Studio-style course that fuses lecture with project-based learning and laboratory exercises. Covers materials related to medical devices, the biological reaction to implanted medical devices, and associated failure mechanisms. Diffusive and convective mass transport in biochemical interactions, oxygen transport, cell adhesion/signaling, drug and macromolecule transport. Prerequisites: BME 2000, BHSC 1340.
Introduces the regulatory, technical, and ethical contexts in which biomedical solutions are developed, tested, and approved or licensed for use in the United States, including content related to the regulatory landscape in the U.S. (e.g., regulatory history, Food and Drug Administration, regulatory pathways, design controls), technical engineering requirements (engineering specifications, risk management), testing (verification, validation, animal studies, clinical trials), and ethics. Prerequisite: BME 1605.
Undergraduate student service as a teaching assistant, usually in an introductory-level course in the discipline, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
Undergraduate student work on individual or small team research projects under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
Honors studies leading to a thesis.
Covers current state-of-the-art in wearable sensors and the biomechanical and physiological phenomena they are being used to measure. Emphasis will be given to applications related to human health and medicine. Prerequisites: EE 3150, BME 3000, BME 3175, or Instructor permission.
Focuses on the development, design and adaptation of biomedical devices and instruments. Team-taught by faculty in the Larner College of Medicine and UVM Medical Center and focuses on exciting active areas of biomedical device development and applications at UVM and the UVM Medical Center. Credit not awarded for both BME 3810 and BME 5800. Prerequisites: ANPS 1190, ANPS 1200; or Instructor permission.
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Teams apply industry-standard biodesign and project management processes to design, build, and test a functional prototype that meets their client's requirements. Prerequisite: BME 3600.
Uses the study of lung mechanics as a vehicle for teaching a range of mathematical modeling and data analysis methods central to the study of physiological systems. Students will gain a detailed understanding of how the lung works as a mechanical system and various diseases that affect mechanical function. At the same time, they will learn about applications of a range of mathematical and signal processing techniques. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor permission.
Focuses on the application of advanced neural computing to biological data. Students develop the skills to implement and interpret models for (1) genomic sequences, (2) protein folding, and (3) imaging/microscopy applications. Covers the evolution of deep learning architectures (from simpler convolutional neural nets to more modern transformer-based architectures), the coding skills in Python, and the quantitative logic required to handle deep learning problems in a lab setting. Prerequisite: Experience with computer coding is recommended.
Focuses on the development, design and adaptation of biomedical devices and instruments in exciting active areas of biomedical device development and applications at UVM and the UVM Medical Center (UVMMC). Includes lectures on commercialization and manufacturing. Team-taught by faculty in the Larner College of Medicine and the UVMMC. Credit not awarded for both BME 5800 and BME 3810. Prerequisites: Biomedical Engineering Graduate student or Instructor permission; Content knowledge in ANPS 1190, ANPS 1200, BME 2000, and BME 2050 is assumed.
Research for the Master's Thesis.
A course which is tailored to fit the interests of a specific student, which occurs outside the traditional classroom/laboratory setting under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
Graduate student work on individual or small team research projects under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion
Research for the Doctoral Dissertation.