Biomedical Engineering (BME): A Brief Introduction (NYU Upward Bound Program)

Instructor: Dalton H Bermudez

Summary:

The objective of the course is to introduce high school students to the field of biomedical engineering. The course starts by describing different subspecialties within biomedical engineering. Then, it dives into different non-invasive technology used in different BME subspecialties such as in Medical Physics and Neural Engineering. This course will be a good introduction for students planning to potentially ingress into the medical field. Such students may perhaps be in a PRE-Registered Nursing program or interested in the field of cognitive neuroscience.

Prerequisite:

• Mathematic courses going up to Trigonometry.
• Introductory Biology course.

Materials:

• Interesting text books

• Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods, Digital Image Processing - 3rd Edition

Resources:

• Classroom notes
• PYTHON or/and MATLAB will be used throughout the course to demonstrate the coding aspects of the fields in Medical Physics and Neural Engineering.

Learning Outcomes:

• Students will know about the different subspecialties in the field of BME.
• Students will gain basic knowledge in the use of different non-invasive technology in BME.
• Students will acquire cognition of the different job positions for a BME professional.

Course Activities:

• Students are expected to attend each of the sessions and if unable to attend be responsible to obtain information from another classmate.
• Students will be expected to participate in class.
• Students will be provided small assignments after each session, which will consist of answering 2-3 questions about the completed material.
Introduction slides

Course Outline:

• Week 01:

• Day 01: What exactly is Biomedical Engineering (BME)?
• Day 02: Intro - Subspecialties in BME
• Day 03: Intro - BioMechanics
• Day 04: Intro - Tissue Engineering
• Day 05: Intro - Cardiovascular Engineering

• Week 02:

• Day 01: Intro - Medical Physics
• Day 02: Medical Devices 01 - Ultrasound
• Day 03: Medical Devices 02 - X-ray
• Day 04: Medical Devices 03 - Computer Tomography (CT)
• Day 05: Medical Devices 04 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Day 06: Signal Processing Foundations
• Day 07: Optimization Foundations
• Day 08: Medical Devices 05- Linear Accelerator (Linac)

• Week 03:

• Day 01: Intro - Neural Engineering
• Day 02: Medical Devices 05 - Electroencephalography (EEG)
• Day 03: Medical Devices 06 - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
• Day 04: Medical Devices 07 - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
• Day 05: Medical Devices 08 - Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

• Week 04:

• Day 01: Medical Devices 09 - ElectroCardiography (ECG)
• Day 02: Medical Devices 10 - Electromyography (EMG)