COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOMEDICAL SENSORS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BMT 5005 BIOMEDICAL SENSORS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGE CIHANBEĞENDI

Offered to

Industrial Ph.D. Program In Advanced Biomedical Technologies
Biomedical Tehnologies (English)
M.Sc. Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Metallurgical and Material Engineering

Course Objective

Students are able to learn wide variety of sensors used in biomedical applications, measuring pressure, flow, motion, temperature, heat flow, evaporation, biopotential, biomagnetism, and chemical quantities.. Students are able to know the applications of wearable sensors and systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students are expected to learn various types of biomedical sensors that are used to measure electrical, chemical, physical activities from human body
2   Students are expected to overview on medical applications of wearable systems
3   Students are expected to search and present recent developments in the area of various types of sensors used in biomedical applications
4   Students are expected to preapare and present a case study related to a specific type of sensor as a result of searching the studies on that subject
5   Students are expected to prepare a technical report related to the term project

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Transducer, sensor, actuator definitions and types
2 An overview to biomedical sensors and classification of biomedical sensors
3 Physical measurements; Description of Sensors, Linear and Angular Displacement Sensors, Inductance Sensors, Capacitive Sensors, Sonic and Ultrasonic Sensors, Velocity Measurement, Accelerometers, Force Measurement, Measurement of Fluid Dynamic Variables and Temperature
4 Biomedical applications of physical sensors
5 Biopotential electrodes
6 Electrochemical sensors
7 Optical sensors
8 Bioanalytic sensors
9 Wearable Sensors and Systems
10 Smart textiles
11 Special applications of wearable systems
12 Project Presentations
13 Project Presentations
14 Project Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Ed.J.D. Bronzino., The Biomedical Engineering Handbook,
CRC Press, 1999, 2nd edt,. 2 volume set.

Reference Book(s):
Ed.D.Jones, Biomedical Sensors, Momentum Pres, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 RPT REPORT
2 CAS CASE STUDY
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT *0.30 + CAS *0.30 +FIN *0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) RPT *0.30 + CAS *0.30 +RST *0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Homeworks %30
2. Case study %30
3. Term Project %40

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozge.sahin@deu.edu.tr Tel: 301 7179

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 3 33
Tutorials 3 3 9
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 32 32
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Design Project 1 52 52
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.14
LO.23
LO.35
LO.41
LO.51

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