COURSE UNIT TITLE

: APPLICATIONS OF BIOENGINEERING IN HEALTH

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBG 6123 APPLICATIONS OF BIOENGINEERING IN HEALTH ELECTIVE 3 0 0 12

Offered By

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SINAN GÜVEN

Offered to

Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology and Genetics

Course Objective

To learn the fundamental principles of bioengineering
To be familiar with the techniques used in microfluidic system, biosensors and nanotechology
To understand the cell based bioengineering applications
To learn the potentials of bioengineering in medicine

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the fundamental concepts and the properties of bioengineered systems in medicine
2   To distinguish the different physical and chemical parameters for bioengineering
3   To understand the principles of bioreactor design
4   To understand different technologies in biosensors
5   To understand the how to design a microfluidic system
6   To appreciate the potential of nanotechology in medicine
7   To understand the cell based bioengineering applications
8   To acquire the ability to access, present and discuss the knowledge on bioengineering

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to bioengineering
2 Physical and chemical engineering principles for bioengineering
3 Biomaterials engineering
4 Bioreactors
5 Bioreactor design
6 Biosensors
7 Biosensor design
8 Lab on-a-chip systems
9 Microfluidic systems design
10 Mid-term
11 3D cell culture techniques
12 Nanotechnology in medicine
13 Drug delivery systems
14 Point-of-care technologies
15 High throughput screening systems
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Mobile Health Technologies Methods and Protocols, Editors: Avraham Rasooly, Keith E. Herold, Humana Press, 2015
Introduction to biosensors: From electric circuits to immunosensors, Yeong-Yeol Yoon, Springer, 2013
Introduction to BioMEMS, Albert Folch, CRC Press 2013
Additional book information will be announced later.
References: Helpful reviews on the topics will be shared with students.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. PowerPoint lecture presentations: Lecture subjects will be covered as PowerPoint presentations schematized and simplified for easy visual comprehension.
2. Research article presentation assignment: Students will choose recent research articles about essential or current repair and regeneration related topics, present the key points of the article as a short presentation and discuss those with the audience. All presentations will be held together on a predetermined date outside of lecture hours.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

An interactive participation of students is expected during the lectures.

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term and final exams: A high percentage (70%) of correct answers, showing that the lecture topics are well digested, is expected.
Oral presentation: The student is expected to understand and present a selected paper, state how well the paper sets forth the scientific question and put forward an idea on future perspectives.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel: 0232 412 6561 Mobile: 0545 584 3337
E-mail: sinan.guven@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 5 8 40
Preparing assignments 2 8 16
Preparing presentations 3 15 45
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 300

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.14
LO.24
LO.32
LO.42
LO.52
LO.62
LO.72
LO.82