Vanderbilt University Biomedical Engineering

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Vanderbilt UniversityBiomedical Engineering

• BME 272-273 Senior Design

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Description

• This course integrates the engineering and life
  science backgrounds of senior biomedical
  engineering students through the presentation of
  design principles for medical devices and
  systems.
• Prerequisite BME 271, 251, 252
• Credit Hours 3 credit hours per semester

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In the beginning

• The course begins with classroom lectures on
  basic design principals and techniques. These
  lectures are supported by a continuously updated
  web page and written materials.

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Picking a project

• First, project ideas are solicited from people in
  the university and people in industry.
• Students may choose to pursue one of the
  suggested projects or find someone to advise them
  on a topic of their own choosing.

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Project Groups

• Because of the complexity of some of the
  projects, students are given the option of
  working in groups of two or three.

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And they are off

• Near the end of the first semester all of the
  students have been matched with a project and an
  adviser.
• The lecture portion of the course ends, and
  students begin to focus their attention on their
  senior design project outside of class.

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Support

• The students may get workspace and supplies from
  their advisor or they may choose to use the
  facilities that are provided by the BME
  department.

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Facilities provided by the BME department

• A workshop with tools and benches
• A cellular lab with incubators and culture
  supplies
• An electronics lab with wiring equipment and
  oscilloscopes.
• A computer lab with Pentium II workstations

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Workshop

• Drill press, router and router guide, table saw
  and other miscellaneous hand tools

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Cellular Lab

• Incubators and culture supplies
• Cell monitoring equipment

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Electronics lab

• Bread boards and components
• Oscilloscopes

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Computer Lab

• Software includes

Visual Basic, Visual C Professional, Visual
InterDev, Visual J Professional Edition,
Office Developer Edition, Windows NT
Workstation by Microsoft Designsafe, by Design
Safety Engineering, Inc.
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Monitoring progress

• Students present a number of oral presentations
  describing their project and its progression.
  These presentations are done using computer
  presentation software and are also posted to each
  projects web site.

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The big event

• The final result of two semesters of work is
  presented near the end of the spring semester.
• Each group puts together a poster on their
  project and presents their work to the faculty
  in the department.

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And the winner is

• After a two round process of judging one project
  will be selected to receive an award and cash
  prize.

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Some of this years projects

• Fetal Stabilizer Design
• System to determine calories in food
• Development of a blood glucose sensor
• Patient Flow Analysis of the Women's Cancer
  Center.
• Parallel Bars Platform
• Interfacing analysis of ECG mSNA
• Tele-schooling at VUMC Children's Hospital

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