Title:
BENG 100: Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering Lecture 1 - What Is Biomedical Engineering?
Speaker:
Professor Saltzman
Subject:
chest x-ray, PET scan, operating room, gene chip, transport
Area:
Biomedical Engineering
Type of school:
university
School name:
Yale University
Country:
United States
Course language:
English
Course media:
Video
Course duration:
Contributor:
pbp
Comments:
BENG 100: Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering Lecture 1 - What Is Biomedical Engineering?
Overview:
Professor Saltzman introduces the concepts and applications of biomedical engineering, providing an overview of the course syllabus, reading materials for lecture and labs and grading logistics. Various pictures are shown to highlight the current application of biomedical engineering technologies in daily life (eg. chest x-ray, PET scan, operating room, gene chip, transport). Next, living standards and medical technologies of the past and present are compared to point out the impact of biomedical engineering as well as areas for improvement in the field. Finally, Professor Saltzman draws references from the poem "London Bridge" to illustrate some societal issues in making materials and devices in biomedical engineering.
Reading assignment:
Biomedical Engineering: Bridging Medicine and Technology, in preparation by Mark Saltzman (forthcoming by Cambridge University Press); chapters 1, 2, and 4
Summary and Key Concepts: Chapter 1 [PDF]
Summary and Key Concepts: Chapter 2 [PDF]
Summary and Key Concepts: Chapter 4 [PDF]