Fall 2008

Welcome to the homepage for BIOE 415: Biomedical Instrumentation Lab. The course can be found in the Course Schedule here.

Lecture meets Wednesdays, 12:00-12:50 pm, in Room 243 of Mechanical Engineering Building.
Labs meet Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 1:00-3:50 pm, in Room 3107 of Digital Computer Lab.

Textbook: There is no required textbook, but you may find "Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, Third Edition," John Webster, Editor (Amazon) to be helpful. This is the same textbook used in BIOE 414.

Grades are maintained on Illinois Compass.

Schedule
Week Lecture Lab Other Documents
8/25-29 Introduction and lab safety Lab 1: Basic Measurements and Oxygen Sensors Syllabus
9/2-5 Review of op amps No lab this week. Sign up for practice lab time if needed. Read CDC electrical safety manual and email Safety Quiz answers to Ken by 5pm on 9/5.
Safety Quiz
9/8-12 Passive and active filters Lab 2: Operational amplifiers
9/15-19 Instrumentation amplifiers Lab 3: Passive and active filters
9/22-26 Temperature and pressure sensors Lab 4: Instrumentation amplifiers
9/29-10/3 Lab practical review Lab 5: Temperature and pressure sensors
10/6-10 Diodes, transistors, and photoplethysmography Lab practical
10/13-17 Measuring biopotentials Lab 6: Photoplethysmography
10/20-24 Electrocardiography Lab 7: Biopotential amplifiers
10/27-31 Other cardiovascular instrumentation Lab 8: Electrocardiography
11/3-7 Electromyography Lab 9: Cardiovascular instrumentation
11/10-14 Glucometry Lab 10: Electromyography
11/17-21 No lecture Lab 11: Glucometry
11/24-28 Fall break
12/1-5 Final review Lab makeup
12/8-10 Final exam
Please contact me ASAP if you cannot take the final on 12/10.
No lab
12/12-19 Optional final exam date is 12/12.