BME Orientation 2006

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BME Orientation 2006

• Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
• University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
• North Carolina State University

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Welcome

• Sevan Abashian Matthew Berginski Michael Brady
  C. Brandon Frederick Wei Gao Brian Gonzales
  Jameson Holden Elizabeth Laureano Erica Lee
  Jaekwang Lee Brian Lowther Oswaldo Lozoya Skylar
  Marvel Ryan McCulloch Tyler McLawhorn Robert
  Snyder Matthew Zachek Zheng Zhang

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BMEJ Orientation

• Agenda
• Opening Remarks (Steve Knisley)
• A Typical Class Schedule (David Lalush)
• Ethical Issues (Troy Nagle)
• BME Research Office (Jack ODaly)
• Student Services (Nancy McKinney)
• Computing Resources (James Jordan)
• Student Perspective (Adrian ONeill,Elyse Baum)

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Opening Remarks

• Joint Department
• Department Locations

Dr. Stephen B. Knisley Director of Graduate
Studies/Programs
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Joint Graduate Program
NC State COE
UNC-CH SOM
Director of Graduate Studies/Programs (Stephen
Knisley)
Joint BME Graduate Faculty
Graduate Curriculum (David Lalush)
Recruitment Admissions (Eddie Grant)
Research (Charlie Finley)
Information Technology (Rich Goldberg)
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Background

• BME Graduate Program founded 1968 in the School
  of Medicine at UNC
• BME Graduate Minor founded 1992 in the College of
  Engineering at NCSU
• Joint BME Graduate Program founded 2003

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Why a Joint Program?

• UNC gains closer ties with College of Engineering
• NCSU gains closer ties with School of Medicine
• Combined facilities and expertise enhance
  opportunities for students
• Serve as focal point for interinstitutional
  research

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Distinguishing Factors

• Each student has a home university for purposes
  of records and funding
• Students have full privileges at both
  universities
• Common curriculum and qualifier exam procedure

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Current Status

• 23 core faculty, 13 staff, 113 graduate students
• 287 applications for Fall 2006
• 14 offered admission

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UNC-MacNider
MacNider Research BME Main Office
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NCSU College of Textiles
Textiles (BME Main Office)
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NCSU - Weaver
Weaver Labs (Tissue Mechanics, UG Program)
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NCSU - Burlington
Burlington Labs Research Office Student Services
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Academics

• Advisor
• Course Numbers
• Typical Class Schedule
• Fall
• Spring
• Terminal Masters Degree
• Ph.D. Degree
• Core Topics
• Other Academic Requirements

Dr. David Lalush Curriculum Committee Chair
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About Those Course Numbers
Research credits, pass/fail, thesis/dissertation
, seminar courses
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Advising

• Every graduate student has an academic advisor
  who is a core faculty member.
• Responsible for monitoring the students progress
• If research supervisor is core BME that is your
  advisor
• If not, a core BME faculty must be chosen to be
  academic advisor.
• You have the option to change advisors at any
  time.

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The Program Summaries(The Checklists)

• The summary of (almost) everything is available
  on the website
• Go to
• http//www.bme.unc.edu/academics/grad.html
• Click on either
• M.S. program summary
• Ph.D. program summary

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Required Courses

• BMME 400 (Intro to BME)
• Research experience (1 credit of supervised
  research taken in first three semesters)
• Thesis or dissertation hours

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Core Topics

• Everyone must take core topics courses
• Life Science Core Topics (8 credits, 2-3 courses)
• Engineering Core Topics (9 credits, 3 courses)
• MS students must pass these courses.
• PhD students must complete the core topics
  requirement with no grades below P/B and three
  grades of H/A in the five principal courses.
• Two years are given to complete this.

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Core Topics

• Life Sciences Core (8 hours)
• Either systems physiology (BMME 589 BMME 790,
  PHY 503 504)
• Or cell and molecular biology (BMME 570 770)
• Or a combination of the above
• Or other approved life science courses

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Core Topics

• Engineering Core (9 hours)
• Take one course in each of three topic areas from
  the list
• Courses transferred in may apply
• A more advanced course can apply if it uses a
  course on the list as a prerequisite
• Courses not on the list may apply, subject to
  DGS/DGP approval

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Engineering Core Topics

Blue indicates UNC courses Red indicates NCSU
courses
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Math and Statistics

• Mathematics
• MATH 528 128 , 529 129 or MAT 501,502 or
  other graduate-level math
• Six hours required but advisors can exempt
  students
• Statistics
• Preferred BIOS 550 150 or ST 515
• BIOS 600 110 or ST 511
• Or other graduate-level statistics
• Three hours required, but advisors can exempt
  students

Exemptions only relieve the required course,
not the credit hours
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Approved Electives

• Other courses to fill out the total credit hours
  requirement
• UNC Any course 400
• NCSU Any course 500 (or up to ten hours non-BME
  400-level may apply for M.S. degree)
• Ph.D.-level courses (graded courses 700-800 200
  or 700 level)
• M.S. One three-credit course or equivalent
• Ph.D. Four three-credit courses or equivalent
• These may be used for other requirements as well
  (except life science core)

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Ethics Requirement

• More specific this year
• Take one of two courses
• Responsible Conduct of Research non-credit
  summer course at UNC
• PHI 816 Intro to Research Ethics

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Typical Schedule Year 1

• Fall Semester
• BMME 400 100 Introduction to BME (1)
• Life Science
• BMME 570 151 Genes to Tissues (4)
• BMME 589 181 Systems Physiology (5)
• PHY 503 General Physiology I (3)
• Statistics
• BIOS 550 150 Probability and Statistical
  Inference (3)
• ST 515 Experimental Statistics for Engineers (3)
• Other courses (3 credits)
• BMME 480 120 Real-time Computer Applications
• BMME 450 132 Linear Control Theory
• BMME 510 112 Biomaterials
• ECE 525 Medical instrumentation
• Engineering Mathematics (MATH 528 128 or MA
  501)

Total 10-12 credits
UNC Courses
NCSU Courses
Core Topic Courses
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Typical Schedule Year 1

• Spring Semester
• Research experience (1)
• Life Science
• BMME 790 251 Methods in Functional Genomics (4)
  
• BMME 770 281 Systems Physiology II (3)
• PHY 504 General Physiology II (3)
• Other courses (6 credits)
• BMME 465 111 Biomedical Instrumentation I
• BMME 430 121 Digital Signal Processing
• BMME 405 102 Biomechanics
• BMME 530 154 Microelectrodes
• BME 512 Biomedical Signal Processing
• Engineering Mathematics (MATH 529 129 or MA
  502)
• Other approved courses

Total 10-11 credits
UNC Courses
Core Topic Courses
NCSU Courses
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Terminal Masters Degree
31 credit hours

• Second Semester (10-11)
• Research (1)
• Life Science (3-4)
• Other BME (6)
• Fourth Semester (3)
• Thesis (3)

• First semester (10-12)
• Intro to BME (1)
• Life Science (3-5)
• Statistics (3)
• Other BME (3)
• Third Semester (9)
• Ph.D.-level course (3)
• Other courses (6)

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Ph.D. Degree
52 credit hours

• First semester (10-12)
• Intro to BME (1)
• Life Science (3-5)
• Statistics (3)
• Other BME (3)
• Third Semester (9)
• Ph.D.-level courses (6)
• Other courses (3)
• Fifth Semester (3-6)
• Ph.D.-level courses (3-6)

• Second Semester (10-11)
• Research (1)
• Life Science (3-4)
• Other BME (6)
• Fourth Semester (9)
• PhD-level courses (6)
• Other courses (3)
• Sixth Semester and beyond (3)
• Dissertation (3)

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MS Flowchart
Plan of work complete by end of first year?
No
Insufficient progress
Yes
Core topics Requirements complete?
No
Yes
May be simultaneous
Comprehensive exam complete (two attempts)?
Thesis presented and approved?
Passed
Failed
Academic work terminated
Yes
Graduation
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The BME Graduate Program

• Program requirements
• Typical schedules
• The MS degree
• The PhD degree
• Special cases

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PhD Flowchart
Plan of work complete by end of first year?
No
Insufficient progress
Yes
Core topics requirements by end of second year?
No
Insufficient progress Option to MS program
Yes
Written prelim attempted by end of third year?
Passed
Not attempted
Insufficient progress Option to MS program
Failed
Go to research proposal
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PhD Flowchart
Passed written prelim
Second attempt written prelim by mid year 4
Failed
Academic work terminated
Passed
Research proposal complete?
No
Yes
Oral prelim complete? Two attempts
Failed
Academic work terminated
Passed
PhD Candidacy
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Ethics

• Codes of Conduct
• Ethical Issues

Dr. H. Troy Nagle Department Chair
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Ethics

• Professional Codes of Ethics
• BMES http//www.bmes.org/pdf/2004ApprovedCodeofE
  thicsShortForm.pdf
• IEEE http//www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/w
  hatis/code.html
• Student Codes of Conduct
• NCSU http//www.ncsu.edu/policies/student_servi
  ces/student_discipline/POL11.35.1.php
• UNC-CH http//studentaffairs.unc.edu/who_we_are/
  dos/code.html
• When you encounter a question of ethics, always
  take action
• Review the Ethics websites
• Discuss with your fellow students
• Approach the instructors in your classes
• Make an appointment with the DGS/P
• Ask the Department Chair
• Inquire with Carol Lucas (BME Ombudsperson)

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Research Office

• Infrastructure
• Training and Certifications
• Research Facilities

Jack ODaly Administrative Director of Research
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Research Office Functional Diagram
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Research Office

• HIPPA Patient Privacy
• Health and Safety Personal Safety
• IACUC Animal Research Training
• DLAM Research Animal Care
• IRB Human Subject Protection

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Research Office

• UNC Facilities
• Shared Instrumentation Lab
• Knisley Laser Lab
• Tommerdahl In Vitro Lab
• Dennis Rapid Prototyping Lab
• DLAM Facility
• NCSU Facilities
• Tissue Mechanics Lab
• Tissue Engineering Lab
• Microfabrication Facility

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Student Services

• Home University
• ONYEN/UNITY
• ID cards
• Registration
• Tuition Remission
• Who to seek for help
• Parking
• Health Insurance

• Department Main Offices
• 152 MacNider UNC
• Sharon
• 2147 Burlington NCSU
• Linda
• 149B MacNider, 2147 Burlington, 1217 COT
• Nancy

www.bme.unc.edu\ndmckinn\calendar.htm
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Workshop - Funding

• Identifying Funding Sources Workshop
• Wednesday, October 11
• 400 - 500 pm
• 150 MacNider
• 1217 College of Textiles
• Presented by UNC GrantSource Library
• Sponsored by Joint Department of BME

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Workshop NC Residency

• The UNC Graduate School
• North Carolina Residency for Tuition Purposes
  Workshop
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• August 25, 2006
• 230 PM 330 PM
• Location Manning Hall, Room 307
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Welcome Back Picnic

• Dont forget to join us!!!!!
• Lake Crabtree County Park
• Sunday, August 27
• 400 pm
• Activities horseshoes, softball, volleyball,
  badminton, hiking biking trails, boat rentals

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Computer Resources

• Personal laptops
• IP addresses
• Wireless
• Network file space
• AFS
• SharePoint
• Software packages
• IT Purchases
• Videoconferencing

James Jordan Systems Administrator
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Student Perspective

• Adrian ONeill
• BME Co-President
• Elyse Baum
• BMESGA Social Chair

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Student Social

• Where Lucys Chapel Hill
• 114 Henderson StChapel Hill, NC 27514(919)
  933-2260
• When 600 pm (after the procedural orientation)