EE 497: Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering

Class News

•  Here you will find updates to class information

• First midterm exam (Hemodialysis)will be held on Monday March 9, 2015.

• Model Answer for Hemodialysis Exam

• Model Answer for Ventilator Exam

• Model Answer for Anesthesia Machine Exam

Administrative Information

• Formal Course Syllabus
• Written Exam Style: Open-Book / Open Notes

Class Textbooks

1.      Rüdiger Kramme, Klaus-Peter Hoffmann, Robert S. Pozos (Eds.), Springer Handbook of Medical Technology, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2011. (ISBN: 978-3-540-74657-7)

2.      Allen R. Nissenson and Richard N. Fine (Eds.), Handbook of Dialysis Therapy, 4th ed., Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2008. (ISBN: 978-1-4160-4197-9)

3. Iain Mackenzie, Core Topics in Mechanical Ventilation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008. (ISBN: 978-0521867818)

4.      John F. Butterworth IV, David C. Mackey and John D. Wasnick, Morgan & Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology, 5th Ed., McGraw-Hill Education, New York, 2013. (ISBN: 978-0-07-171405-1)

5. ANSI/AAMI HE75:2009, Human Factors Engineering – Design of Medical Devices, 2009.

Note: All Textbooks are Available in Library

Handouts

1. Introduction: General Principles (Presentation)
2. Human factors engineering material
3. Hemodialysis part material
4. Hemodialysis Machine (Presentation)
5. Ventilator part material
6. Mechanical Ventilator (Presentation)
7. Anesthesia machine part material
8. Anesthesia Machine (Presentation)
9. Medical device hygeine material
10. Medical Device Hygeine (Presentation)
11. Human Factors Engineering (Presentations: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5)

Please check the Lectures section of this web site for video recordings of lectures

Problem Assignments

• Problem assignment #1

• Problem assignment #2

• Problem assignment #3

• Problem assignment #4

• Problem assignment #5

• Problem assignment #6

Class Project

• Project Statement.  (Total Grade: 20%)