Bioengineering is integrative, interdisciplinary field. This course will develop the students’ ability to integrate aspects of engineering and the life sciences into advanced bioengineering applications. In the course, the development of the communication skills necessary for success in interdisciplinary work is emphasized. As well, regulatory, ethical and commercialization issues are considered.
Problems from a wide variety of bioengineering sub-disciplines are examined. Either the instructor or a specialist introduces the field and the particular problem, perhaps providing experimental data to serve as the basis for the exercise. Small teams of students then conduct a literature survey, form a model from the data or produce an analysis from the readings, and propose a solution to the problem. The solutions are presented in class.
Prerequisite: undergraduate degree in science or engineering. This is a compulsory course for bioengineering students.
Term work (40%) -group presentations, hand-ins.
Last year's final presentations: group 1 group 2 group 3 group 4 group 5 group 6
Term Paper (30%) due November 15. Click here to access 2005 BME1450 student papers Click here to access the 2006 BME1450 student paper guideliness
Final Exam (30%)
Prof. Alf Dolan Standards and Regulations: talk slides 1 talk slides 2
Dr. Bob Pilliar TMJ: talk slides 1 talk slides 2
Dr. David Hogg CANCER:
Future prospects for oncolytic therapy.pdf
Recent progress in the battle between oncolytic viruses and tumours.pdf
Slides for cancer talk BME1450 Oct 2006.ppt
Viruses - seeking and destroying the tumor program.pdf
Dr. Elizabeth Badley / Dr. Tom Chau health: talk slides ICF guide
Jennifer Fraser / Cyril Gibbons commercialization: talk slides example slides
Coordinator: Stephen Davies ( stephen.davies@utoronto.ca ), Office: MSB 4226
Meeting Wednesday,
1000AM-100PM in RS412, Rosebrugh
Building
Web site: www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~sdavies/bme1450.html