BG 1101: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

NTU | School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

BG1101 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

SYLLABUS Semester 1, AY201x-201x

Learning Objective This course will provide students with fundamental concept of biomedical engineering and foundational knowledge for subsequent bioengineering courses. The aims of this course are to provide adequate breath in identifying the many challenging issues in biomedical engineering, encourage team work, improve communication skills and develop compelling arguments during discussion and when examined. It also encourages creativity in presentation style. Course Content This course will contain series of lectures in the fields of biomedical engineering. The topics will include: Bioethics and regulatory issues, anatomy and physiology, biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering, biomaterials and tissue engineering, bioinstrumentations and biosensors, bio-signal processing and physiological modeling, bioelectric, bioinformatics and computational biology, bioimaging, and biomedical optics. Load Lectures: 26 hours; Tutorials: 0 hours; Pre-requisites: NIL; Academic Unit: 2.0 Textbooks/References John Enderle, et al. “Introduction to Biomedical Engineering”, 2nd ed., Academic Press. Assessment The course will be assessed through continuous assessment which consists of Exam and Term Projects covering all aspects of the course. Course Schedule Lectures:

Week Topics Lecturer

1 Chapter 1 Introduction and regulatory issues Biomaterials and Tissue engineering

Teoh Swee Hin

2 Biomaterials and Tissue engineering TSH

3 Anatomy and Physiology; Bioethics Sierin Lim

4 Biomechanics and Rehabilitation engineering Kang Yue Jun

5 Bioinstrumentations and Biosensors Lee Kijoon

6 Bioinstrumentations and Biosensors LK

7 Biosignal processing and physiological modeling Liu Quan

8 RECESS

9 Biosignal processing and physiological modeling Bioelectric

LQ Chen Peng

10 Bioelectric Bioinformatics and computational biology

CP Song Hao

11 Bioinformatics and computational biology SH

12 Bioimaging Poh Chueh Loo

13 Biomedical Optics Julian Chan

14 Exam Term project poster presentation All

BG 1101: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

NTU | School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Term Project Requirements and Deadlines Assessment The Term Project will be assessed in groups. Each group will design a poster and participate in the poster symposium at the end of the semester. The poster will be displayed for 3 days and open to the public. All groups will give a 10-min presentation on the first day of the poster symposium during which each group will be required to stand by their poster to answer any queries from examiners. Grades will be assigned to the group as a whole by the examiners. Peer-review will be conducted during the poster presentation. Each member of the class and the examiners will be given 2 colored stickers to put on to the poster they deem best. Class members cannot stick the colored stickers on their own poster. In the same manner, examiners will not stick the colored stickers on those posters that they may have conflict of interest. There will be prize awards for the Best 3 Posters. Group size Each group will consist of 4-5 students; assigned at the beginning of the semester. Topics Any topic of your interest that is related to those discussed in lecture will be acceptable. Each topic will be limited to 2 groups, so be sure to sign-up early as it will be on a first-come first-served basis. Deadlines End of Week 1: Topic sign-up End of Week 3: Title, abstract, and rough outline (submitted online). End of Week 14: Poster presentation. For each day of late submission, the grade will be reduced by 5 marks. Suggested outline Describe the problem including market size if applicable and the physiological system involved. Provide summary of solutions offered thus far (literature work). Recommend possible solutions. Presentation format Posters are to be printed on A1 size. Total presentation time: 10 min. Colors: No yellow on white or red on blue

NTU Powerpoint template: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/AboutNTU/ntuidentity/guidelines/Pages/Powerpoint.aspx

Presentation grading criteria: Poster quality and creativity (content, depth, analysis, coherence, aesthetics)

Communication (clarity, flow, style/confidence, audience engagement, timing)

BG 1101: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

NTU | School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

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BG 1101: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

NTU | School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

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