DESIGNATION: Required
DESCRIPTION: Measurement circuits, signal analysis, and computer design in biological systems and medicine. Electronic devices, digital devices, amplifier design, and instrumentation safety. Laboratory reinforces lecture topics and their application to the acquisition of biological signals.
PREREQUISITE: BIOE 1200; EECS 2300
TEXTBOOK: Electrical Engineering: Principles and Applications; A.R. Hambley; Prentice Hall
OBJECTIVES: To apply electrical engineering principles to bioinstrumentation
To formulate solutions to problems in biomedical electronics
To design electronic devices and systems for use in biomedical applications
To design, conduct and document laboratory experiments involving biomedical instrumentation
To obtain and analyze electrical signals from biological systems
To function on a team of students in a laboratory setting
To communicate laboratory results in written form
To use computational tools and laboratory instruments to design and analyze electrical circuits and devices
TOPICS COVERED: Review of circuits
Op-amps
Diodes
Transistors
Sinusoidal analysis
Laplace transforms
Design and use of bio-potential amplifiers and other biomedical instruments
SCHEDULE: 2 - 1 hour and 15 minute lectures per week; 2 hour and 50 minute lab per week
CONTRIBUTION: Engineering Topics
OUTCOMES: This course will develop the following skills that are required of bioengineering graduates:
(a) The ability to apply knowledge of life sciences, advanced mathematics (including differential equations and statistics), physical sciences and engineering to biological and medical systems.
(b) The ability to design, conduct and document laboratory experiments involving biological or medical systems
(c) The ability to design systems, devices and processes for use in medicine, health care or biological applications.
(d) The ability to function on multidisciplinary teams consisting of engineers, clinicians, medical researchers, biologist and non-technical personnel
(e) An ability to identify, formulate and solve problems at the interface of engineering and biology.
(g) An ability to communicate effectively
(k) An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice
(8c) The ability to make measurements on and interpret data from living systems, addressing the problems associated with the interaction between living and non-living materials and systems
PREPARED BY: Scott Molitor (smolitor@eng.utoledo.edu) and Tamara Phares (tphares@eng.utoledo.edu)