Bioengineering

The course provides students with a fundamental grounding in the theoretical and computational skills required to apply machine learning tools to real-world problems. It will provide an understanding of the application of these skills to explore complex high-dimensional data sets; providing an overview of active research areas in machine learning, with biomedical applications.

This course provides the foundation of modern food microbiology by using relevant examples from the food industry. The course covers the following themes: growth and survival of microorganisms in foods, preservation, food spoilage, food pathogens, fermented foods, genetically modified organisms, and rapid detection methods.

This course provides a foundation in understanding and solving problems related to biomedical engineering applications of momentum, heat, and mass transport phenomena. Students are expected to have completed coursework in calculus and physics. Previous coursework in differential equations, fluid biomechanics, and numerical methods is recommended.

This course provides a study of continuous and discrete-time signals and LTI (linear and time-invariant) systems in the time and frequency domain. Topics covered include: signals; systems; Fourier series representation of continuous-time periodic signals and sequences; continuous-time Fourier transform; sampling; Laplace transform and z-transform. Students are expected to have completed coursework in calculus and linear algebra.

This course offers an introduction to the multidisciplinary field of biomaterials including biological responses to materials, biomedical applications of materials, and design and development of commercial products. Other topics include: biopolymers; bioceramics; biomaterial degradation; designing biomaterials for 3D printing; surface modification of biomaterials; bioentrepreneurship.

The course provides a study of the major principles and types of rheology and how these can be applied to give the required structure, texture, and viscosity in processed biomaterials. Major topics include viscosity of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, viscoelastic properties of weak and strong gels, transient responses of a wide range of food and pharmaceutical products, and theoretical/empirical modelling of mechanical properties.

This course offers an introduction to biomedicine. Topics include: cell chemistry; an introduction to the study of cells; an introduction to the study of tissues and organs; tissue repair and regeneration; embryonic and adult stem cells; tissue engineering; human genetics; gene therapy; vaccinations.