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Prerequisites
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Development and design of sensors, stimulators, and their medical devices for bio-integrated electronics. Materials design and fabrication of passive and active components for sensitive, multimodal, and robust wearable and implantable devices.
*This course is cross-listed with BME 353.*
Who Takes It?
First year graduate students or upper level undergraduates. No formal prerequisites; however, core engineering concepts and basic understanding of biomaterials or physiology are helpful.
What It's About
BME/MSE 353 covers the materials, device, and some systems level design of bioelectronics for wearable and implantable applications. Significant focus will be placed on the characteristics at the biotic/abiotic interface as they relate to immune response/device longevity, and on sensing/stimulation efficacy. Materials/form factor design will be addressed from the perspective of new concepts in bioelectronics for multimodal wearable patches and implanted probes for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The course includes once-weekly assessments, readings, and discussions; a cooperative group activity; and a final group presentation and paper on current leading-edge research topics in bioelectronics.
A parallel lab course (0.34 units, limited enrollment) will be offered; separate registration required, students registering for the lab must be registered for the lecture. This lab course includes 3 lab modules on biosignal acquisition and analysis, microfabrication and impedance measurements, and devices and analysis of multi-modal signals for gait analysis. Assessments include lab reports after each module, and presentations during the lecture course.
Mini-Syllabus
- Biochemical/bioanalyte sensing
- Biophysical sensing
- Electrophysiological sensing
- Impedance monitoring
- Stimulation/Electroceuticals
- Immune response and signal transduction
- Novel form factors
- New active materials
- Transient electronics
- Active recording/integration
- Applications in wearables/rehabilitation
- Optogenetics
- Bioethics and regulatory, policy and security concerns
Textbook
No required textbook. Readings will be provided or are freely available through NU.