Title :
Honors Biomedical instrumentation — A course model for accelerated design
Author :
Madhok, Jai ; Smith, Ryan J. ; Thakor, Nitish V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Johns Hopkins Sch. of Med., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
A model for a 16-week biomedical instrumentation course is outlined. The course is modeled in such a way that students learn about medical devices and instrumentation through lecture and laboratory sessions while also learning basic design principles. Course material covers a broad range of topics from fundamentals of sensors and instrumentation, guided laboratory design experiments, design projects, and eventual protection of intellectual property, regulatory considerations, and entry into the commercial market. Students eventually complete two design projects in the form of a `Challenge´ design project as well as an `Honors´ design project. Sample problems students solve during the Challenge project and examples of past Honors projects from the course are highlighted.
Keywords :
biomedical education; educational courses; industrial property; accelerated design model; biomedical instrumentation course; design projects; guided laboratory design experiments; instrumentation fundamental; intellectual property eventual protection; regulatory considerations; sensor fundamental; time 16 week; Accreditation; Biomedical Engineering; Blindness; Curriculum; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Feedback; Humans; Learning; Problem Solving; Quadriplegia; Universities; User-Computer Interface;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3296-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334423
