Download ee 497 – recent trends in biomedical engineering

EE 497 – RECENT TRENDS IN BIOMEDICAL
ENGINEERING
(Special Topics for Biomedical Engineers)
Bulletin Description: Basics of Bioinformatics and its link
to current problems in medical informatics including drug
design, DNA based diagnostics, Biochips, Smart
extracellular matrix and biomaterials, tissue engineering,
Surface modification, Nanofabrication and biocompatibility
issues, BioMEMS, Microfluidics, Nanorobotics
Prerequisites: BIO 321 E
Textbooks: Not Specific
References: Handouts, Published Review Papers and Downloads
from Internet Resources to be supplied by the Instructor
Course Learning Objectives (CLO)
After finishing the course successfully, the student shall
1. Understand and relate basics of genomics and proteomics in
order to appreciate biomedical informatics
2. recognize biomolecule as tiny machine performing functions
like motors and sensors
3. identify frontiers in biomedical engineering sciences and
exploratory technology to find solutions to biomedical
problems including issues like drug delivery, drug design,
drug targeting, nanoimaging, high throughput screening and
diagnosis.
4. describe the tissue engineering pursuits and will be able to
relate as how regenerative medicine can fight disease and
provide rehabilitation in a better way.
5. identify how micro and nanofabrication coupled with
biomaterials can bring solution to biocompatibility issues at
molecular level
6. identify as how microfluidics can bring revolution in health
diagnostics and cellular research
7. explain how nanorobotics and molecular machine technology
can be used to kill cancerous cells selectively, and also how
they can target tissues and deliver drugs on demand
Special Topics:
1. Genomics and proteomics- overview
2. Biomedical informatics and drug design
3. Microarray technology and Biochips: its role in diagnosis and
personalized medicines
4. Scaffold design and fabrication for tissue engineering
5. Biocompatibility
6. BioMEMS and Biosensors
7. Nanorobotics and biomolecular machines
8. Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-chip
9. Quantum dots and nanoimaging
Prepared by: Dr. Mohammad Asif Hussain,
December, 2009