Biomedical Engineering I

Catalog description

A first course in Biomedical Engineering (BME), this course introduces students to preliminary Biomedical Engineering topics. Topics include: the BME profession, morals and ethics, anatomy and physiology, static biomechanics, rehabilitation engineering, static bioinstrumentation, biosensors, biosignal processing, and models of neurons. MATLAB is used for ease in problem solving. Laboratory involves using a virtual instrument (Biopac) to record and analyze signals from the body. Class meets: 3 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. laboratory.