Marilee Stephens

BME 320 - Human Anatomy and Physiology: Cells and Tissue

An introduction to the fundamental levels of organization of the human body highlighted in engineering terms. The first half of the course will consider the chemical, cellular, and tissue levels of organization. The second half of the course will be devoted to bone, joints, muscle, and neural tissue. Guest lectures will include engineers and medical scientists to discuss the relationship between recent advances in biomedical engineering and the underlying anatomy and physiology. This course is intended for students in the Faculty of Engineering. Students from other faculties must obtain the consent of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Credit may be obtained for only BME 210 or 320.

BME 321 - Human Anatomy and Physiology: Systems

An introduction to the organization of the human body at the level of the anatomical systems highlighted in engineering terms. Lectures will be devoted to the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, nervous and endocrine systems, and fluid, electrolyte and acid-base homeostasis. Guest lectures will include engineers and medical scientists to discuss the relationship between recent advances in biomedical engineering and the underlying anatomy and physiology. This course is intended for students in the Faculty of Engineering. Students from other faculties must obtain the consent of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Credit may be obtained for only BME 211 or 321. Prerequisite: BME 320 or consent of Instructor.

BME 553 - Rehabilitation Engineering: Assisted Movement After Injury

Introduction to rehabilitation techniques for assisting individuals with physical disabilities to reach, stand and walk. Biomechanics of intact and pathological movements and the use of assistive devices such as exoskeletal orthotics, neuroprosthetic devices and locomotor training are emphasized. Students are exposed to the concepts of biomechanical modeling, motion analysis, electrical stimulation, control systems, neuroregeneration, and pharmacology. Prerequisite: BME 320 and 321 or consent of Instructor.

BME 605 - Bioinstrumentation

Application and design of instrumentation systems applied to living tissue or biological systems. Transduction principles, sensors, detectors, electronic signal conditioning and processing techniques, electrical safety for medical instrumentation, error analysis. Various sensors will be examined such as displacement, resistive, inductive, capacitive, piezoelectric, temperature, and optical. Actuators incorporated into medical devices will be examined.

BME 621 - Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology for Biomedical Engineers

Fundamental levels of organization of the human body. Anatomical systems including circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, nervous, endocrine, and musculoskeletal systems will be examined. Structure and functional relationships in anatomy and physiology. The course will concentrate on the systems level of anatomy, introducing cellular-and tissue- level concepts when required to complete understanding of how the organ system works. Emphasis will be on how engineering concepts can be applied to the machinery of the human body.

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