ECEN 4021/5021

 

Engineering Applications in Medicine:

Design of Implantable Medical Devices

 

Fall 2012

MWF 12-12:50, ECEE 1B32

 

Professor:  Richard Mihran

 

Please check this page regularly throughout the semester – Last update: December 13,  2012

·         Welcome to ECEN 4021/5021.   The links below will provide you with information such as supplementary course notes and homework assignments, as well as course policies and other administrative issues. I will also use this window throughout the semester to post announcements, so please bookmark this page and check it regularly.

 

·         (12/13)  The final class meeting will be Friday December 14th.  Please see supplementary notes for document link.

·         (11/25)  There will be a regular class meeting on Monday, Nov. 26.  Reminder:  HW 7 is due on Friday Nov. 30th.

·         (11/16)  HW 7 has been posted, and is due on Friday, Nov. 30th.  Relevant reading:  Ch. 11, 13, and ventricular arrhythmia notes.

·         (11/2)  Exam 2 will be given in class on Wednesday, November 14th.  It will cover HW 4-6 and associated lectures and reading.  The exam is closed book, but a reference page with expressions and constants will be provided.

·         (11/2)  HW 6 has been posted and is due on Wed, Nov. 7th.  This is a single problem addressing the skeletal muscle energy transduction system.

·         (10/29)  Units Clarification for HW 5:  The dynamic viscosity unit of poise as it applies to problem 1(e) is a cgs unit (dyne-s/cm2) and can thus be used directly in a calculation with other units properly converted to cgs.  For this problem, therefore, you must convert the pressure unit of mmHg to cgs (dyn/cm2) by multiplying by 1333.

·         (10/28)  HW 5 is due in class on Wed, October 31.

·         (10/17)  HW 4 solutions and HW 5 have been posted.  Current reading:  TAH/LVAD notes, Abiomed TAH patent.

·         (10/8)  HW 4 has been posted and is due on Monday, October 15th.

·         (9/28)  HW 3 solutions have been posted. There will be no HW due during the week of October 1st, to allow you to prepare for exam 1.

·         (9/21)  The first midterm exam will be given in class on Friday, October 5th.  It will cover HW 1-3 and associated lectures/reading.  The exam is closed book, but a reference page with expressions (e.g. Nernst and Goldman equations) and constants will be provided.

·         (9/21)  HW 3 is due on Friday, September 28th.

·         (9/21)  HW 2 Solutions have been posted.

·         (9/14)  The due date for HW 2 has been extended to Wed, Sept. 19th.
(9/11)  Reminder:  HW 2 is due at the beginning of lecture on Monday, Sept. 17th.  (see extension of due date above)

·         (8/27)  HW 1 has been posted and is due on Wed, Sept 5th at the start of lecture.

·         (8/24)  Current Reading (First ~2 wks of the semester):  Intro and Overview:  Ch.1, Ch 2: 11-17; Cell Membranes, origin of resting, action and receptor potentials:  Ch. 4 – 5 and supplementary notes #1;  The Heart: Ch. 9

 

 

 

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