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2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Biomedical Engineering (BME) Courses
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Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
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BME 100 - Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
(1 unit)
Introduction to major topics and concepts in Biomedical Engineering. Current and future trends and challenges in various subfields of Biomedical Engineering. Social, ethical and economical issues related to biomedical technology. Exploration of career and professional development opportunities.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 1 hour) Same Course as BME 100H. Not open for credit to students with credit in: BME 100H -
BME 100H - Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
(1 unit)
Prerequisites: Engr Honors Program track I or II.
Introduction to major topics and concepts in Biomedical Engineering. Current and future trends and challenges in various subfields of Biomedical Engineering. Social, ethical and economical issues related to biomedical technology. Exploration of career and professional development opportunities.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 1 hour) Same course as BME 100 . Open to students in the Engineering Honors Program. Additional assignments/projects adding depth to the course materials required for Engineering Honors students. Not open for credit to students with credit in BME 100 . -
BME 201 - Programming for Biomedical Engineering
(3 units)
Prerequisite: MATH 122
Corequisite: BME 100
Introduction to the constructs in the MATLAB programming language. Array and matrix operations, functions and function handles, control flow, plotting and image manipulation, cell arrays and structures, and various related toolboxes. Programming projects/examples will emphasize Biomedical Engineering applications.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours). -
BME 205 - Fundamentals of Medical Electronics
(2 units)
Corequisite: MATH 224
Prerequisite/ Corequisite: BME 201
Fundamental concepts to analyze biomedical circuits: Active and passive circuit elements, Node and mesh analysis, Responses of first and second order circuits, Role of circuit ground, surge protection and electric hazard in the hospitals.
Letter grade only (A-F) (Lecture 2 hours). -
BME 211 - Biomechanics I
(3 units)
Prerequisites: PHYS 151 , MATH 224
Fundamental principles of mechanics applied to the study of biological systems. Introduction to cardiovascular and musculoskeletal biomechanics and problem-solving strategies to investigate diverse systems of the human body.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours) -
BME 301 - Biomedical Signals and Systems
(3 units)
Prerequisites: MATH 349 , BME 201 and BME 205 , all with a grade of “C” or better.
Corequisite:E E 380
Physiological Signals and their properties, Linear time invariant systems (LTI), Causality, Filtering, Time and Frequency Domain Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Laplace and Fourier Analysis.
Letter grade only (A-F) (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours) -
BME 304 - Biomedical Signal Processing
(3 units)
Prerequisite: BME 301 , EE 380 all with a grade of “C” or better.
Introduction of basic Biomedical Signal Processing Techniques, Z-Transform, Frequency Domain Analysis, Digital Filters, Stability, Event Detection, Temporal and Spectral Feature Extraction.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours). -
BME 304H - Biomedical Signal Processing
3
Prerequisite(s): BME 301 (Biomedical Signal and Circuits), E E 380 (Probability, Statistics and Stochastic Modeling) all with a grade of “C” or better. Open only to students in the Engineering Track of the University Honors Program.
Introduction of basic Biomedical Signal Processing Techniques, Z-transform, Frequency Domain Analysis, Digital Filters, Stability, Event Detection, Temporal and Spectral Feature Extraction. (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours).
Same course as BME 304. Only open to students in the Engineering Honors Track of the University Honors Program. Additional assignments/projects adding depth to the course materials required for Engineering Honors Track students. Not open for credit to students with credit in BME 304.
Letter Grade Only (A-F). Not open to students with credit in BME 304. Not repeatable for credit. -
BME 311 - Biomechanics II
(3 units)
Prerequisites: BME 211 , MATH 349
Introduction to structure-function relationships and mechanical behavior of biological tissues. Introduction to statics, continuum mechanics, dynamics, kinematics of rigid bodies, analysis of human motion and hemodynamics.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours). -
BME 315 - Bioinformatics and Genomics
(3 units)
Prerequisites: BME 301 and (BIOL 200 or BIOL 212 ) all with a grade of “C” or better.
Development and application of computational approaches to problems in Biology and Genomics, with focus on formulating interdisciplinary problems as computational problems and then solving these problems using algorithmic techniques. Computational techniques include those from statistics and computer science.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours) -
BME 320 - Data Acquisition and Analysis
(3 units)
Prerequisite: CHEM 111B with a grade of “C” or better.
Corequisites: BIOL 207 or BIOL 342 or BIOL 345, and BME 304
Introduction to invasive and noninvasive methods of physiological data collection with an emphasis on real time acquisition and processing. Topics include conversion of ionic current to electric current, Nernst Equation, sensors, transducers. Collection and analysis of physiological signals.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours). -
BME 370 - Bio-Fluids and Transport
(3 units)
Prerequisites: MATH 349 , PHYS 151 , (BIOL 207 or BIOL 342 or BIOL 345 ), ENGR 170
Review of basic fluid mechanics concepts, cardiovascular structure, pulmonary anatomy, physiology, respiration, hematology and blood rheology, characteristics of blood vessels, mechanics of heart valves, pulsatile flow, flow and pressure measurement and experiments, flow modeling.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours). -
BME 370H - Bio-fluids and Transport
3
Prerequisite(s): MATH 349 , PHYS 151 , BIOL 207 or BIOL 342 or BIOL 345 , ENGR 170 . Only open to students in the Engineering Honors Track of the University Honors Program.
Review of basic fluid mechanics concepts, cardiovascular structure, pulmonary anatomy, physiology, respiration, hematology and blood rheology, characteristics of blood vessels, mechanics of heart valves, pulsatile flow, flow and pressure measurement and experiments, flow modeling. (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours).
Same course as BME 370. Only open to students in the Engineering Honors Track of the University Honors Program. Additional assignments/projects adding depth to the course materials required for Engineering Honors Track students. Not open for credit to students with credit in BME 370.
Letter Grade Only (A-F). Not repeatable for credit. -
BME 406 - Selected Topics in Biomedical Engineering
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Senior standing in the Biomedical Engineering Major.
Each offering is based upon an area of biomedical engineering in which recent advances have been made.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours) May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes. -
BME 410 - Biomedical Image Processing
(3 units)
Prerequisite: BME 304 with a grade of “C” or better.
Principles of imaging modalities in radiology: X-ray, Computed Tomography, Ultrasound imaging, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Principles of wave propagation, transmission, reflection, refraction, attenuation, absorption, scattering, acoustic impedance. Ultrasound transducers. Principles of light. Specific application in Mammography and angiography.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours) -
BME 425 - Biomaterials
(3 units)
Prerequisites: BME 311 , CHEM 111B , (BIOL 200 or BIOL 212 ), all with a grade of “C” or better.
Overview of natural and synthetic materials for biomedical applications, including metals, ceramics and polymers. Mechanical, electrical, chemical, and surface characterization of biomaterials. Design of hard and soft tissue implant materials. Biocompatibility of materials, wound repair, medical devices and government regulations.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours) -
BME 430 - Neurocritical Care
(3 units)
Prerequisite: BIOL 350 with a grade of “C” or better.
Recent techniques for the analysis of healthy and pathological structure and function of the neurological system.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hours) -
BME 440 - Healthcare Informatics
(3 units)
Prerequisite: BME 315 with a grade of “C” or better.
Principles of Healthcare Informatics. Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) standard. Medical Imaging. Networking. Teleradiology and Telemedicine. Scaling clinical projects. Security, Confidentiality, Availability. Fault Tolerance and Robustness. Clinical Modeling and Performance Optimization. Clinical decision support. HL7, IHE standards.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours). -
BME 445 - Biological Databases
(3 units)
Prerequisite: BME 440 with a grade of “C” or better.
Efficient organization of biological data. Object oriented databases, data modeling and description. Survey of current biological databases. Implementation of a database focused on a biological topic.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours). -
BME 450 - Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering
(3 units)
Prerequisites: BME 311 , CHEM 111B , (BIOL 200 or BIOL 212 ) all with a grade of “C” or better.
Stem cell biology and recent engineering techniques to use stem cells for biomedical engineering purposes and their microenvironment.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours). -
BME 455 - Computational Physiology
(3 units)
Prerequisite: BME 320 with a grade of “C” or better
Introduction to computational methods and machine learning techniques to analyze cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems and signals and detect/predict a physiological event of interest. Parametric and non-parametric classification. Hidden Markov models. Clustering. Entropy.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours) -
BME 460 - Biomedical Instrumentation
(3 units)
Prerequisite: BME 320 with a grade of “C” or better.
Circuit Analysis Methods. Diodes, Transistors, Operational Amplifiers, Differential Amplifiers, Active Filters – their design principles and applications in Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement Systems.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours). -
BME 490A - Biomedical Engineering Capstone
(3 units)
Prerequisites: BME 311 , BME 320 and BME 370 all with a grade of “C” or better.
Design of a biomedically-oriented hardware or software project(s) including related instrument/device or signal or image processing concepts. Associated constraints, standards, reliability, and verification issues. Individual and group projects.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours) -
BME 490B - Biomedical Engineering Capstone
(3 units)
Prerequisite: BME 490A with a grade of “C” or better.
Implementation of a biomedically-oriented hardware or software project(s) including related instrument/device or signal or image processing concepts. Associated constraints, standards, reliability, and verification issues. Individual and group projects.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours) -
BME 497 - Directed Studies in Biomedical Engineering
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing, and consent of instructor
Assigned study/research project/field experience related to recent advances in biomedical engineering with a final report on the topic.
Requires submission of an Independent Study Agreement form as a contract for the project and submission of a Directed Studies Permission form for each semester of enrollment.
Letter Grade Only (A-F) May be repeated to a maximum of 3 units.
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