BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING II
Various concepts within the field of biomedical engineering, foundational knowledge of engineering methodology applied to biological and/or medical problems through modules in biomechanics, bioinstrumentation, and biomedical imaging.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- 3 points
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING LAB II
Biomedical experimental design and hypothesis testing. Statistical analysis of experimental measurements. Analysis of experimental measurements. Analysis of variance, post hoc testing. Fluid shear and cell adhesion, neuro-electrophysiology, soft tissue biomechanics, biomecial imaging and ultrasound, characterization of excitable tissues, microfluidics.
- W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
- R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
- 3 points
Research Training
Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.
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Instructor:
Gerard A Ateshian
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Instructor:
Tal Danino
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X. Edward Guo
CULPA: 2 h-index: 70 Info -
Instructor:
Henry Hess
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Instructor:
Elizabeth Hillman
Wikipedia h-index: 48 Info -
Instructor:
Clark T Hung
CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info -
Instructor:
Joshua Jacobs
Wikipedia h-index: 31 Info -
Instructor:
Christoph Juchem
CULPA: 1 h-index: 23 Info -
Instructor:
Lance Kam
CULPA: 7
h-index: 38
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Instructor:
Elisa Konofagou
Wikipedia h-index: 71 Info -
Instructor:
Andrew Laine
Wikipedia h-index: 43 Info -
Instructor:
Kam W Leong
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Instructor:
Helen Lu
CULPA: 1 h-index: 54 Info -
Instructor:
Barclay Morrison
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Instructor:
Elizabeth Olson
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Instructor:
Paul Sajda
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Instructor:
Kenneth Shepard
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Instructor:
Shunichi Homma
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Instructor:
Samuel Sia
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Instructor:
Milan N Stojanovic
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Stavros Thomopoulos
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John T Vaughan
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Wikipedia h-index: 132 Info -
Instructor:
Qi Wang
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Nandan L Nerurkar
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Stephen H Tsang
Wikipedia h-index: 58 Info -
Instructor:
Elham Azizi
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Jose McFaline-Figueroa
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Treena L Arinzeh
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Instructor:
Sanja Vickovic
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Santiago Correa
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Instructor:
Kaveri A Thakoor
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Yvon Woappi
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Instructor:
Yasmine El-Shamayleh
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Instructor:
Kaveri A Thakoor
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BIOMEDICAL ENGIN DESIGN II
A two-semester design sequence to be taken in the senior year. Elements of the design process, with specific applications to biomedical engineering: concept formulation, systems synthesis, design analysis, optimization, biocompatibility, impact on patient health and comfort, health care costs, regulatory issues, and medical ethics. Selection and execution of a project involving the design of an actual engineering device or system. Introduction to entrepreneurship, biomedical start-ups, and venture capital. Semester I: statistical analysis of detection/classification systems (receiver operation characteristic analysis, logistic regression), development of design prototype, need, approach, benefits and competition analysis. Semester II: spiral develop process and testing, iteration and refinement of the initial design/prototype and business plan development. A lab fee of $100 each is collected.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Lauren N Heckelman
Info - 4 points
PROJECTS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGIN
Independent projects involving experimental, theoretical, computational, or engineering design work. May be repeated, but no more than 3 points of this or any other projects or research course may be counted toward the technical elective degree requirements as engineering technical electives.
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Instructor:
Kaveri A Thakoor
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Instructor:
Tal Danino
Wikipedia h-index: 18 Info -
Instructor:
X. Edward Guo
CULPA: 2 h-index: 70 Info -
Instructor:
Henry Hess
CULPA: 1 h-index: 45 Info -
Instructor:
Elizabeth Hillman
Wikipedia h-index: 48 Info -
Instructor:
Shunichi Homma
h-index: 88 Info -
Instructor:
Clark T Hung
CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info -
Instructor:
Joshua Jacobs
Wikipedia h-index: 31 Info -
Instructor:
Christoph Juchem
CULPA: 1 h-index: 23 Info -
Instructor:
Lance Kam
CULPA: 7
h-index: 38
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Instructor:
Elisa Konofagou
Wikipedia h-index: 71 Info -
Instructor:
Andrew Laine
Wikipedia h-index: 43 Info -
Instructor:
Kam W Leong
h-index: 126 Info -
Instructor:
Helen Lu
CULPA: 1 h-index: 54 Info -
Instructor:
Barclay Morrison
CULPA: 9 h-index: 42 Info -
Instructor:
Elizabeth Olson
h-index: 28 Info -
Instructor:
Paul Sajda
CULPA: 3 h-index: 47 Info -
Instructor:
Kenneth Shepard
CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 64 Info -
Instructor:
Samuel Sia
CULPA: 1 h-index: 39 Info -
Instructor:
Milan N Stojanovic
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Instructor:
Stavros Thomopoulos
h-index: 63 Info -
Instructor:
John T Vaughan
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Instructor:
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Wikipedia h-index: 132 Info -
Instructor:
Qi Wang
h-index: 24 Info -
Instructor:
Nandan L Nerurkar
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Instructor:
Stephen H Tsang
Wikipedia h-index: 58 Info -
Instructor:
Elham Azizi
h-index: 10 Info -
Instructor:
Jose McFaline-Figueroa
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Instructor:
Treena L Arinzeh
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Instructor:
Sanja Vickovic
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Instructor:
Santiago Correa
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Instructor:
Lauren N Heckelman
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Instructor:
Grace McIlvain
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Instructor:
Ke Cheng
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UNDERGRADUATE FIELDWORK
May be repeated for credit, but no more than 3 total points may be used toward the 128-credit degree requirement. Only for BMEN undergraduate students who include relevant off-campus work experience as part of their approved program of study. Final report and letter of evaluation required. Fieldwork credits may not count toward any major core, technical, elective, and non-technical requirements. May not be taken for pass/fail credit or audited.
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Instructor:
Lauren N Heckelman
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Instructor:
Tal Danino
Wikipedia h-index: 18 Info - 1-2 points
QUANT PHYSIOLOGY II:ORGAN SYST
Students are introduced to a quantitative, engineering approach to cellular biology and mammalian physiology. Beginning with biological issues related to the cell, the course progresses to considerations of the major physiological systems of the human body (nervous, circulatory, respiratory, renal).
- MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Barclay Morrison
CULPA: 9 h-index: 42 Info - 3 points
ELECTROPHYS OF HUM MEMORY * NAVIGATION
ELECTROPHYS OF HUM MEM&NV
Human memory, including working, episodic, and procedural memory. Electrophysiology of cognition, noninvasive and invasive recordings. Neural basis of spatial navigation, with links to spatial and episodic memory. Computational models of memory, brain stimulation, lesion studies.
- M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Joshua Jacobs
Wikipedia h-index: 31 Info - 3 points
Biomechanics of Developmental Biology
BIOMECHANICS DEVELOPMENTA
Biophysical mechanisms of tissue organization
during embryonic development: conservation laws, reaction-diffusion, finite elasticity, and fluid mechanics are reviewed and applied to a broad range of topics in developmental biology, from early development to later organogenesis of the central nervous, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems. Subdivided into modules on patterning (conversion of diffusible cues into cell fates) and morphogenesis (shaping of tissues), the course will include lectures, problem sets, reading of primary literature, and a final project.
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Nandan L Nerurkar
Info - 3 points
SIGNAL MODELING
Fundamental concepts of signal processing in linear systems and stochastic processes. Estimation, detection and filtering methods applied to biomedical signals. Harmonic analysis, auto-regressive model, Wiener and Matched filters, linear discriminants, and independent components. Methods are developed to answer concrete questions on specific data sets in modalities such as ECG, EEG, MEG, Ultrasound. Lectures accompanied by data analysis assignments using MATLAB.
- T 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Paul Sajda
CULPA: 3 h-index: 47 Info - 3 points
PRIN OF MAG RESONANCE IMAGING
Fundamental principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), including the underlying spin physics and mathematics of image formation with an emphasis on the application of MRI to neuroimaging, both anatomical and functional. The examines both theory and experimental design techniques.
- R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
John T Vaughan
Info - 3 points
Deep Learning in Biomedical Imaging
Deep Learning in BME / Im
Introduction to methods in deep learning, with focus on applications to quantitative problems in biomedical imaging and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medicine. Network models: Deep feedforward networks, convolutional neural networks and recurrent neural networks. Deep autoencoders for denoising. Segmentation and classification of biological tissues and biomarkers of disease. Theory and methods lectures will be accompanied with examples from biomedical image including analysis of neurological images of the brain (MRI), CT images of the lung for cancer and COPD, cardiac ultrasound. Programming assignments will use tensorflow / Pytorch and Jupyter Notebook. Examinations and a final project will also be required.
Advanced Cell and Tissue Engineering: Fr
Advanced Cell & Tis Eng:
Covers advancements in the fields of cellular and developmental biology, molecular biology and materials science towards the development of “tissue engineered” therapies. Emphasis on tissue engineering therapies applied to musculoskeletal tissues, such as bone, cartilage, and skeletal muscle, and nervous tissues (central and peripheral nervous system). Design considerations and concepts in market analysis examined.
- R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Treena L Arinzeh
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Immunoengineering with Biomaterials and
ImmunoEng with Biomat&Nan
Introduction to fundamental aspects of immunology and engineering strategies to modulate the immune system to improve human health. We will cover the innate and adaptive immune system and current methods to characterize the immune response. Applications focus on cancer, vaccines, and autoimmune disorders.
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Santiago Correa
Info - 3 points
Multimodal Neuroimaging
Practical implementation of neuroimaging techniques, data types, processing methods and clinical findings on independent datasets across a variety of neurological and psychiatric conditions. Basics from anatomy to digital image analysis will be explored culminating in a final project
- T 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Frank A Provenzano
Info - 3 points
MICRO/NANO STRUCT CELL ENG
Design, fabrication, and application of micro-/nanostructured systems for cell engineering. Recognition and response of cells to spatial aspects of their extracellular environment. Focus on neural, cardiac, coculture, and stem cell systems. Molecular complexes at the nanoscale.
- M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Lance Kam
CULPA: 7
h-index: 38
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- 3 points
High-dimensional statistics for biomedic
HD Stat for biomedical da
Statistical machine learning techniques and advanced mathematical concepts for analysis of high-dimensional biomedical data. Topics include optimal transport and probabilistic modeling for multi-modal genomic and imaging data integration and analysis of spatial and temporal dynamics. Programming assignments, problem sets, and a final project will be required.
- T 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
- 3 points
BIOMEMS:CELL/MOLECULAR APPLIC
Topics include biomicroelectromechanical, microfluidic, and lab-on-a-chip systems in biomedical engineering, with a focus on cellular and molecular applications. Microfabrication techniques, biocompatibility, miniaturization of analytical and diagnostic devices, high-throughput cellular studies, microfabrication for tissue engineering, and in vivo devices.
- T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Samuel Sia
CULPA: 1 h-index: 39 Info - 3 points
Research Training
Research training course. Recommended in preparation for laboratory related research.
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Instructor:
Gerard A Ateshian
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Instructor:
Tal Danino
Wikipedia h-index: 18 Info -
Instructor:
X. Edward Guo
CULPA: 2 h-index: 70 Info -
Instructor:
Henry Hess
CULPA: 1 h-index: 45 Info -
Instructor:
Elizabeth Hillman
Wikipedia h-index: 48 Info -
Instructor:
Clark T Hung
CULPA: 5 h-index: 65 Info -
Instructor:
Joshua Jacobs
Wikipedia h-index: 31 Info -
Instructor:
Christoph Juchem
CULPA: 1 h-index: 23 Info -
Instructor:
Lance Kam
CULPA: 7
h-index: 38
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Instructor:
Elisa Konofagou
Wikipedia h-index: 71 Info -
Instructor:
Andrew Laine
Wikipedia h-index: 43 Info -
Instructor:
Kam W Leong
h-index: 126 Info -
Instructor:
Helen Lu
CULPA: 1 h-index: 54 Info - 0 points