Catalog Description 3 Credits. Continuation of 481. Properties of biological
materials; risk and reliability; design ethics; guest lecturers on engineering
design by practicing engineers; extension and completion of the design
project with submission of a final design report.
Required References National Council of Examiners for Engineering and
Surveying, 2001, Fundamentals of Engineering — Supplied-Reference
Handbook. Fifth edition.
Course notes.
Course notes.
Ojectives BE 481 and BE 482 form the course sequence that
provides a “capstone” design experience for senior students
in Bioengineering (BE). The sequence is intended to give BE students the
opportunity to undertake a major engineering design effort relating to
biological systems. The sequence exposes students to: fundamental concepts
in problem solving and engineering design; integration of several engineering
skills into a major design effort; planning and managing projects; defining
problems, making engineering approximations, generating alternative solutions,
and selecting appropriate courses of action; modeling, simulation, optimization,
and economic analysis; communicating designs, and preparing design proposals
and final reports; comprehensive review of engineering science.
Prerequisites: Senior Engineering Design I; or consent.
Schedule: One 50-minute class and two 170-minute lab sessions
per week.
Designation: Required course.
Topics:
Thermodynamics.
Fluid Mechanics.
Probability and Statistics.
Ethical Theory and Case Studies.
Engineering Ethics.
Risk and Reliability.
Stress Management.
Professionalism.
Communicating the Design – Oral and Written
Reports (every two weeks and final design reports).
