Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• Draw annotated diagrams to demonstrate key concepts in the physical science
• Identify steps in a physical science process and what happens when it goes wrong
• Analyze the ethical considerations of using technology on humans in support of health and wellness
• From Block 2 - Students should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: • The principles of electricity, electrostatics and magnetism • Waves, resonance and ionizing radiation •Solid Mechanics From Block 3 - Students 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. From Block 4 , Students 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.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

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 is through lectures, seminars and specialist laboratories.

40 hours of lectures, 8 hours of seminars and 12 hours of laboratories

Summative

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