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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
BMT 5005	BIOMEDICAL SENSORS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGE CIHANBEĞENDI

Offered to

Industrial Ph.D. Program In Advanced Biomedical Technologies
Industrial Ph.D. Program In Advanced Biomedical Technologies
Biomedical Tehnologies (English)
M.Sc. Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Metallurgical and Material Engineering

Course Objective

Students are able to learn wide variety of sensors used in biomedical applications, measuring pressure, flow, motion, temperature, heat flow, evaporation, biopotential, biomagnetism, and chemical quantities.. Students are able to know the applications of wearable sensors and systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Students are expected to learn various types of biomedical sensors that are used to measure electrical, chemical, physical activities from human body
2	Students are expected to overview on medical applications of wearable systems
3	Students are expected to search and present recent developments in the area of various types of sensors used in biomedical applications
4	Students are expected to preapare and present a case study related to a specific type of sensor as a result of searching the studies on that subject
5	Students are expected to prepare a technical report related to the term project

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction: Transducer, sensor, actuator definitions and types
2	An overview to biomedical sensors and classification of biomedical sensors
3	Physical measurements; Description of Sensors, Linear and Angular Displacement Sensors, Inductance Sensors, Capacitive Sensors, Sonic and Ultrasonic Sensors, Velocity Measurement, Accelerometers, Force Measurement, Measurement of Fluid Dynamic Variables and Temperature
4	Biomedical applications of physical sensors
5	Biopotential electrodes
6	Electrochemical sensors
7	Optical sensors
8	Bioanalytic sensors
9	Wearable Sensors and Systems
10	Smart textiles
11	Special applications of wearable systems
12	Project Presentations
13	Project Presentations
14	Project Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Ed.J.D. Bronzino., The Biomedical Engineering Handbook,
CRC Press, 1999, 2nd edt,. 2 volume set.

Reference Book(s):
Ed.D.Jones, Biomedical Sensors, Momentum Pres, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	RPT	REPORT
2	CAS	CASE STUDY
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	RPT 0.30 + CAS 0.30 +FIN *0.40
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	RPT 0.30 + CAS 0.30 +RST *0.40

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Homeworks %30
2. Case study %30
3. Term Project %40

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozge.sahin@deu.edu.tr Tel: 301 7179

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	11	3	33
Tutorials	3	3	9
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	3	42
Preparing assignments	1	32	32
Preparing presentations	1	20	20
Design Project	1	52	52
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.3	PO.5	PO.10
LO.1	2	3
LO.2	2	3
LO.3	2	3	3
LO.4	2	3	3
LO.5				2

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Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

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Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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