instructor: Nathalia Peixoto
Instructor: Nathalia Peixoto. (Science and Technology II, room 211 on Tuesdays and Thursdays).
Lab instructors: Nathalia Peixoto and Sara Hooshangi (BENG402 website)
Weekly schedules: BENG401 and BENG402
Classes:
- Tuesdays (design theory): Robinson Hall, A125, from 2:30pm to 4:15pm.
- Thursdays (design practice): from 2:30pm to 4:15pm. One or more of these places: STII, 268; STI, 6; KI 126.
- Thursdays: lab (BENG402). either from 7:20pm to 10pm (from 8/28 through 10/9), or from 9am to 12am (from 10/15 to 12/16), again in the same labs as the Thursdays classes.
Office hours: Tuesdays from 12:30 to 2pm in room 211 of STII, and by appointment.
Textbook: Engineering
design: a project-based introduction; Clive Dym and Patrick Little,
2nd edition; John Wiley & Sons; 2004.
ISBN
0471256870.
Book 2: FDA
Regulatory Affairs: A Guide for Prescription Drugs, Medical Devices, and
Biologics; By Douglas J. Pisano, David Mantus. 2003.
ISBN 1587160072,
9781587160073
Student
Evaluation Criteria
Mid-term: 25%
Homework: 15%
Project report: 35%
Final Exam: 25%
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Wk |
Day |
Theme |
Detail |
Book chapter |
HW |
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1 |
Aug 26 |
Engineering Design |
Form versus function. Does one imply the other? Examples. Manufacturing versus designing. |
Pg 1-15 (chap. 1) |
1. layout (due 09/02) |
|
1 |
Aug 28 |
PCB design part 1 of 3 |
Fundamentals of layout, printing circuits; software for schematics; requesting samples. |
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2 |
Sept 2 |
Design Process: fundamentals. |
Biomedical applications; the design process; case study. |
20-32 (chap. 2) |
2 |
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2 |
Sept 4 |
PCB design part 2 of 3. |
Masking; etching; developing, cleaning. |
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3 |
Sept 9 |
Design process methods. |
Strategies, formal methods for the design process |
32-48 (chap. 2) |
3 |
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3 |
Sept 11 |
PCB design part 3 of 3. |
Soldering, desoldering, testing your circuit. |
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4 |
Sept 16 |
Finding problems |
Understanding problems, brainstorming |
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4 |
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4 |
Sept 18 |
Review of electronics |
Opamp configurations; filters. |
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5 |
Sept 23 |
Functions and Specifications 1/2 |
Identifying and specifying functions |
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5 |
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5 |
Sept 25 |
Digital electronics |
A/D, D/A, microcontrollers. |
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6 |
Sept 30 |
Functions and Specifications 2/2 |
Performance levels; managing specifications stage. |
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6 |
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6 |
Oct 2 |
Midterm |
Midterm exam. |
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- |
|
7 |
Oct 7 |
Morphological charts; prototypes |
Design space; patents; morphological charts; prototype building. |
|
7 |
|
7 |
Oct 9 |
Project implementation |
Assembly versus high level languages, software for project development |
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8 |
Oct 14 |
No class today |
Columbus day recess. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
8 |
Oct 16 |
High level prototyping |
Project examples (Matlab and LabView) |
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|
9 |
Oct 21 |
Reports |
Reporting the outcome; characteristics of reports (contents/audience). |
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8 |
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9 |
Oct 23 |
Proj1. ECG, part 1 |
ECG fundamentals. Problem statement; current solutions. |
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|
10 |
Oct 28 |
Project management |
Managing the design process |
|
9 |
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10 |
Oct 30 |
Proj1. ECG, part 2 |
ECG circuit; PCB; test; result evaluation. |
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|
11 |
Nov 4 |
Reliable design |
Design for sustainability and reliability |
|
10 |
|
11 |
Nov 6 |
Proj. 2. ECG tester part 1. |
Student design: autonomous ECG tester. Brainstorming section. |
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12 |
Nov 11 |
Ethics in Biomed Engineering |
Conflicting obligations; case studies. |
Ch 9 |
11 |
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12 |
Nov 13 |
Proj. 2. ECG tester part 2. |
Implementation of best design (building of this project will take place in the lab, BENG402). |
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13 |
Nov 18 |
Guest speaker |
Intellectual property issues. Business plan development. Prof. S.Sikdar, GMU |
n.a. |
- |
|
13 |
Nov 20 |
Project analysis (ECG and ECG tester) |
Cost; presentation of results; report; suggestions for improvement (Proj 1 and 2) |
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14 |
Nov 25 |
Medical device regulation (FDA) |
FDA device classification/design controls/clinical research/exemptions (FDA 1/3) |
Bk2,ch.7 |
12 |
|
14 |
Nov 27 |
Thanksgiving |
Recess. |
No class. |
|
|
15 |
Dec 2 |
PMA (FDA) |
Premarket approval; 501(k) (FDA 2/3) |
Bk2,ch.7 |
13 |
|
15 |
Dec 4 |
Commercializing Biomed. Technol. |
FDA
process (3/3); |
Bk2,ch.7 |
14 |
|
16 |
Dec 9 |
No class |
Reading
day until |
n.a. |
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16 |
Dec 11 |
No class |
Study week (exam week) |
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17 |
Dec 16 |
Exam |
Final – 1:30 to 4:15 (page 3 of GMU class schedule) |
n.a. |
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