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3.00 Credits
Applications of the principles of kinetics and heat and mass transfer to the analysis and design of biological engineering processes. Biological engineering processes will encompass examples in the realms of biotechnology, ecological, and biomedical engineering. Lecture 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: MATH 3404 and BENG 3723. Pre- or Corequisite: CHEM 3813.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the mechanical design process applied to biological engineering, with examples of mechanical components interfacing with biological systems. Engineering properties of materials, loading, combined stress analysis, theories of failure. Systems approach in design, including safety, reliability and cost. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours per week. Corequisite: Lab component. Prerequisite: MEEG 3013.
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4.00 Credits
Theory and advanced applications of analog circuits, digital circuits, and commercial instruments involving biological materials and systems. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: PHYS 2074.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of risk assessment including exposure assessment, dose response, and risk management. Methods of risk analysis modeling and simulation with computer software. Applications of risk analysis in medical, animal, food and environmental systems. Prerequisite: MATH 2564 and BIOL 2013.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of biologically based sensing elements and interfacing techniques. Design and analysis methods of biosensing and transducing components in bioinstrumentation. Applications of biosensors and bioinstrumentation in bioprocessing, bioenvironmental, biomechanical and biomedical engineering. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours per week. Corequisite: Lab component. Prerequisite: BIOL 2013 and BENG 4103.
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3.00 Credits
Basic digital image processing techniques and geo-spatial analysis applied to monitoring of natural processes and resources. Course topics include introduction to electromagnetic radiation, concept of color, remote sensing systems, and light attenuation by atmosphere, objects and sensors. Advanced topics include data models, spectral transforms, spatial transforms, correction and calibration, geo-rectification, and image classification with hyperspectral and multi-spectral images acquired with aerial and satellite sensors. Raster GIS is integrated into the course throughout the semester. Will use software such as ENVI, ArcGIS and ArcView. Lecture 2 hours, lab 3 hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
Engineering principles applied to the design and analysis of systems affecting human health. This is an introductory course focusing on fundamentals of physiological systems and modeling and how this relates to analysis and equipment design. Topics include: brief overview of anatomy and physiology; bioelectric phenomena, physiological modeling, cardiovascular system, biomechanics, computational biology. Requires a background in circuits, fluid dynamics, mechanics, biology, and chemistry. Lecture 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: MEEG 2013, (MEEG 2403 or CHEG 2313), ELEG 2103, (MEEG 3503 or CVEG 3213 or CHEG 2133), MEEG 3013, BIOL 1543 or equivalents.
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3.00 Credits
Application of mathematical techniques and numerical methods for analyzing biological data and solving biological problems. The emphasis will be computer simulation and mathematical modeling applications in biomedical engineering. Prerequisite: MATH 3404.
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3.00 Credits
Understand the electric and magnetic response of biological tissues with particular reference to neural and cardiovascular systems. Passive and active forms of electric signals in cell communication. We will develop the central electrical mechanisms from the membrane channel to the organ, building on those excitation, dielectric models for tissue behavior, Debye, Cole-Cole models. Role of bound and free water on tissue properties. Magnetic response of tissues. Experimental methods to measure tissue response. Applications to Electrocardiography & Electroencephalography, Microwave Medical Imaging, RF Ablation will be discussed that are common to many electrically active cells in the body. Analysis of Nernst equation, Goldman equation, linear cable theory, and Hodgkin-Huxley Model of action potential generation and propagation. High frequency response of tissues to microwave. Prerequisites: ELEG 3703 or equivalent; MATH 3404 or equivalent; basic biology. (Same as ELEG 4773)
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3.00 Credits
Selected problems in biological engineering are pursued in detail. Prerequisite: senior standing. May be repeated for up to 4 hours of degree credit.
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