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\newcommand\catalogDesc{Introductory course in Biomedical Engineering emphasizing human physiology \& medical measurement tools \& techniques. Topics include the nervous system, the cardiovascular system \& the respiratory system.}
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ii) Students will be able to understand the working principles of various types of biosensors and instruments designed to acquire biomedical signals. \\
iii) Students will be able to apply various types of biosensors to acquire biomedical signals of different origins. \\
iv) Students will be able to analyze the acquired biomedical signals to extract physiologically relevant biomarkers.\\
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\newcommand\covTopics{\item Medical sensors and devices: system design and performance evaluation principles
\item Electrical circuitry: filters, amplifiers and signal analysis
\item Biomedical optics: plethysmography, brain imaging, hematoma detection
\item Biopotentials: origin of bioelectricity and biopotential electrodes, electrocardiogram
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Miscellaneous (please read this carefully!): Please note that group study for working out solutions to homework problems/laboratory experiments is acceptable, and helpful to many students. However, the homework/lab report you turn in should be written out on your own, and not copied verbatim from another student's work or from the material found Online. It should reflect your understanding of the material. Homework problems/Laboratory experiment reports which are turned in and found to be verbatim copies of each other will be given zero credit, regardless of which is the original work. All work on an exam/quiz is to be entirely on your own.


\textbf{Quizzes}: There will be in class quizzes (~every other week) related with the covered material in class. No make-up quizzes will be given. Instead, the percentage of the grade associated with each quiz missed will be added to the final exam percentage.


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Where possible, students should inform their instructors if they plan to be late or absent from class. In all cases, students should be prepared to provide documentation to petition for excused absences to the Associate Dean for Student and Strategic Programs, Dr. Stephen Jones. Students should use the form for requesting an excused absence. Excused absences do not count toward a failure in the course for first year students. Absence from class does not release the student from work assigned. Students who miss an in-class obligation (exam, presentation, etc.) due to an excused absence will not be penalized - the instructor may offer a make-up test, arrange an alternative time for a presentation, exempt a student from the assignment, or provide another arrangement. In the case of illness or injury, the form must be submitted within 24 hours of missing class.
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