Principles of the Design of Biomedical Instrumentation

4 Credits.

This course is designed for graduate students interested in learning basic biomedical instrumentation design concepets and translating these into advanced projects based on their research on current state-of-the-art. They will first gain the basic knowledge of instrumentation design, explore various applications, and critically gain hands-on experience through laboratory and projects. At the end of the course, students would get an excellent awareness of biological or clinical measurement techniques, design of sensors and electronics (or electromechanical/ chemical, microprocessor system and their use). They will systematically learn to design instrumentation with a focuson the use of sensors, electronics to design a core instrumentation system such as an ECG amplifier. Armed with that knowledge and lab skills, students will be encouraged to discuss various advanced instrumentation applications, such as brain monitor, pacemaker/defibrillator, or prosthetics. Further, they will be “challenged” to come up with some novel design ideas and implement them in a semester-long design project. Students will take part in reading the literature, learning about the state-of-the-art through journal papers and patents, and discussing, critiquing, and improving on these ideas. Finally, they will be implementing a selected idea into a semester-long advanced group project.Meets with 580.471 Graduate students only