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BME 207-0-21: BME Lab: Experimental Design (0.5 units)

Quarter Offered

Winter : Th 8:00am-12:00pm ; Perreault, O'Neill
Spring : Th 8:00am-12:00pm ; Tresch, Ankeny

Prerequisites

AP stats or BME 220 or IEMS 303 or ME 359

Description

A laboratory course focusing on quantitative physiological measurements and analyses, instrument characterization, statistical design of experiments, and training in preparation and organization of laboratory notes and reports. Prerequisites: AP stats or BME 220 or IEMS 303 or ME 359

WHO TAKES IT?

BME students should plan to take this course in their freshmen or sophomore year

MINI-SYLLABUS

• sensor characterization and calibration
• error propagation
• statistical power and blocking
• instrument characterization
• displacement, respiratory, electrophysiological, and diffusion measurement techniques and instrumentation
• design of experiments
• report writing

REQUIRED CLASS MATERIALS

none