Elective 3: Biomedical Engineering

Course Outline

1. Biomedical Engineering: A Historical Perspective
2. Moral and Ethical Issues
3. Anatomy and Physiology
4. Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology
5. Biomaterials
6. Tissue Engineering
7. Bioinstrumentation
8. Biomedical Sensor (Extra notes here!)
   
9. Biosignal Processing (part 1, part 2 and part 2)
10. Bioelectric Phenomena (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5 and part 6)
11. Physiological Modeling
12. Radiation Imaging
13. Medical Imaging (Part 01 and Part 02)
14. Biomedical Optics and Lasers
    • Optical Engineering (courtesy of the Optical Engineering Labs, University of Warwick, U.K.)

References:

• Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, 2^nd Edition
  By: John D. Enderle, Susan M. Blanchard and Joseph M. Bronzino
• The Clinical Engineering Handbook
  By: Joseph Dyro

Requirements:

• Major Examinations (Prelim, Midterm and Final) = (50%)
• Quizzes = 20%
• Project = 30%

Proposed Project Titles:

1. Low Cost ECG Monitoring System
   • Brix Malijao – Team Leader
2. Low Cost Sleep Apnea Monitoring System
   • Framaedone Palanggalan – Team Leader
3. Low Cost Electroencephalogram (EEG)
   • Starth Marie Navarro – Team Leader
4. Low Cost Electronic Braille Encoder for the Blinds
   • Alexis Cenita – Team Leader

Note:

Please conduct a research and development in advance so that you can submit on the last week of February 2008.