Bioengineering

This course introduces the broad discipline of biomedical engineering, and the fundamental life science and engineering principles associated with biomedical systems and healthcare delivery. The course focuses on three key application areas of biomedical implants, instrumentation, and diagnostics, and discusses the theoretical and practical considerations relevant to the design and development of biomedical devices, tools, and systems in these areas.

This course offers an advanced study of tissue and organ regeneration. It examines tissue engineering and the biotechnological tools to generate each component.

The Individual Research Training Senior (IRT Senior) Course is an advanced course of the Individual Research Training A (IRT A) course in the Tohoku University Junior Year Program in English (JYPE) in the fall semester. Though short-term international exchange students are not degree candidates at Tohoku University, a similar experience is offered by special arrangement. Students are required to submit: an abstract concerning the results of their IRT Senior project, a paper (A4, 20-30 pages) on their research at the end of the exchange term, and an oral presentation on the results of their IRT Senior project near the end of the term.

This course examines the fundamental concepts of data analytics and AI, and their practical applications in healthcare. It covers key concepts in data analytics and AI techniques, ethical considerations in health data analytics and AI, and how their use impacts society: from the patient, to the doctor, to the broader community. 

Fermentation technology including microbial kinetics and mass balances, substrates, industrial microorganisms, sterilization, biosafety, and mass transfer are reviewed. Measurement and control. bioreactors, enzyme technology, downstream processing, and practical cultivation technology are included.

This course provides an overview of cellular components, including their structure, function, and mechanism. Based on the knowledge of cell biology, the course looks at technologies used for cell culture, stem cell research, cancer research, and tissue engineering. The course also deals with the medical and industrial applications of cells. It provides a study of mammalian physiology and the engineering aspects of different physiological systems, focusing on a number of organ systems that may include cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal. Engineering principles that include biomechanical, bioelectrical, and biofluids are applied to physiological systems.
 

This course offers an introduction to electronics in biomedical engineering. Topics include: circuit theory; biomedical instrumentation; feedback systems; active filters; stability; non-linear applications; bio-amplifiers; biosensors platforms; digital electronics.

This course introduces engineering students to Engineering Biology, which involves genetic modification of biological systems using engineering approach. These engineered biological systems have wide biomedical and industrial applications. The course covers key engineering concepts and methodologies to the design of engineered genetic systems. Topics include foundational techniques in Engineering Biology, abstraction and composition of functional genetic devices and systems, use of computational modelling for genetic device and system design, combinatorial logic gene circuit design, use of control theory in dynamic device and systems design, and applications of engineered systems and societal impact.

This course provides research training for exchange students. Students work on a research project under the guidance of assigned faculty members. Through a full-time commitment, students improve their research skills by participating in the different phases of research, including development of research plans, proposals, data analysis, and presentation of research results. A pass/no pass grade is assigned based a progress report, self-evaluation, midterm report, presentation, and final report.

This course provides individual research training for students in the Junior Year Engineering Program through the experience of belonging to a specific laboratory at Tohoku University. Students are assigned to a laboratory with the consent of the faculty member in charge. They participate in various group activities, including seminars, for the purposes of training in research methods and developing teamwork skills. The specific topic studied depends on the instructor in charge of the laboratory to which each student is assigned. The methods of assessment vary with the student's project and laboratory instructor. Students submit an abstract concerning the results of their individual research each semester and present the results near the end of the program.