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Winter 2003 |
Chemical Engineering 518 - Syllabus |
K.A. Solen |
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Biomedical Engineering Principles |
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CLASS TIME AND PLACE: 1:00-1:50
p.m., MWF, 393 CB
INSTRUCTOR: Kenneth A. Solen; Office: 350 CB; Phone: (BYU) 422-6237, (Home) 224-0860, (Cell) 360-1095; Email: ken_solen@byu.edu
Office Hours: MWF 3:00-5:00PM or whenever you can catch me
T.A.: Steve Alston;
Office: 336 CB; Phone: 422-4554 ; Office Hours: MWF 10:15-11:00am, 12:00am-1:00pm
WEB PAGE: The address of the
course web page is http://www.et.byu.edu/~solen/che518.
TEXTBOOK: Cooney, D.O., Biomedical
Engineering Principles, N.Y., Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1976.
REFERENCES:
Lightfoot, E.N., Transport Phenomena and Living Systems, N.Y., John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1974.
Seagrave, R.C., Biomedical Applications of Heat and Mass Transfer, Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University Press, 1971.
Middleman, S., Transport Phenomena in the Cardiovascular System, N.Y., Wiley-Interscience, 1972.
Fung, Y.C., Perrone, N., and Anliker, M., eds., Biomechanics, Its Foundations and Objectives, N.J., Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1972.
Buckles, R.G., ed., Advances in Bioengineering, Chem. Eng. Prog. Symp. Ser. No. 114, Vol. 67, 1971.
Leonard, E.F., Chemical Engineering in Medicine, Chem. Engr. Prog. Symp. Ser. No. 66, Vol. 62, 1966.
The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, J.D. Bronzino, ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1995.
READING QUESTIONS:
For each reading assignment, a set of reading questions is also provided,
and your answers to those questions will also be due at the beginning of the
class for which the reading was assigned.
HOMEWORK:
The attached reading and homework assignment schedule provides a tentative
plan for our course work. During the semester, additions and/or modifications
will be made to this schedule as dictated by student interest and by the need
to delve deeper into topics.
Completed homework is due at the beginning of the class on the due date
(indicated on the attached assignment schedule). Homework up to 2 weeks late
will receive 50% credit. After 2 weeks, late homework will receive no credit in
terms of grading, but it will provide learning value and is encouraged.
After each homework set is turned in, an answer key for that set will
appear in the answer-key book kept by the department secretary.
MINI-EXAMS:
Six short (20 min.) mini-exams will be given during the semester on the
dates indicated on the attached assignment schedule.
TERM PAPER:
A term paper will be required to be turned in near the end of the
semester. Some guidelines and a list of possible topics for the paper are
listed below.
GRADING:
The final grade will be formulated approximately as indicated by the
weighting shown below, but adjustments on this formula will probably be made at
the end of the semester:
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Reading Questions |
5% |
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Homework |
30% |
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Mini-Exams |
35% |
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Paper |
10% |
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Final Exam |
20% |
TERM PAPER REQUIREMENT
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
1. A term paper of 10-15 typewritten pages is required and must be turned
in on the date indicated on the schedule of assignments.
2. The topic may be any subject or problem in which engineering is
applied to the analysis or solution of a biomedical problem. Possible topics
are listed below for your assistance, but you are not limited to the topics on
the list. See me if you need further assistance.
3. The format of the paper is flexible, as long as a logical structure is
used in which you...
a. Define the topic/problem.
b. Summarize the key details of the problem (such as the pertinent
physiology, biochemistry, and engineering principles).
c. Present the engineering analysis or approach (in appropriate detail)
along with the results and interpretation.
d. State the conclusions drawn from the analysis.
4. You will be required to read and summarize a research paper (to be
used in your term paper) and turn in your summary once per week on the 2nd,
3rd, 4th, and 5th Wednesdays of the semester
(indicated by the LR designation on the assignment sheet).
5. You will be required to submit 2 copies of a draft of your term paper
on the date indicated on the assignment sheet. One copy will be assigned to one
of your classmates to critique, and you will also critique a draft from one of
your classmates. When your own draft is returned to you, the comments of your
classmate can be used to guide the preparation of your final term paper.
SOME POSSIBLE TOPICS
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Artificial Blood |
Microsurgery |
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Artificial Heart |
Musculoskeletal Dynamics (gait, etc.) |
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Artificial Pancreas |
Neuroprosthetics |
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Biomaterials and Related Problems |
Oxygenator Design |
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Blood Rheology |
Pharmokinetic Modeling |
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Bone Fracture Fixation |
Plasmapheresis |
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Chemical-Sensitive Probes |
Prosthetic Ear and Implants |
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Drug-Delivery Systems |
Prosthetic Heart Valves |
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Dye-Dilution Analysis |
Prosthetic Joints (Hip, Knee) |
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Hemodialyzer Design |
Pulmonary Function Analysis |
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Hemofiltration/Hemodialysis/Peritoneal Dialysis |
Skeletal Biomechanics |
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Hyperbaric Physiology |
Tissue Engineering |
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Imaging |
Toxic Waste Removal |
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Metabolite Mass Transfer Modeling |
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