Design, testing, patient safety, electrical noise, biomedical measurement transducers, therapeutics, instrumentation electronics, and microcomputer interfaces. Several case studies are presented. Four structured laboratories and an individual project laboratory. Physical principles and signal processing techniques used in thermographic, ultrasonic, and radiographic imaging, including image reconstruction from projections such as CAT scanning, MRI, and millimeter wave determination of temperature profiles. Prostheses for hearing, visual, and limb impairments.
Students design and test a neuroprosthesis.
Synthesis of properties of the musculotendon and skeletal systems to construct detailed computer models that quantify human performance and muscular coordination. The Biotechnology Revolution and Engineering Ethics. Advanced Topical Studies. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Problems selected by the student with approval of the faculty adviser.