Biomedical engineering.

Introduction to Robotics (3 semester credit hours) Fundamentals of robotics, rigid motions, homogeneous transformations, forward and inverse kinematics, velocity kinematics, motion planning, trajectory generation, sensing, vision, and control. Prerequisites: ENGR 2300 and (EE 4310 or BMEN 4310 or MECH 4310) or equivalent. (2-3) Y BMEN 6201 (BMEN 7201) Career Development Skills for Biomedical Engineers MS (2 semester credit hours) Biomedical Engineering as a field requires a wide range of skills not traditionally taught in the classroom or lab, including self-presentation, collaboration, and science communication. This course bridges this knowledge gap through interactive training and assignments, and helps students to develop a career plan to help guide them to the most useful experiences in their graduate and professional career to meet their diverse goals. (2-0) Y BMEN 6203 (BMEN 7203) Research Skills for Biomedical Engineers MS (2 semester credit hours) This course will introduce students to the research skills necessary for a successful graduate research career. Students will go through the process of planning and conducting a hands-on research project that can serve as the basis of a manuscript submission. Through this process students will learn research design terminology, steps in the research process, how to conduct systematic literature reviews, articulate clear research questions, testable hypotheses, and evaluate strengths and weaknesses of published articles. (2-1) Y BMEN 6302 (EECS 6302 and MECH 6317 and SYSM 6302) Dynamics of Complex Networks and Systems (3 semester credit hours) Design and analysis of complex interconnected networks and systems. Basic concepts in graph theory; Eulerian and Hamiltonian graphs; traveling salesman problems; random graphs; power laws; small world networks; clustering; introduction to dynamical systems; stability; chaos and fractals. (3-0) Y BMEN 6315 Advanced Biomaterials Technologies and Applications to Medical Devices (3 semester credit hours) This course will build upon graduate students’ knowledge of biomaterials for biomedical engineering focused on development of materials for implantable medical devices (e.g., defibrillators, pacemakers, artificial heart valves, stents, catheters), medical implants (e.g., dental implants, artificial hips, knees, and elbows), implantable biosensors and drug delivery MEMS devices, and materials for a new generation of surgical instruments. Students will learn the fundamentals of novel bioengineering materials and technological developments for insertion of materials into commercial medical products, and they will have the opportunity to work in the laboratory to learn how to produce some of the bioengineering materials (e.g., biocompatible ultrananocrystlalline diamond coatings, biocompatible oxides films, and flexible polymers for implantable electronics and neural stimulation electrodes). (3-0) Y BMEN 6321 Polymers for Biomedical Applications (3 semester credit hours) This course describes basic synthesis, characterization, and applications of synthetic and natural polymers. This course is designed for graduate students in all areas who are interested in biomedical applications of polymers including implantable devices, drug-delivery, and tissue engineering.