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ME/ BME 560 Advanced Tissue Engineering
Graduate level course that deals with specific elements of tissue engineering design and analysis.
Approaches to the regeneration of three tissue systems will be analyzed utilizing engineering design.
Concepts ranging from tissue development and dynamic growth conditions to ultimate tissue properties
will be addressed. Students will be required to acquire understanding and expertise from analysis of
primary literature and will complete group presentations on directed approaches to tissue design and
engineering in three tissue systems. To ensure in-depth understanding of different aspects of tissue
engineering the groups will be required to focus on one or two key aspects in each mini design module;
for example, use of stems cells, mechanical influence of the materials or dynamic growth conditions may
be chosen as a focal point of the design process.
ME/BME 569 Advanced Biomedical Materials and Engineering
This course will cover the advanced level understanding on the different types of biomaterials using in
medical purposes and their design. Examples include implants, stents, catheters, smart polymer gels,
bone grafts, tissue scaffold and so on. Modern biology in biomedical engineering such as but not limited
to protein absorption, immuno isolation, regenerative medicine etc will be covered. Ethical issues in
biomedical engineering will be discussed. Current cutting edge research on nanobiotechnology that
extends to biosensors, 3D biomatrix, advanced diagnostics, dental composites, sealants, adhesives will be
covered. Device fabrication aspect of biomedical engineering especially that are at the interface of
nanotechnology and biomaterials will be thoroughly discussed
BME 571 Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research
This course will be offered as one hour discussion with the group of students in instructor’s office keeping
in mind the ethical issues dealing with Biomedical Engineering. Health concern on handling
nanobiomaterials, laws and bylaws associated with human subjects. Food and Drug administration’s
requirement and hence creating ethical awareness associated with Biomedical Engineering study will be
covered.
ME/BME 511 Designs and Development of Biomedical Instrument
This course offers the information to understand and design biomedical instruments. Biomedical
Instruments contains imaging & monitoring the environment, simulation & modeling, instrument testing,
bio-sensors & diagnostics, instrument design & development, therapeutic devices, next generation
instrument technology, clinical & regulatory, and etc. The in-depth descriptions of design methods for
biomedical instrument will be included in this course.
ME/BME 508 Biomechanics
Biomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to living organisms that includes bioengineering,
research and analysis of mechanism in living organisms, and application of engineering principles to and
from biological systems. This course can be carried forth on from the molecular level including collagen
and elastin, all the way up to the tissue and organ level. Some simple applications of Newtonian
mechanics can supply approximations on each level, but precise details demand the use of continuum
mechanics.
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ME/BME 506 Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems
This course provides understanding of the physical, chemical and biological processes governing the
movement of mass and transmission of forces throughout an organism, which are important to
biomedical engineers in the design and operation of biomedical devices. Engineering fundamentals of
transport phenomena (fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer) will be discussed in biological
applications. Mathematical modeling will be used to analyze the biological transport and biochemical
interactions in physiological systems, such as cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Numerical modeling
will also be introduced to simulate some biological processes to enhance mathematical understanding
EE/BME 546 – Bio-Signal Processing
This is an introductory course in Bio-Signal Processing (DSP) for graduate Electrical and Computer
Engineering students. Sometime will be spent initially reviewing major concepts in signals and systems.
Major topics to be covered in ELEG 546 include: Concepts of signal and image processing, wavelets,
classification and clustering, and applications of these concepts to EEG, ECG, EMG, MRI and CT Scans.
BME 507 Algorithms in Bioinformatics
This course is tailored for students both in biomedical engineering dept. and computer science and
engineering dept desiring to understand the issues concerning representing and analyzing genomes,
sequence of proteins etc. The course is about applying the techniques (computational methods and
systems) developed in computer science to solve problems in molecular biology such as DNA or protein
sequences alignment problem, genome rearrangement problem, protein folding problems and so on. The
problems in molecular biology may be solved by trivial algorithm - “given a string of letters, return a copy”
for DNA replication or may be complex if intelligence has to be introduced into the algorithm to match the
complicated behavior such as “material foraging before DNA replication” displayed by even a single celled
organism. Hidden Markov Models (HMM), Bayesian Model, clustering, decision trees are some of the
examples of machine learning methods that will be covered in the course.
BME-451: Introduction to BioMEMS
This course will introduce to students the fundamentals of BioMEMS, the application of MEMS
(Microelectromechanical Systems) for biological applications. The topics include microfabrication,
microfluidics, bio-sensors, actuators, micro/nano drug delivery systems, micro total analysis systems and
lab-on-a-chip devices, and detection and measurement systems. The main focus is to understand the
fundamental challenges and limitations involved in designing and fabricating various BioMEMS and
BioNEMS devices.
BME/ME 440 Ergonomic Factors in Design
This course introduces the student to the concepts of ergonomics. Ergonomics is the study of fitting the
workplace and devices to the capabilities of the human worker. Students will have an understanding of
the beginnings and evolution of the field of ergonomics. They will learn to recognize risk factors
associated with repetitive stress disorders (e.g., carpal tunnel syndrome) and potential sprain/strain
injuries as well as be familiar with the body areas affected. This course covers principles of physiology
and biomechanics and how they apply to workstation and tool design.
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TCMG/BME 541: Foundations of Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship
This course defines biotechnology as the application of molecular biology for useful purposes. The
biotechnology industry is shaped by scientific, legal, regulatory, social, economic, technological, political,
financial and commercial factors. Understanding the dynamics and linked contributions of the
interdisciplinary array of factors affecting the commercialization of biotechnology is essential to operate
in the biotechnology industry. In this course we are dissecting the biotechnology industry to isolate the
key drivers and study their interactions. Discoveries in science and fast developments in technology
combined with financial availabilities offer many entrepreneurial opportunities. Bioentrepreneurship is a
dynamic and social process, where researchers, physicians, computer scientists, business scholars and
practitioners, financers, attorneys, and other contributors individually or in interdisciplinary collaboration,
identify or create opportunities and make something out of them to realize ideas of practical value. The
ability to manipulate the genetic codes of organisms has set off an industrial convergence: farmers,
physicians, drug makers, chemical processors, computer and communications companies, energy
companies and many other commercial enterprises will converge into the largest global integrated and
interdependent industry. Knowledge, its elucidation, creation, transformation, dissemination and
utilization is the unlimited key resource that drives and permanently sustains the
