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Credit: 1 course unit
Required course (sophomore year)
Description:
BE209 is the first laboratory course in the Bioengineering
curriculum. It is required for both BSE and BAS majors. It is
intended for the fall semester of the sophomore year.
Prerequisites:
All students taking BE 209 are required to be enrolled in BE 200,
Introduction to Biomechanical and Biomaterials, and to have completed the
physics and chemistry laboratories scheduled during the freshmen
year.
Textbook(s) and/or
other required material:
BE 209 Laboratory manual distributed to students. The contents of
the print manual are also available on the BE 209 Blackboard (BB) site.
The print version is restricted to material needed while working in the
laboratory.
Course Objectives:
- To provide real
world experiences and applications of the engineering and scientific
principles discussed in the course (BE 200) running co-currently
with BE 209;
2.
To introduce new scientific and engineering concepts not yet covered in
other required courses of the BE curriculum. These include new
areas of musculoskeletal mechanics, as well as new instrumentation
measures;
- To master
laboratory techniques, as well as the ability to plan and implement
a coherent series of measurements and analyze them quantitatively.
- To learn the
principles of basic statistical experimental testing and design.
- To write coherent
reports based on the laboratory work, consistent with formats and
standards found in engineering and scientific papers.
- To help plan
and carry out a series of assigned tasks as part of a working group,
contributing to the project goal both as an individual and group
member, consistent with norms in the engineering profession.
Topics Covered:
Each group is assigned a specific experiment for completion each
week. Over the semester, the students complete ten separate
experiments. The areas covered by the experiments include
bioinstrumentation, measurement, signal/data analysis, and
biomechanics.
Laboratory
Schedule:
Two independent sections per week, each 6 hr. Students in each
section are organized in groups.
Contribution
towards Professional Component:
75% Engineering science
25% Engineering design
Contribution
towards Program Outcomes:
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Multidisciplinary
Ability
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High
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Problem Solving
Approach
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High
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Problem Solving
Methods
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Med
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Experimentation
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High
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Design
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Med
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Professional
Orientation
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High.
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Persons Preparing Description and Date:
David Meaney
February 2004
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