Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Identify steps in a physical science process and what happens when it goes wrong
• Students studying Block 2 should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: • The principles of electricity, electrostatics and magnetism • Waves, resonance and ionizing radiation • Solid Mechanics Students studying Block 3 should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: • The structure of nucleic acids and how DNA is replicated and transcribed • The structure of membranes. • The immune system and its key components. Students studying Block 4 should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: • The principles of chemical bonds, reaction rates and equilibria. • The concept of chemical equilibrium.
• Understand key concepts important to the physical science and required for better understanding of BME usage.
• Analyze the ethical considerations of using technology on humans in support of health and wellness
• Draw annotated diagrams to demonstrate key concepts in the physical science

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Apply common mathematical expressions encountered in science and engineering
• Apply core physical science equations to calculations
• Evaluate the experimental risks and understand how to mitigate against those risks
• Extract model parameters from experimental data sets

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Collect data and write up experimental results in scientific format.
• Interpret data from an experiment, including the construction of appropriate graphs
• Evaluate errors in data and experiments

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate proficiency in standard laboratory techniques
• Setup apparatus correctly to conduct experiments
• Safely perform biochemical laboratory techniques

Block 1: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering.

• What is biomedical engineering and what are we trying to achieve
• Ethical considerations of engineering solutions in health care.
• The importance of end-user interaction in developing solutions for patients
• Measurements and their errors
• A systems level approach to sensing the world.

Block 2: Introductory Physics

• Waves & optics
• Electricity and magnetism
• Thermal physics
• Ionising radiation
• Mechanics

Block 3: Introductory Biology

• Amino acids, proteins and DNA
• Enzymes
• Sugars and Carbohydrates
• Cells and pathogens
• The immune system

Block 4: Introductory Physical Chemistry

• Systems, materials, and bonds
• Thermodynamics and energies
• Chemical Potential and Equilibrium
• Reactions, Enthalpy and Entropy
• Example systems: redox reactions and electrochemical potentials

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching and learning is through lectures, tutorials and laboratories.

36 hours of lectures

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

(Enderle & Bronzino). Block1: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering.

(Halliday). Block2: Principles of Physics.

(Nelson and Cox). Block3: Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry .

(Matthews). Block3: Biochemistry.

(Atkins and De Paula). Block4: Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences.

(Hammond). Block2: Electromagnetism for Engineers - An Introductory Course.

(Voet and Voet). Block3: Biochemistry.

(Berg, Tymocsko and Stryer). Block3: Biochemistry.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.