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Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2000
Bioengineering (BIOE)

Rice Course Schedule as of 03/24/2000. This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar (reg@rice.edu).

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BIOE   252 BIOENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS              Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Introduction to material, energy and momentum balances in biological
systems. Steady-state and transient conservation equations for mass,
energy and momentum will be derived using basic mathmatical principles,
physical laws, stoichimetry and thermodynamic properties.  Required
for students intending to major in bioengineering.
Prereq- 101,102, MATH 211, BIOS 201, CHEM 211, CAAM 211, or 210.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM ML*254   TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

BIOE   400 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH                   Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

BIOE   404 GRAVITY AND LIFE:IMPORTANT PROBLEMS IN B Credits 2.00  Spring 2000
Investigation of important problems in biology and bioengineering
related to the space program including analysis of the physiological
and molecular mechanisms used by living organisms to sense and respond
to mechanical stimuli.  A multi-instructor, lecture-and-discussion
course including professors from Rice University and Johnson Space
Center.
Crosslisted with BIOS 404
001 TBA     TBA                      Gustin, Michael                *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  McIntire, Larry                *CURRENT ENR: 0

BIOE   460 INTRO TO BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES      Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Study of enzyme kinetics, immobilized enzymes, cell cultivation, the
stoichiometry of microbial growth and product formation, bioreactor
design, agitation and aeration and downstream processing.
Also offered as Ceng 460.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM PL*117   San, Ka-Yiu                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

BIOE   482 PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS            Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Nervous system control of biological systems can be represented
utilizing techniques common to the field of linear, nonlinear or
adaptive control theory.  This course begins with a review of the basic
aspects of control theory, followed by detailed discussion of the
structure of several biological systems including the visual,
cardiovascular and pulmonary systems.  Specific examples of neural
control are developed for each system utilizing modeling and simulation
techniques.  Parameter sensitivity analysis and parameter estimation
techniques are likewise brought to bear on some of these models to
achive good least-squares fits to experimental data.
Also offered as Elec 482.
001 MW      01:00PM-02:20PM AL*B209  Clark Jr, John                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

BIOE   483 INTRODUCTION OF BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATI Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Review of basic sensors and measurement principles.  Includes design
problems using operational amplifier circuits (e.g. instrumentation and
isolation amplifiers, comparators, timer circuits).  Introduction to
development of virtal instruments (VIs) using LabView TM.  Discussion
of micro-and macro-biopotential electrodes, cell cytometry, the
measurement of blood pressure, blood flow, and heart sounds,
temperature, and the principles of electrical safety (e.g., micro-and
macro-shock hazards in the clinical environment).  Includes discussion
of pulmonary instrumentation and medical applications of ultrasound.
Two lab exercises and a term project required.
Prereq- Elec 481 or permission of instructors.
Also offered as Elec 483/Mech 483.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM AL*B209  Clark Jr, John                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Ghorbel, Fathi                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

BIOE   500 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

BIOE   544 LASERS IN MEDICINE & BIOENG              Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
This course will provide an overview of various types of interactions
between lasers and biological tissues.  Optically-based diagnostic
procedures including low coherence tomography and photothermal
techniques will be introduced.  Mathematical models of light
propagation, methods of optical properties measurements, optical
trapping, and selected therapeutic applications of lasers will be
addressed.
Prereq- Math 211, Phys 101.
Enrollment limited to 30.
001 TTH     04:00PM-05:20PM GRB*211W Anvari, Bahman                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

BIOE   572 FUNDAMENTALS OF SYSTEMS PHYSIOLOGY       Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
This course will teach the fundamentals of physiology at the organism,
tissue, and cellular levels.  Emphasis will be on engineering aspects of
physiology.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:15PM GRB*211W TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

BIOE   620 TISSUE ENGINEERING                       Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
This course will focus on cell-cell interactions and the role of the
extracellular matrix in the structure and function of normal and
pathological tissues for the development of (1) strategies to regenerate
metabolic organs and repair structural tissues, and (2) cell-based
therapies to deliver proteins and other therapeutic drugs.  Issues
related to cell and tissued transplantation such as substrate
properties, angiogenesis, growth stimulation, cell differentiation, and
immunoprotection will be emphasized.
Also offered as Ceng 620.
001 TTH     08:00AM-09:15AM GRB*211W Mikos, Antonios                *CURRENT ENR: 0

BIOE   699 GRADUATE SEMINAR                         Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001 W       03:00PM-05:00PM          TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0



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