Bioinstrumentation: 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 BioInstrumentation. The course starts by describing different components of a circuit. Then, it dives into how to read circuit schematics and assembled different circuits

Prerequisite:

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

Materials:

Arduino One

Collimator.ai

Resources:

• Classroom notes
• PYTHON or/and Arduino IDLE

Learning Outcomes:

• Students will know about how to read circuit schematics.
• Students will gain basic knowledge on different components (Resistors, Potentiometer, and Operational Amplifiers) of a circuit.
• Students will learn how to assemble circuits to acquire ECG and EMG

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.

Course Outline:

• Week 01:

• Day 01: What is a circuit?
• Day 02: Ohm's Law
• Day 03: Resistors (Parallel and Series circuits)
• Day 04: Capacitors (Parallel and Series circuit)
• Day 05: Operational Amplifiers
• Day 06: Electrocardiogram Assembled Circuit
• Day 07: Electromyography Assembled Circuit
• Day 08: Solar Panel
• Day 09: Intro to Collimator.ai (Circuit Simulator)