Introduction to the central topics of biomedical engineering. Offers a perspective on bioengineering as a discipline in a seminar format. Principles of problem solving, design, engineering inventiveness, entrepreneurship, information access, communication, ethics, teamwork, and social responsibility are emphasized.

Innovations in diabetes treatment from the 1800s until the present: purification of insulin, measuring and control of blood glucose, recombinant DNA, clinical trials, and ethics. Solving optimization problems in engineering with Excel.

Molecular, structural, genetic, biophysical, and cellular principles of life and bioengineering. Introduction to molecular bioengineering, genetic engineering, synthetic biology, and cell biology. Applications to genetic and biomolecular design.

Physiological function from a cellular, molecular, and biophysical perspective. Introduction to genetics, structure and function of cells and tissues, cell cycle control, cancer, and immunology.

Fundamentals of data acquisition programming, basics of computer-based experimentation, establishing interface between computer and data acquisition instrumentation, signal conditioning basics. Materials Fee

Overview of MATLAB; numeric, cell, and structure arrays; file management; plotting and model building; solving linear algebraic equations; signal and image processing. Materials Fee

Introduction to SolidWorks and Computer-Aided Design software; design; analysis; rapid prototyping; visualization and presentation; manufacturing planning. Materials Fee

Introduction to statics and dynamics. Topics include rigid bodies, analysis of structures, forces in beams, moments of inertia, friction, kinetics, work, and energy.

Introduction to biomechanics from subcellular to tissue levels. Introduction to stress, strain, and constitutive laws of cells and tissues. Emphasis is placed on biosolids. Introduction to elastic and viscoelastic behaviors with emphasis on the standard linear model of viscoelasticity.

Introduction to human biomechanics with emphasis on cardiovascular biomechanics and biofluid mechanics.

Natural and synthetic polymeric materials. Metal and ceramics implant materials. Mechanical properties, degradation, surface characterization, and design of materials. Wound repair, blood clotting, foreign body response, biocompatibility of material. Artificial organs and medical devices. Government regulations.

Introduction to finite-element simulation; fundamentals of Multiphysics simulation; essential skills in performing simulations with COMSOL®.

Exploring how biological function can be engineered and "synthesized" from the DNA level up.

A quantitative and systems approach to understanding physiological systems. Systems covered include the nervous and musculoskeletal systems.

A quantitative and systems approach to understanding physiological systems. Systems covered include the cardiopulmonary, circulatory, and renal systems.

Analysis of analog and digital biomedical signals; Fourier Series expansions; difference and differential equations; convolutions. System models: discrete-time and continuous-time linear time-invariant systems; Laplace and Fourier transforms. Analysis of signals and systems using computer programs.

The use of theories and methods based on computer science, mathematics, and physics in molecular biology and biochemistry. Basics in biomolecular modeling. Analysis of sequence and structural data of biomolecules. Analysis of biomolecular functions.

Studies the use of optical and engineering-based systems (laser-based) for diagnosis, treating diseases, manipulation of cells and cell function. Physical, optical, and electro-optical principles are explored regarding molecular, cellular, organ, and organism applications.

Principles of optics and photonics, integration of optical components into systems and devices, and analysis of physiological signals obtained from Biophotonics measurements.

Introduction to imaging modalities widely used in medicine and biology, including X-ray, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine (PET and SPET), ultrasonic imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), optical tomography, imaging contrast, imaging processing, and complementary nature of the imaging modalities.

Principles of spectroscopy; absorption; molecular orbitals; multiphoton transitions; Jablonski diagram; fluorescence anisotropy; fluorescence decay; quenching; FRET; excited state reactions; solvent relaxations; instruments; microscopy: wide field, LSM, TPE; fluorescent probes, fluctuations spectroscopy; optical resolution and super-resolution; CARS and SHG microscopy.

Analog and digital circuits in bioinstrumentation. AC and DC circuit analysis, design and construction of filter and amplifiers using operational amplifier, digitization of signals and data acquisition, bioelectrical signals, design and construction of ECG instrument, bioelectrical signal measurement and analysis. Materials Fee

Essentials of photolithography, soft-lithography, microfabrication, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), BioMEMS; applications in biomedical engineering.

Introduction to principles of microfluidics and state-of-the-art micro Total Analysis Systems (uTAS). Lab-on-a-Chip for bimolecular assays with device design principles for microscale sample preparation, flow transport, bimolecular manipulation, separation and detection, and the technologies for integrating these devices into microsystems.

Essential concepts of biomedical implants at the micro scale. Design, fabrication, and applications of several microimplantable devices including cochlear, retinal, neural, and muscular implants.

Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer, similarities in the respective rate equations. Emphasis on practical application of fundamental principles.

Quantitative analysis of cell and tissue functions. Emerging developments in stem cell technology, biodegradable scaffolds, growth factors, and others important in developing clinical products. Applications of bioengineering.

A broad picture of diverse modern bioengineering tools, including genetic engineering and its risks to society, how to sequence DNA/RNA molecules with single base resolution, how to manipulate small biomolecules one at a time.

Measurement and analysis of biological systems using engineering tools and techniques. Laboratory experiments involve living systems with the emphasis on measuring physiological parameters. Materials Fee

Introduction to unmet clinical needs identification and evaluation in biomedical engineering design.

Design strategies, techniques, tools, and protocols commonly encountered in biomedical engineering; industrial design experience in group projects; ethics, economic analysis, and FDA product approval. Materials Fee

Design strategies, techniques, tools, and protocols commonly encountered in biomedical engineering; industrial design experience in group projects; ethics, economic analysis, and FDA product approval. Materials Fee

Design strategies, techniques, tools, and protocols commonly encountered in biomedical engineering; industrial design experience in group projects; ethics, economic analysis, and FDA product approval. Materials Fee

Studies in selected areas of Biomedical Engineering. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Presentation of advanced topics and reports of current research efforts in Biomedical Engineering.

Students majoring in BME may receive credit for an approved internship, working at a company under the supervision of an industry mentor and a faculty advisor. Enables students to gain valuable experience in a professional setting and enhance their skills.

Independent research conducted in the lab of a biomedical engineering core faculty member. A formal written report of the research conducted is required at the conclusion of the quarter.

Supervised independent reading, research, or design for undergraduate Engineering majors. Students taking individual study for design credit are to submit a written paper to the instructor and to the Undergraduate Student Affairs Office in the School of Engineering.

Analysis and visualization of large biomedical datasets. Topics covered include cloud computing, learning Structured Query Language (SQL), database normalization and joins, using Google’s BigQuery, using the statistical analysis package R, machine learning algorithms, application of machine learning for classification problems.

Designed as a subfield of optical imaging and biophotonics as it applies to their applications to basic lifesciences and in vivo imaging to diagnose disease. Topics span all of of the areas of biophotonics and techniques.

Digital health is the convergence of genomics and technology to radically change the way health and medicine is practiced. Explores the history of healthcare in the U.S., its current status, and the future of digital health.

Engineering of physiological function at the genetic, cellular, and tissue scales. Topics include cloning and genetic engineering, extracellular matrix biomaterials, principles of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, and experimental design.

Engineering of physiological function at the genetic, cellular, and tissue scales. Topics include cloning and genetic engineering, extracellular matrix biomaterials, principles of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, and experimental design.

Engineering of physiological function at the scale of individual cells. Topics include cell micropatterning, microfluidic tissue culture, engineering the cellular microenvironment, and microphysiological systems.

Engineering of physiological function at the scale of individual cells. Topics include cell micropatterning, microfluidic tissue culture, engineering the cellular microenvironment, and microphysiological systems.

Advanced topics in cellular engineering and mechanobiology, with focus on the cardiovascular system. Tools and techniques used to manipulate and measure mechanical forces at the molecular, cellular, tissue, and organ levels, and their applications in cardiovascular devices and tissue engineering.

Advanced topics in cellular engineering and mechanobiology, with focus on the cardiovascular system. Tools and techniques used to manipulate and measure mechanical forces at the molecular, cellular, tissue, and organ levels, and their applications in cardiovascular devices and tissue engineering.

Introduces concepts needed to understand cell and developmental biology at the systems level, i.e., how the parts (molecules) work together to create a complex output. Emphasis on using mathematical/computational modeling to expand/modify insights provided by intuition.

Overview of modeling based on experimental techniques in bioengineering. Construct and evaluate models of varying complexity and to relate them to experimental data.

A quantitative and systems approach to understanding physiological systems. Systems covered include the nervous and musculoskeletal systems.

A quantitative and systems approach to understanding physiological systems. Systems covered include the nervous and musculoskeletal systems.

A quantitative and systems approach to understanding physiological systems. Systems covered include the cardiopulmonary, circulatory, and renal systems.

Applies engineering models and mathematics to understand human physiology in order to understand the physiology. Covers the pulmonary, cardiac, and cardiovascular systems focusing on transport phenomena.

Introduces principles of biofluid mechanics in a research oriented scheme and approaches a wide spectrum of biofluid related problems in human body and solutions that involves engineering concepts.

Analytical techniques applied to engineering problems in transport phenomena, process dynamics and control, and thermodynamics.

Focuses on biomedical system identification. Includes fundamental techniques of model building and testing such as formulation, solution of governing equations, sensitivity theory, identifiability theory, and uncertainty analysis.

The use of theories and methods based on computer science, mathematics, and physics in molecular biology and biochemistry. Basics in biomolecular modeling. Analysis of sequence and structural data of biomolecules. Analysis of biomolecular functions.

Introduces principles of system theory to analyze biological, biochemical, physiological, and bioengineering systems. Analytical and computational tools are used to model and analyze dynamic systems such as population, neuronal and heart dynamics, biochemical and physiological systems, oxygen diffusion and similar.

Introduces the elements of system theory, and applies these principles to analyze biomedical, chemical, social, and engineering systems. Using analytical and computational tools to model and analyze various dynamic systems.

Knowledge and understanding of recent techniques for the analysis of healthy and pathological structure and function in neuroimaging data.

Knowledge and understanding of recent techniques for the analysis of healthy and pathological structure and function in neuroimaging data.

Hands-on introduction to techniques for the analysis of neural time series data, with a primary focus on the electroencephalogram (EEG). Topics may include the physiological basis of EEG, time-frequency analysis, spatial filtering, and methods of assessing connectivity.

Principles of spectroscopy; absorption; molecular orbitals; multiphoton transitions; Jablonski diagram; fluorescence anisotropy; fluorescence decay; quenching; FRET; excited state reactions; solvent relaxations; instruments; microscopy: wide field, LSM, TPE; fluorescent probes, fluctuations spectroscopy; optical resolution and super-resolution; CARS and SHG microscopy.

Principles of spectroscopy; absorption; molecular orbitals; multiphoton transitions; Jablonski diagram; fluorescence anisotropy; fluorescence decay; quenching; FRET; excited state reactions; solvent relaxations; instruments; microscopy: wide field, LSM, TPE; fluorescent probes, fluctuations spectroscopy; optical resolution and super-resolution; CARS and SHG microscopy.

An introduction to clinical medicine for graduate students in biomedical engineering. Lectures and rotations through nephology, gastroenterology, pulmonary, and critical care cardiology.

An introduction to clinical medicine for graduate students in biomedical engineering. Lectures and rotations through nephology, gastroenterology, pulmonary, and critical care cardiology.

Principles of optics and photonics, integration of optical components into systems and devices, and analysis of physiologic signals obtained from Biophotonics measurements.

Principles of optics and photonics, integration of optical components into systems and devices, and analysis of physiologic signals obtained from Biophotonics measurements.

Cardiovascular implants, the science around those, regulatory affairs, and cardiovascular device market and related business opportunities. Students form practice startups around a clinical unmet need and use their knowledge from the course to plan it accordingly.

Introduction to microfluidics and state-of-the-art micro Total Analysis Systems (uTAS). Lab-on-a-Chip for biomolecular assays with device design principles for microscale sample preparation, flow transport, biolmolecular manipulation, separation and detection, and the technologies for integrating these devices into microsystems.

Essential concepts of biomedical implants at the micro scale. Design, fabrication, and applications of several microimplantable devices including cochlear, retinal, neural, and muscular implants.

Studies in selected areas of Biomedical Engineering. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Studies in selected areas of Biomedical Engineering. Topics addressed vary each quarter.

Individual research or investigation conducted in the pursuit of preparing and completing the thesis required for the M.S. in Engineering.

Individual research or investigation conducted in the pursuit of preparing and completing the dissertation required for the Ph.D. in Engineering.

Presentation of advanced topics and reports of current research efforts in biomedical engineering. Designed for graduate students in the Biomedical Engineering program.

Individual research or investigation under the direction of an individual faculty.