Fall 2008

Welcome to the homepage for BIOE 414: Biomedical Instrumentation. The course can be found in the Course Schedule here.

Lecture meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 11:00-11:50 pm, in Room 103 of Transportation Building.

Textbook: "Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, Third Edition," John Webster, Editor (Amazon). Earlier editions of the text are similar, but may have different homework problems. The copy on reserve at the Grainger Libary may be an earlier edition.

Grades are maintained on Illinois Compass.

Schedule (numbers refer to book chapters)
Week Monday Wednesday Friday
8/25-29 Introduction and 1 Chapter 1, cont. Chapter 1, cont.
9/2-5 No class Chapter 2 Chapter 2, cont.
Homework 1 Due
9/8-12 Chapter 2, cont. Chapter 3: op amps and op amp circuits Chapter 3: instrumentation amps
Homework 2 Due
9/15-19 Chapter 4: resting potential
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Chapter 4: action potential
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Quiz 1
Bring an 8.5x11 note sheet and a calculator.
9/22-26 Chapter 4: ENG, EMG, ECG Chapter 4: ECG, cont. Chapter 4: EEG, Chapter 5
Homework 3 Due
9/29-10/3 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7
Homework 4 Due
10/6-10 Chapter 7, cont. Chapter 7 and literature searching Chapter 8
Homework 5 Due
10/13-17 Chapter 8, cont. Midterm exam review Midterm exam
10/20-24 Chapter 9 Chapter 9, cont. Midterm answers
Homework 6 Due
10/27-31 Chapter 10
Hemoglobin movie
Chapter 10, cont. Chapter 11
Homework 7 Due
11/3-7 Chapter 11, cont. Nanotechnology for biosensors Nanoparticles in medicine and AFM
Homework 8 Due
11/10-14 Chapter 12 Chapter 12, cont. Quiz 2
11/17-21 Chapter 12, cont. Chapter 12, cont. Chapter 12, cont.
Homework 9 Due
11/24-28 Fall break
12/1-5 13 13 14
Homework 10 Due
12/8-10 14 Final exam review No class
12/12-19 Final Exam: 12/18 at 8:00am