BIOE 1100: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
Cr. 1. (1-0). Prerequisite: biomedical engineering major. Introduction to key topics in biomedical engineering including lectures from professors, engineers, and physicians active in the field and off-campus visits to biomedical centers and clinics. Collaborative student projects investigating biomedical engineering devices.
BIOE 1440: Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering
Cr. 4. (3-3). Prerequisite: biomedical engineering major. Corequisites: MATH 1431 and CHEM 1331/1111. Basic chemical, molecular, and physiological principles; biomedical engineering sub-specialties including emerging technologies; labs will offer opportunities to apply lecture materials; includes off-campus tours.
BIOE 2150: Biosensors
Cr. 1. (0-2). Prerequisites: BIOE 1100, CHEM 1332, CHEM 1112, and MATH 1432. Introduction to common biosensors; sensor dissection techniques, analysis of overall sensor design and operation; man/machine measurement interfaces; data measurement issues-repeatability and noise.
BIOE 2197:2297:2397:2497: Selected Topics
Cr. 1-4 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
BIOE 2350: Continuum Biomechanics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: BIOL 1361, BIOL 1162, MATH 2433, and PHYS 1322. Solid mechanics and fluid mechanics, applications in biological systems.
BIOE 3197:3297:3397:3497: Selected Topics
Cr. 1-4 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
BIOE 3340: Quantitative Physiology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: CHEE 2331, BIOE 2350, ECE 2300, and MATH 3321. Physiology and engineering principles of the circulatory, respiratory, nervous and gastric systems.
BIOE 3350: Biosensors II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: BIOE 2150, ECE 3337, BIOE 3440, and MECE 3400. Biosensor data generation methods, data manipulation techniques and health information synthesis processes.
BIOE 3366: Introduction to Digital Signal Processing
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ECE 3337. Credit may not be received for more than one of BIOE 3366 and ECE 3366. Discrete-time signals and systems, discrete Fourier methods, sampling, z-transform, modulation, synthesis of discrete-time filters using digital signal processors. Examples will be taken from bioelectrical signals.
BIOE 3399:4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.
BIOE 3440: Biothermodynamics and Fluids
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisites: BIOE 3340, INDE 2333, and ENGI 2304. Fundamental concepts in biological thermodynamic systems, heat and work, properties of pure substances, first, second and third thermodynamic laws. Hydrostatics; ideal, laminar, and turbulent flows.
BIOE 4197:4297:4397:4497: Selected Topics
Cr. 1-4 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
BIOE 4312: Computational Fluid Dynamics I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MECE 3363 and BIOE 3440or equivalents. Credit may not be received for more than one of BIOE 4312 and MECE 5312. Computational fluid dynamics simulations of biological systems using FLUENT software.
BIOE 4323: Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: CHEE 3363 or MECE 3363 or BIOE 3440 and MATH 3321. Credit may not be received for more than one of BIOE 4323, CHEE 5395, or MECE 5323. Fundamental concepts in tissue engineering and cell biology including structure, function, and replication.
BIOE 4324: Advanced Continuum Biomechanics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MATH 3321 and BIOE 3440 or MECE 3363 or permission of instructor. Credit may not be received for more than one of BIOE 4324 and MECE 5324. Application of nonlinear elasticity and viscoelasticity to biological tissues including bone, skeletal muscle, blood vessels, and the heart.
BIOE 4325: Application of Engineering Principles Applied to Biological Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: BIOE 3440 or equivalent. Credit may not be received for more than one of BIOE 4325 and MECE 5325. Analysis and mechanics of biological systems with emphasis on the structure, function, and material relationships of the cardiovascular system.
BIOE 4334: Capstone Design
Cr. 3. (3-3). Prerequisite: BIOE 4455 or BIOE 4458. Synthesis of bioengineering concepts learned in the curriculum into the construction of a design project.
BIOE 4366: Biomolecular Engineering Fundamentals
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: BIOE 3440 or CHEE 3466 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in BIOE 4555. Analysis and design fundamentals for biochemical processes: introductory biochemistry, microbiology, biological kinetics, reactor design, transport phenomena; applications of enzymes and single and mixed microbial populations.
BIOE 4389: Transport Phenomena in Physiological Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: BIOE 3440 and CHEE 3363 or equivalents. Fundamental aspects of systems physiology and other life science principles with quantitative analysis of transport phenomena and chemical reactions in cells, organs and the whole body.
BIOE 4393: Cellular and Biological Transport Phenomena
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: BIOE 3440 and CHEE 3363 or equivalents. Relates basic cell biology and biophysical chemistry principles to quantitative analysis of transport phenomena and chemical reactions.
BIOE 4455: Bioanalytics
Cr. 4. (3-3). Prerequisites: BIOE 3350, BIOE 3440, BCHS 3304 and ENGI 2304. Common bioanalytical lab practices: ELISA, fluorescence assays, chromatography, and genomic techniques.
BIOE 4458: Bioinstrumentation
Cr. 4. (3-3). Prerequisites: ECE 3337 and ECE 3455. Credit may not be received for more than one of BIOE 4458 and ECE 4458. BJT review; FETs; differential amplifiers; Op amp non-ideal characteristics; electrical safety; ECG, EMG, and EEG. Signal conditioning, bioelectrodes, electrical conduction in nerve cells, noise reduction, transducers, and imaging.
BIOE 5198:5298:5398:5498: Special Problems
Cr. 1-4 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.
BIOE 5369: Computational Fluid Dynamics II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: BIOE 4312 or equivalent, MATH 3363 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Credit may not be received for both BIOE 5369 and MECE 5369. Mathematics, numerical analysis, and theoretical foundations for Computational Fluid Dynamics.
BIOE 5397: Selected Topics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of department chair.
For graduate-level course descriptions,
please see the graduate catalog:
http://www.uh.edu/gs/grad_catalog/egr/bioe_courses.html
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