Classes in BIOE
| BIOE120 | Biology for Engineers (3 credits) | |||||
| For BIOE majors only. A combination of lectures and discussions covering biology from a utilization perspective, and lectures on illustrative mathematical models that capture the essences of characteristics of living entities. The biology material will focus on: distinguishing engineering from biological science, principles form the sciences applicable to biology, typical biological responses to environmental stimuli, scaling of biological responses, and different means to utilize living entities. | ||||||
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| BIOE121 | Biology for Engineers Laboratory (1 credits) | |||||
| For BIOE majors only. This course will build on the material covered in BIOE120. Experiments conducted in this laboratory course will cover topics such as biomechanical principles, biochemical methods, genetics and selection, scaling, microcosm interactions, human factors and imaging. | ||||||
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| BIOE150 | Applied Ethics and Public Policy in Bioengineering (3 credits) | |||||
| For BIOE majors only. All other majors require department permission. Also offered as HONR288L. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BIOE150 or HONR288L. Students are introduced to medical devices such as heart valves and artificial hearts. Government requirements for clinical testing and the obligations that physicians, manufacturers, FDA and Congress have to patients are discussed. | ||||||
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| BIOE241 | (PermReq)Biocomputation Methods (3 credits) | |||||
| Prerequisite: permission of department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BIOE241 or ENBE241. Formerly ENBE 241. Application of computer technology to biological and natural resource systems considering engineering aspects. Designed to help students in the use of computer technology for problem solving. The course will cover 4-5 software packages important for later use by the student. | ||||||
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| BIOE331 | (PermReq)Fluid Mechanics (3 credits) | |||||
| Prerequisite: ENME 232, ENME 320, BIOE 232 or permission of department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BIOE331 or ENME331. Principles of fluid mechanics. Mass, momentum and energy conservation. Hydrostatics. Control volume analysis. Internal and external flow. Boundary layers. Modern measurement techniques. Computer analysis. Laboratory experiments. | ||||||
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| BIOE340 | Modeling Physiological Systems and Lab (4 credits) | |||||
| Prerequisite: BIOE120 and BIOE121. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BIOE340 or (BSCI440 and BSCI441). Topics covered will include cell and general physiology, membrane physiology, blood cells and clotting, circulation, metabolism, respiration, and the nervous system. A lab component will also be included. | ||||||
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| BIOE425 | (PermReq)Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissues (3 credits) | |||||
| Prerequisite: ENES220 and MATH241. For BIOE majors with senior or graduate standing. An exploration of mechanical properties of living biological tissues; including hard and soft tissues. Coverage will include all the traditional mechanical properties applied to biological tissues, including: stress-strain behavior, elastic, viscoelastic, thermomechanical, fracture, fatigue, etc. Additionally, alteration of mechanical properties of living tissues due to disease, development, growth, and remodeling will be covered. | ||||||
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| BIOE455 | Basic Electronic Design (3 credits) | |||||
| Prerequisite: PHYS142 or equivalent; MATH246, and BIOE241. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BIOE455 or ENBE455. Formerly ENBE455. Familiarization with basic electronic circuits and the ability to produce simple electronic designs. | ||||||
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| BIOE456 | Biomedical Instrumentation (3 credits) | |||||
| Prerequisite: BIOE/ENBE455, one course in human physiology, or permission of department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BIOE456 or ENBE456. Formerly ENBE456. Study of biomedical instrumentation and biomedical equipment technology. How biomedical equipment is used to measure information from the human body. Hands-on experience with representative biomedical equipment. | ||||||
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| BIOE471 | Biological Systems Control (3 credits) | |||||
| Prerequisite: BIOE/ENBE455, one course in biological sciences, or permission of department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BIOE471 or ENBE471. Formerly ENBE471. Principles of control systems designed by biological engineers and analysis of control mechanisms found in biological organisms. Apparent control strategies used by biological systems will be covered. | ||||||
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| BIOE485 | Capstone Design I: Entrepreneurship, Regulatory Issues, and Ethics (3 credits) | |||||
| Prerequisite: BIOE455. Senior standing. For BIOE majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BIOE485 or ENBE485. Formerly ENBE485. This is the first part of a two-semester senior capstone design course which covers principles involved in engineering design, design approaches, economics of design, ethics in engineering, and patent regulations. It also helps students learn team work and write design project proposals under the mentorship of a faculty advisor. | ||||||
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| BIOE601 | Biomolecular and Cellular Rate Processes (3 credits) | |||||
| Also offered as ENCH 859. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BIOE 601 or ENCH 859. Presentation of techniques for characterizing and manipulating non-linear biochemical reaction networks. Advanced topics to include mathematical modeling of the dynamics of biological systems; separation techniques for heat sensitive biologically active materials; and rate processes in cellular and biomolecular systems. Methods are applied to current biotechnological systems, some include: recombinant bacteria; plant insect and mammalian cells; and transformed cell lines. | ||||||
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| BIOE602 | Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics (3 credits) | |||||
| Introduction to the fundamentals of biomechanics including force analysis, mechanics of deformable bodies, stress and strain, multiaxial deformations, stress analysis, and viscoelasticity. Biomechanics of soft and hard tissues. | ||||||
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| BIOE604 | Cellular and Physiological Transport Phenomena (3 credits) | |||||
| A study of the transport processes of fluid flow and mass transfer applied to physiological and cellular systems. Also offered as ENCH630. | ||||||
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| BIOE605 | Laboratory Rotations I (1 credits) | |||||
| For BIOE majors only. Provides the opportunity to experience different laboratory environments. Students gain exposure to graduate research, learn a wide variety of laboratory and/or computational techniques, become familiar with Bioengineering program faculty, and develop insight on personal research interests and direction. Laboratory rotations are required in Fall and Spring of the first year of the Ph.D. Program. BIOE605: Laboratory Rotations I will be held in the Fall semester. BIOE606: Laboratory Rotations II will be held in the Spring semester. | ||||||
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| BIOE608 | Bioengineering Seminar Series (1 credits) | |||||
| For BIOE majors only. | ||||||
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| BIOE645 | Advanced Engineering Start Up Ventures (3 credits) | |||||
| Covers principles and practices important to engineering startup ventures, especially those involving bioengineering and medical device enterprises, and includes the preparation of business plans and tools used to obtain funding. | ||||||
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| BIOE689M | Special Topics in Bioengineering:Cell Motility (3 credits) | |||||
| Also offered as BIOE468M and ENCH468O. | ||||||
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