BME501

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Biomedical Engineering Department
Faculty of Medicine
McGill University

Contents 1 BMDE 501: Selected Topics in Biomedical Engineering 1.1 Rationale 1.2 Course info 1.3 Tentative Schedule 1.4 Academic Integrity 1.5 Course Coordinator 1.6 Acknowledgments

[edit] BMDE 501: Selected Topics in Biomedical Engineering

First meeting: Thursday, 1st. September 2011 at 14:35 in room 321 of the Lyman-Duff Medical Sciences Building at 3775, University Street.

[edit] Rationale

Biomedical Engineering is a highly interdisciplinary, rapidly developing research field that includes medical orthopaedic and rehabilitation engineering; bioinstrumentation; biological control systems; biomechanics; biomaterials; biomedical imaging; cellular, tissue and genetic engineering; nanobiotechnology; and systems biology. This course will give senior undergraduate students and graduate students an insight into many of the above-mentioned research areas. The course comprises contributions from researchers affiliated to the Biomedical Engineering Department at McGill who will present their areas of activity and their own research. This ecclectic presentation of topics thus provides an overview of the multiple facets of Biomedical Engineering and of its application to medicine and the life sciences.

[edit] Course info

Credits: 3 (3-0-6)

Lectures: 3 hours per week, given on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 14:35 to 15:55.

Prerequisite: No strict prerequisite. Please inquire with course coordinator in case of doubt. Recommended are Signals and Systems 304-303 or 304-308 (or equiv), Complex variables, Differential equations I & II, 304-404 or equivalent. 200 level course in Cell Biology or Physiology.

Reference list: Handouts, Web Pages, Journal review papers.

Grading:

• 40%: Between four and eight short assignments will be given during the term, but only the best 80% of the assignments for each student will count for the final grade. The number of assignments is between 5-8 depending on the participating lecturers. Assignments are due 1 week after receiving them. Assignments should be handed in to Nancy Abate (graduate secretary of BME) before class. Late submission (starting from the time class is scheduled to start) will be penalized with a grade reduction of 5% for each fractional day late. There is no possibility to hand in an assignment during the weekend or on holidays, however the late clock keeps ticking.
• 50%: Project with between 4000 and 5500 words (plus references and figures) or an entry for http://www.wikipedia.org on a topic in Biomedical Engineering.
• 10%: Participation in the course is very important.

[edit] Tentative Schedule

The following table contains the course schedule to give an indication of the topics that will be covered.

Lecturers in bold will hand out an assignment

day	date	speaker	topic	links, resources assignments
Thur	01-Sep-11	Christophe Grova	Course Intro.	Slides on Internal page
Tue	06-Sep-11	Robert Kearney	Peripheral Neuromuscular Control.	Slides on Internal page
Thu	08-Sep-11	Thomas Quinn	Soft tissue biophysics	Reading material on Internal page
Tue	13-Sep-11	Robert Kearney	Proteomics	Slides on Internal page
Thur	15-Sep-11	Bioengineering Symposium organized by BMESS (15h-18h)	http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/bmess/symposium11/
Tue	20-Sep-11	David Juncker	Personalized medicine: Biomolecular analysis	Reading material: first 2 chapters of The molecular biology of the cell by Alberts et al., which can be found in any academic library and here: [1], [2], and [3]. Slides on Internal page
Thu	22-Sep-11	David Juncker	Personalized medicine: Enabling technologies	Slides on Internal page
Tue	27-Sep-11	Jean Gotman	Combining EEG and fMRI to study epileptic discharges	Slides on Internal page|
Thu	29-Sep-11	Curtis Baker	Neural mechanisms of visual perception	Slides on Internal page|
Tue	04-Oct-11	Mimi Galiana	Modeling and system analysis applied to vestibular and oculomotor reflexes.	Slides on Internal page|
Thu	06-Oct-11	Mimi Galiana	Modeling and system analysis applied to vestibular and oculomotor reflexes.	Slides on Internal page|
Tue	11-Oct-11	Selection of project+supervisor for course project due
Tue	11-Oct-11	Andrew Reader	Positron Emission Tomography and Iterative Reconstruction	Slides on Internal page|
Thu	13-Oct-11	Christophe Grova	Source localization in electrophysiology (EEG/MEG)	Slides on Internal page|
Tue	18-Oct-11	Bruce Pike	Introduction to MRI Physics	Slides on Internal page|
Thu	20-Oct-11	Elizabeth Jones	Biomechanics of Development	Slides on Internal page|
Tue	25-Oct-11	Bruce Pike	Introduction to functional MRI	Slides on Internal page|
Thu	27-Oct-11	Christophe Grova	Hemodynamic signals through optical imaging	Slides on Internal page|
Tue	01-Nov-11	J. Dennis Bobyn	Orthopaedic Implants	Slides on Internal page
Thu	03-Nov-11	Robert Funnell	Modelling middle-ear mechanics	link to course material
Tue	08-Nov-11	Robert Funnell	Modelling middle-ear mechanics	link to course material
Thu	10-Nov-11	Satya Prakash	Artificial Cells: Commercialization	Slides on Internal page
Tue	15-Nov-11	Maryam Tabrizian	Biomaterials	Slides on Internal page
Thu	17-Nov-11	Maryam Tabrizian	Biomaterials	Slides on Internal page
Tue	22-Nov-11	Amir Shmuel	Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying functional imaging signals	Slides on Internal page|
Thu	24-Nov-11	Rosaire Mongrain	Introduction to the biomechanics of vascular tissue	Slides on Internal page|
Tue	29-Nov-11	Thomas Steffen	When the back hurts	Slides on Internal page|
Tue	01-Dec-11		Return assignments

[edit] Academic Integrity

McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (see www.mcgill.ca/integrity for more information).

[edit] Course Coordinator

Prof. Christophe Grova

Click here for Christophe Grova's contact info

[edit] Acknowledgments

This course and webpage are based on the previous coordinators, Louis Collins and then David Juncker.