Title :
Experiential learning in an undergraduate biomeasurement course: Embedded instrumentation
Author :
Opuszynski, Michael ; Belani, Hemant ; Andrews, Ryan ; Potvin, Joshua ; Sun, Ying
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Comput. & Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Abstract :
Biomedical engineering requires a broad base of engineering knowledge and skills, which may include electrical, mechanical, and chemical engineering. Due to the variety of subject areas, it is often difficult to cover all desired materials within reasonable credit hours for an undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum. A course in biomeasurement has been developed to provide the students with electronic and programming skills for biomedical instrumentation in an efficient way. Through hands-on learning experiences on building an embedded measurement device, the course combines subject matters from the areas of circuits, microprocessors, programming, and basic signal processing.
Keywords :
biomedical education; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; educational courses; biomedical instrumentation; electronic skills; embedded instrumentation; experiential learning; microprocessors; programming skills; signal processing; undergraduate biomeasurement course; Area measurement; Biological materials; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical materials; Biomedical measurements; Chemical engineering; Circuits; Instruments; Knowledge engineering; Microprocessors; Biomedical engineering; biomeasurement; electrocardiogram; embedded system; microprocessor; undergraduate course;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 2009 IEEE 35th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4362-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4364-2
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2009.4967644
