Fundamentals of Engineering Design Course for Biomedical Engineers

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Fundamentals of Engineering Design Course for Biomedical Engineers (Weblink) New Jersey's Science & Technology University, USA

A Biomedical Engineers Course for students at  NJIT - New Jersey's Science & Technology University.

  • Three-hour semester long course that is offered in the Fall and Spring semesters.
  • Labs consists of 60 students with 15 to 20 groups, teams of 3-4 people.
  • Creative student projects are build to solve robotic surgery tasks with RWTH Mindstorms NXT Toolbox and the modeling software Pro-engineering.
    • e.g. vasectomy of a spaghetti noodle, shoulder transplant of a Barbie doll, Vascular bypass surgery of a strawberry, …
  • Course teaching: Anish Parameswaran, Anika Khatri, Dr. Brunio Mantialla, and Dr. Judith Redling (Biomedical Engineering Department of NJIT)