1. Cardiovascular Engineering Cardiovascular Engineering integrates physiology, cell and molecular biology, bioelectricity and biomechanics to describe, understand, and re-engineer the cardiovascular systems. The objective of this course is to provide the students with tools for modeling and understanding of cardiovascular disease monitoring and treatment, and for designing appropriate systems and devices for diagnosis and intervention.
2.Medical Informatics
This course provides students with the organization of medical information, the effective management of information using computer technology, and the impact of such technology on medical research, education, and patient care. The course explores techniques for assessing current information practices, determining the information needs of health care providers and patients, developing interventions using computer technology, and evaluating the impact of those interventions.
3.Computer Programming for Biomedical Engineer
As a fundamental subject, this course equips the students with theory and practice on basic programming and problem solving techniques by using the structured approach. From this course, the students will be equipped with skills of basic C/C++ programming to solve simple to moderate problems that related with biomedical engineering or healthcare application. The course covers the following syllabus: Introduction to Computers and Programming, problem solving techniques (e.g. Pseudo code, behavioural flowchart, structural block diagram), preprocessor directives, constants and variables, data types, input and output operations, text files, control structures: sequential, selection and loop, built-in and user-defined functions, one dimensional and multi- dimensional arrays, and pointers. This course covers hands-on tutorial to expose the students to some modern C/C++ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and advanced microprocessor/microcontroller kits for embedded programming application development. This course also applies the concept of CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate). The students will be divided in groups to propose a group project to solve complex problems that related with biomedical engineering or healthcare application. Before attending this course, the students should have prior knowledge in basic number representation (binary, octal, hexadecimal, decimal), signed/unsigned number arithmetic (1’s compliment and 2’s compliment), and simple logic functions (AND, OR, XOR, NOT, etc).
4.Microprocessor Systems
This course introduces the principles and applications of microprocessors. Topics emphasized are embedded microprocessor architecture and organization in detail incorporation with High Level Language (HLL), as well as fundamentals of designing and interfacing in a microprocessor-based embedded systems. This course emphasizes on understanding the fundamentals of microprocessor operation, writing coherent and error-free HLL programs, and designing basic interfacing circuits for microprocessor-based embedded systems which targeted for biomedical or health care application using HLL completely with confidence.
5.Professional Biomedical Engineering Practice
This course highlights to students the profession of engineering, engineer’s roles and responsibilities, and impact of the work of engineer on society and to mankind, particularly in the field of biomedical engineering. Students are introduced to the relevant acts, regulations, standards and engineering ethics. The elements of EAC accreditation and Washington Accord are also discussed. Based on ethical theories, principles, code of engineering ethics, acts and standards the students will analyze biomedical engineering issues and cases. With the knowledge learned, the student would be able to apply the principles to real world situations. The students will perform group work and project, and will do group presentation in class.
6.Instrumentation & Measurement in Biomedical
The aim of this course is to introduce the students with biomedical measurement systems and biomedical instrumentation. The architecture of electronic instruments used to measure physiological parameters is addressed, as well as the analysis of major process functions integrated in these instruments.
7.Clinical Engineering
This course introduces students to major principles of clinical engineering as part of the preparation for industrial training. The scope of clinical engineering covers pre-market, market and post-market life-cycle of medical devices as well as risk and personnel management. These include procurement planning, incident investigation, equipment management, productivity, cost effectiveness, information systems integration, and patient safety activities. Students will also be exposed to the related law, standard and regulation for medical devices. Other than that, principle of medical devices will also be discussed in the course.
8.Basic Electronics
First course in the field of electronics, consisting of basic electronic devices such as the diode, the bipolar junction transistor, and the field effect transistor. Course content will include the devices’ basic structure, biasing and basic applications.
