2017-2018 Catalog

ME 489 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

Introduces fundamentals and applications of the transport processes- thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mass transfer-in the human body and in other biomedical systems. Students study the modeling of normal and abnormal human physiology and the devices for medical therapy. Students develop the tools necessary to obtain quantitative information on biomedical problems involving transport processes.

Prerequisite

ME 362, or permission of instructor

Instructor

Staff