Undergraduate Courses

Introduction to engineering design, development and fabrication tools. Concepts of mechanical, electronic and software design.

Fundamentals of statics and dynamics in the context of real-world problems in biomechanics.

Themes of biomedical engineering in the context of health-related challenges.

This course introduce numerical methods for solving mathematical problems from various fields of engineering especially biomedical engineering. We will cover the concepts of numerical interpolation, linear algebra, numerical differentiation and integration, and numerical solution of differential equations. We will use computer programming to solve problems in science and engineering with a theme of biomechanics and mechanobiology.

Design, conduct and analyze measurements on living systems.

Fundamentals of fluid mechanics.

Statistics in biomedical engineering and research.

Introduction to the mathematical, physical, engineering and biological principles important to a variety of biomedical imaging methods including optical imaging, X-ray imaging, CT, PET, SPECT and MRI.

Biomedical instrumentation, sensors, physiological measurements, analog and digital signal processing, data acquisition, data reduction, statistical treatment of data, and safety issues.

Interaction of light with biological material. Use of photonics in medical diagnostics. Introductory biological concepts such as DNA, proteins, cells and tissues. Principles and applications of bioimaging, spectroscopy and biosensors, as well as summarized recently published progress in the field.

Selection, interfacing and calibration of digital and analog sensors to measure physical variables. Optical electrochemical and piezoelectric biosensors. Basic bioprocess control.

Biosolids, biofluids, biotransport; physiological systems; bioheat transfer.

Topics at the intersection of people, health information and technology.

Benefits, methods and difficulties of translating laboratory results into products that are successful in the clinic and in the marketplace.

Innovation in the medical arena.

Applied genetics, metabolic regulation and bioreactors employed in industrial processes for manufacture of pharmaceuticals and in the design of tissue engineered devices to replace normal physiological function.

Thermodynamics, mechanics, and structures of biomolecules (e.g., proteins and DNA) and cells. Deformation mechanisms and theories for both flexible and semi-rigid chains, and the applications in biomolecules and cells. Experimental micro biomechanics techniques for both biomolecules and cells.

Fundamental concepts underlying nano technological advances, such as quantum mechanics, chemical kinetics and materials science.

Biomaterials and their applications; protein-surface and blood-biomaterial interactions, inflammation, wound healing, biocompatibility, implants and tissue engineering.

Fundamentals of stem cells; stem cell derivation, propagation, and characterization focusing on stem cell based biomedical technologies. May be convened with BME 587.

Please submit Directed Research Form to the BME adviser. (1-6 units)

An introduction to clinical practice for undergraduate students in biomedical engineering.