Permits students to undertake special projects
in biomedical engineering at an earlier point in their studies
than required for BMEN 485. Prerequisite: Approval of program
chair.
289. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4.
Selected topics in an identified area of biomedical
engineering. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval
of instructor.
302. Biomechanics. (3-0). Credit 3. II
Stress and strain in biological systems and
medical devices; properties of biomedical engineering materials
and design of related equipment. Prerequisites: ENGR 211; VTPP
334; Corequisites: MATH 308; VTPP 335.
305. Bioinstrumentation. (0-3). Credit
1.
Introduction to biomedical instrumentation design;
hands on acquisition of biomedical signals; design, building
and testing of bioinstrumentation circuits including analog
signal amplifiers and analog filter circuits. Prerequisites:
ELEN 214, VTPP 334 and 335; junior or senior classification.
308. Biomedical Electronics. (2-3). Credit
4. I
Introduction to basic circuit analysis; characteristics
of linear and non-linear circuit elements, design of basic
electronic circuits and principles in biomedical engineering
and practice of bioelectronic measurements. Prerequisites:
ELEN 214; VTPP 334 and 335.
309. Signal Processors for Biomedical Measurements.
(3-3). Credit 4. II
Design and application of analog and digital
signal processors in biomedical engineering; characteristics
of operational amplifiers and selected special purpose integrated
circuits; design considerations for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog
circuitry. Prerequisites: BMEN 308; VTPP 334 and 335.
310. Clinical Engineering. (3-0). Credit
3. II
Equipment control concepts and techniques and
their application in hospitals and in the medical profession;
device evaluation specifications; preventative maintenance
and service; calibration, regulation and medical product liability.
Prerequisite: BMEN 308.
321. Biomedical Electronics. (3-0). Credit
3.
Introduction to biomedical signals; basic circuit
analysis for biomedical signals; design of bioamplifier circuits;
characteristics of linear and nonlinear circuit elements; design
of basic electronic circuits, principles and practice of bioelectronic
measurements. Prerequisites: ELEN 214, VTPP 334 and 335; junior
or senior classification.
322. Biosignal Analysis. (3-0). Credit
3.
Design and application of analog and digital
signal analysis in biomedical engineering; characteristics
of biomedical signals; design considerations for analog-to-digital
and digital-to-analog circuitry; biosignal transformation methods;
analog and digital filter design for biomedical signals. Prerequisites:
BMEN 321, VTPP 334 and 335; junior or senior classification.
331. Theoretical Analysis. (3-0). Credit
3. I
Equations and numerical analysis techniques
important to the description of living systems and medical
devices; solution alternatives and limitations. Prerequisite:
MATH 308.
341. Biofluid Mechanics. (3-0). Credit
3.
Introduction into the mechanics of fluids in
biomechanics, including blood, synovial fluid and physiological
solutions, with an emphasis on the importance of mechanobiology
and the formation of biological problems within the context
of 1) kinematics, 2) the concept of stress, 3) linear momentum
balance, 4) constitutive relations, and 5) boundary conditions.
Prerequisite: BMEN 240; junior or senior classification.
342. Biomaterials and Medical Devices.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Selection and use of materials in implantable
and tissue contacting medical devices; mass transport in medical
devices; regulation and testing of medical devices. Prerequisites:
VTPP 335 and BMEN 341; junior or senior classification.
401. Principles and Analysis of Biological
Control Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. I
Techniques for generating quantitative mathematical
models of physiological control systems and devices; the behavior
of physiological control systems using both time and frequency
domain methods. Prerequisites: BMEN 308; MATH 308; VTPP 334
and 335.
405. Virtual Instrumentation Design for
Medical Systems. (2-3). Credit 3.
Design of medical systems using graphics programming
language of LabVIEW including the designing and programming
of three virtual systems as follows: cardiac monitor, electromyogram
system for biomechanics, and sleep stage analyses from electroencephalograms.
Prerequisites: BMEN 308 and 309.
410. Advanced Clinical Engineering. (2-3).
Credit 3. I
Training in clinical engineering through hospital-based
experience in medical systems technical knowledge, clinical
engineering management, technology assessment, and hospital
management. Prerequisite: BMEN 310.
420. Medical Imaging. (3-0). Credit 3.
The principles of the major imaging modalities
including x-ray radiography, x-ray computed tomography (CT),
ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging; including a
brief discussion on other emerging imaging technologies such
as nuclear imaging (PET and SPECT). Prerequisite: MATH 251;
junior or senior classification.
421. Biofluid Dynamics. (3-0). Credit 3.
I
Biofluid dynamics; derivation of mass and momentum
equations; analysis of fluid motion in biomedical engineering
systems; dimensional analysis; application of turbulence and
boundary layer analysis in biomedical engineering. Prerequisites:
BMEN 302; MATH 308; VTPP 334 and 335.
422. Biomaterials and Artificial Internal
Organs. (3-0). Credit 3. I
Current practice of material selection and design
of artificial internal organs including orthopedic, cardiovascular
and other implant applications. Regulations, standards and
testing. Prerequisites: BMEN 302; VTPP 334 and 335.
430. Medical Device Regulation. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Introduction to the regulations of the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration pertaining to testing and marketing
medical devices. Prerequisites: BMEN 310; junior or senior
classification.
440. Design of Medical Devices. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Overview of the multiple issues in designing
a marketable medical device, including the design process from
clinical problem definition through prototype and clinical
testing to market readiness; includes FDA regulation, human
factors and system safety considerations and medical product
liability. Prerequisites: BMEN 422; senior classification in
engineering.
441. Analysis and Design Project I. (0-9).
Credit 3. I, II, S
Individual or group biomedical engineering analysis
and design project involving problem statement, alternative
approaches for solution, specific system analysis and design.
Prerequisites: BMEN 309, 421, 452.
442. Analysis and Design Project II. (0-9).
Credit 3. I, II, S
Continuation of BMEN 441. Prerequisites: BMEN
309, 421, 452.
450. Case Studies. (1-0). Credit 1.
Examines process through which clinically defined
problems are addressed from the perspective of biomedical engineering
through the use of case studies; includes issues of technology
transfer and clinical evaluation. Prerequisites: BMEN 240,
305 and 342; junior or senior classification.
452. Mass and Energy Transfer in Biosystems.
(3-0). Credit 3. II
Transport phenomena associated with physiological
systems and their interaction with medical devices; exchange
processes in artificial life support systems and diagnostic
equipment. Prerequisites: BMEN 421; MATH 308; VTPP 334 and
335.
453. Analysis and Design Project I. (2-0).
Credit 2.
Group or team biomedical engineering analysis
and design project involving statement, alternative approaches
for solution, specific system analysis and design. Prerequisites:
BMEN 321, 322 and 342; junior or senior classification.
454. Analysis and Design Project II. (2-0).
Credit 2.
Continuation of BMEN 453. Prerequisites. BMEN
321, 322, 342 and 453; junior or senior classification.
460. Vascular Mechanics. (3-0). Credit
3.
Application of continuum mechanics to the study
of the heart arteries; emphasis on the measurement and quantification
of material properties, and the calculation of vascular stresses;
analysis of several cardiovascular devices to reinforce the
need for careful analysis in the device design. Prerequisites:
BMEN 302 and 421.
461. Cardiac Mechanics. (3-0). Credit 3.
Application of continuum mechanics and computational
solid mechanics to the study of the mammalian heart; utilization
of continuum mechanics and finite element analysis in solving
non-linear boundary value problems in biomechanics. Prerequisites:
BMEN 302 and 421; approval of instructor.
468. Biothermomechanics. (3-0). Credit
3.
Introduction to a continuum thermomechanics
approach to quantifying soft tissue behavior in response to
combined thermal and mechanical loads including thermoelasticity
and thermal damage. Prerequisites: BMEN 240 and 341; junior
or senior classification.
470. Introduction of Biomedical Optics.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Fundamentals of biomedical optics; basic engineering
principles used in optical therapeutics, optical diagnostics
and optical biosensing. Prerequisites: MATH 308; PHYS 208.
Cross-listed with CHEN 470.
485. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 6. I,
II, S
Permits students to undertake special projects
in biomedical engineering. Prerequisite: Approval of program
chair.
489. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4.
I, II, S
New or unique areas of biomedical engineering
which are of interest to biomedical engineering and other undergraduate
students.
