| Instructor: | Prof. Joseph Hidler, hidler@cua.edu |
| Class Hours: | Monday & Wednesday, 3:30-5 PM, Pangborn Hall, Room #203 |
| Office Hours: | Monday & Wednesday, 2:30-3:30 PM, Pangborn Hall, Room #104b |
Text
There will be no required text for this course. Handouts will be
provided covering relevant topics.
Web Site
http://engineering.cua.edu/biomedical/faculty/hidler/courses/be497/2001/BE497.htm
Handouts and other course information will be available here.
Course Description
This course will provide students a detailed description of the design process
and relevant information necessary for designing biomedical devices. The
primary focus of the course is student design projects with applications in
biomedical and rehabilitation engineering.
Lectures will cover all aspects of the design process, as well as information pertaining to medical devices, such as FDA regulations, biomedical product liability, the patent and trademark processes, ethics, and funding agencies. Guest lecturers from various agencies and institutions will provide detailed descriptions of these various topics.
General Information
Much of this course will be centered around student design projects which will be chosen in the early
stages of the course. As the semester progresses, lectures will be
replaced with individual meetings with the instructor and time to work on
projects. One of the first assignments will be for teams to put up a web
site describing their project, after which postings of weekly progress reports
will be required. Two written reports will be required of each team, and will
consist of an initial report detailing the project's objectives and scope, and a
final report detailing the results of the project. Each team will also give
two presentations, the first being an initial overview of the project and
preliminary ideas on how to tackle it, and a final presentation which will
discuss the outcome of the design. See
Approximate Syllabus for due dates.
Project
Students will be expected to initiate and complete a design project worthy of
senior students in Biomedical Engineering. Students will work in small groups of
3 or 4. A project must be selected from the list (Projects), or must be a project discussed with and agreed upon by the instructor.
The advisor of the project may be another faculty member, but the final grade
in this course will be determined by the instructor, in conference with the
outside advisor. Deadlines and weekly meetings for verification of
activity must be adhered to. Your advisor may be any
faculty member at Catholic University, someone in industry, or any
responsible staff member in a medical or biological environment, as long as
the project is relevant to the process of design.
| Initial Presentation: | 10% |
| Initial Report: | 10% |
| Progress Reports (5): | 10% |
| Design Notebook: | 10% |
| Project Web Page: | 10% |
| Final Presentation: | 20% |
| Final Written Report: | 30% |
Lecture Notes
Notes