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- Catalog Description
- 312 Biomedical Engineering Laboratory. II; 1 cr. Application of engineering principles to
problems in medicine and biology. Six experiments on biomedical instrumentation, prosthetic
devices, measurement of physiological data and modeling of physiological systems. P: ECE 271 or
con reg; ECE 340.
- Course Prerequisite(s)
- Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills
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1.Understand amplifier design using operational amplifiers.
2.Ability to use measuring instruments.
3.Ability to use computers.
- Textbook(s) and/or other required material
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Textbook: Laboratory Notes from Bob's Copy Shop.
- Course objectives
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To enable the student to make accurate and safe measurements of signals from the human and apply these to therapy.
- Topics covered
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1.Lab #1 - Perception of current (1 lab)
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2.Lab #2 - Electrocardiogram (1 lab)
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3.Lab #3 - Simulations of nerve and muscle (1 lab)
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4.Lab #4 - EMG-controlled motor (1 lab)
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5.Lab #5 - Arterial pulse sensor (1 lab)
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6.Lab #6 - Medical school tour and report (1 lab)
- Class/laboratory schedule
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Six laboratory sessions, as outlined above.
- Contribution of course to meeting the professional component
- This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience.
The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.
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health and safety
- Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes
- This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.
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knowledge of measurement techniques and experimental procedures in core electrical and computer engineering applications
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advanced expertise in design, analysis, and fabrication techniques within a student-selected electrical and computer engineering concentration area
- Assessment of student progress toward course objectives
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Progressive feedback provided to students through grading of sequence of laboratory reports.
Computer Usage: Lab #3 uses an HP workstation and the ACSL program to simulate action potentials from the Hodgkin and Huxley equations.
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