UBC THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA School of Biomedical Engineering Faculties of Applied Science and Medicine BMEG 101: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering 2021W Syllabus COURSE INFORMATION Instructors: Peter Cripton (coordinator), Roza Vaez Ghaemi, Tim Salcudean, Ali Bashashati, Manu Madhav Email: peter.cripton@ubc.ca, manu.madhav@ubc.ca, tims@ece.ubc.ca, ali.bashashati@ubc.ca,_roza.ghaemi@ubc.ca Phone: 604 822 6629 (P. Cripton) Office Hours & Location: Arrange meetings with appropriate instructor as needed Teaching Assistant Info: Ali Chamkalani (ali.chamkalani@msl.ubc.ca) and Alipour Hedieh (hedieh@ece.ubc.ca) Pre-Requisites: PHYS 157, MATH 100 Co-Requisites: PHYS 158, MATH 101 LECTURE DATES | TIMES | ROOMS Lecture: Mon/Wed/Fri 8:00-9:00 Hugh Dempster Room 110 Tutorial: (if applicable) Wed 17:00-19:00 Friedman Building 153 COURSE DESCRIPTION BMEG 101 is a continuation of APSC 100 that is focused on providing an introduction to biomedical engineering with a concentration on the undergraduate biomedical engineering program at UBC. It builds on concepts you have seen and further develops your skills in design, sustainability, professionalism, and teamwork. You will develop your skills in working with engineering drawings and challenging problems in design and decision making. You will further develop your ability to think and act like an engineer. BMEG 101 is taught by a committed team of five instructors from across the BMEG program: 1
Peter Cripton, Professor, Biomedical Engineering and director, Undergrad, School of Biomedical Engineering, P.Eng. (Coordinator) Tim Salcudean, Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, P.Eng. Manu Madhav, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering Ali Bashashati, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Pathology, Director of AI and Bioinformatics Research in the OVCARE research program, BC Cancer Roza Vaez Ghaemi, Sessional Lecturer, School of Biomedical Engineering The course is divided into four interwoven modules: • Biomechanics and Biomaterials (Dr. Madhav) Introduction to basic biomechanical principles with a combined perspective from biomechanics, biomaterials, physics, mathematics, anatomy and physiology, with their application to medical applications. With this we will build the concept of biomechanical engineering as an approach to modelling the body's structures from the tissues to organ systems and see how these principles are used to understand and manage processes and injuries that occur in the human body. • Biomedical Systems and Signals (Dr. Salcudean) Introduction to basic electrical engineering approaches to the measurement and analysis of biomedical signals and their use in treating pathologies. With this we expose students to problems and approaches related to: Bio-instrumentation for patient monitoring and biomedical engineering laboratories, Biomedical system modeling, Medical imaging and associated signal processing techniques. • Biomedical Informatics (Dr. Bashashati) Introduction to basic principles of bioinformatics and their application in biomedical and health research. Students will get exposure to sequencing technologies, computational challenges in dealing with massive amounts of sequencing data, potential analytical/algorithmic solutions, and applications of sequencing in various areas. • Cellular Bioengineering (Ms. Vaez Ghaemi) Introduction to basic biological principles with a combined perspective from biology, physics, mathematics, and engineering, with their application in health problems. With this, we will build the concept of 'cellular bioengineering' as a multi-scale discipline that cover from molecules to cells,