Course Description
BME 416/516, Principles of Biomedical Engineering
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~trouard/courses/bme516/bme516.htm
Instructors:
Timothy Secomb, secomb@u.arizona.edu
Ted Trouard, trouard@email.arizona.edu
Jeong-Yeol Yoon , jyyoon@email.arizona.edu
Course Objectives: This course will introduce engineering principles that govern the behavior of biomedical systems. Emphasis will be placed on the theory and application of engineering principles to biomaterials, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, and imaging. These principles will be used to solve design problems in biomaterials, biomechanics, bioengineering and biomedical imaging. The syllabus is available on the BME 416/516 web page .
Assignment: Reading and homework will be assigned regularly and will include problems from the instructors. Please be sure to read the guidelines for preparing homework (pdf file). Graduate students will prepare a term paper and give an oral report on the topic of that paper. Topics for the term paper will be selected by students and approved by the course coordinator.
Exams: There will be mid-term and final examinations, equally weighted, that will cover material presented in lecture, homework and reading. The final exam will only cover material presented in the second section of the class.
Computing: Computer and network access will be necessary to retrieve information from the web page. Additonally, software such as Matlab or IDLmay be helpful for some of the homework assignments (although not necessary). Information on computer accounts and the various computer labs can be obtained through CCIT. Email will be used to distribute updates on homework and other important course information. To ensure that you receive these updates, please register your email address with the course coordinator by sending an email message with the subject BME 416/516. Email can also be used to pose questions to the instructors regarding the homework or lectures. NOTE - if you abuse this privilege your email will be ignored.
Grading Policy: Late homework will not be accepted without prior approval. Students may study together, but homework should be completed independently. Direct plagiarism on homework assignments will not be tolerated. Cases of suspected academic dishonesty including plagiarism, cheating on tests or altering graded homework will be referred to the appropriate Dean. The academic penalty for academic dishonesty will be an "F" grade. Homework will only be re-graded when there is evidence of grading error. The instructors reserve the right to re-grade the entire homework or test.
Grading:
Graduate
Homework |
25% |
Exams |
50% |
Term Paper and Presentation |
25% |
Undergraduate
Homework |
35% |
Exams |
65% |
Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series: Students are strongly encouraged to participate in this seminar series. There will be a number of internationally renowned speakers discussing a variety of topics in biomedical engineering. The seminar schedule can be viewed from the BME webpage . Extra credit can be given to those students not already required to attend the seminar (sorry BME students) that provide a one-page write-up on seminars that they attend to the course coordinator. The amount of extra credit should be discussed with the course coordinator.