Course ListingsFall 2012BiologySections00175 BIO 026001 E+F Mcvey, Mitch 1.0 Preq:Consent/bio13-l TeachingAssistants00176 BIO 026002 13+ Gaudette, Miche 0.0 Preq: Bio-13lTeachingAssistantsBIO 0291GRADUATE SEMINARPresent<strong>at</strong>ion of individual reports on basic topics to a seminar group fordiscussion and criticism. Credit as arranged.Please see departmental website for specific details.Sections00177 BIO 029101 ARR Freudenreich, C 0.0 Thur 8:30-10:20AmBIO 0293SPECIAL TOPICSGuided individual study of an approved topic. Credit as arranged.Please see departmental website for specific details.Sections00178 BIO 029301 ARR Fuhrman, Juliet 0.0-3.000179 BIO 029302 ARR Orians, Colin 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00180 BIO 029303 ARR Chew, Frances S 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00181 BIO 029304 ARR Starks, Philip 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00182 BIO 029305 ARR Trimmer, Barry 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00183 BIO 029306 ARR Lewis, Sara 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00184 BIO 029307 ARR Mcvey, Mitch 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00185 BIO 029308 ARR Romero, L. Mich 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00186 BIO 029309 ARR Bernheim, Harry 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00187 BIO 029310 ARR Gaudette, Miche 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00188 BIO 029313 ARR Freudenreich, C 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00189 BIO 029314 ARR Ellmore, George 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00190 BIO 029316 ARR Mclaughlin, Kel 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00191 BIO 029317 ARR Mirkin, Sergei 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor00192 BIO 029318 ARR Reed, Michael 0.0-3.000193 BIO 029319 ARR Dopman, Erik 0.0-3.000194 BIO 029320 ARR Levin, Michael 0.0-3.000195 BIO 029321 ARR Pechenik, Jan 0.0-3.000196 BIO 029322 ARR Ernst, Susan G 0.0-3.000197 BIO 029323 ARR Cochrane, David 0.0-3.0BIO 0294SPECIAL TOPICSGuided individual study of an approved topic. Credit as arranged.BIO 0297GRADUATE RESEARCHGuided research on a topic suitable for a doctoral dissert<strong>at</strong>ion. Credit asarranged.Please see departmental website for specific details.Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.Sections00200BIO 029701 ARR Mclaughlin, Kel 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructorBIO 0401MASTERS DEGREE CONTPart time.Please see departmental website for specific details.Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.Sections00201BIO 0401PT ARR Staff 0.0BIO 0402MASTERS DEGREE CONTFull time.Please see departmental website for specific details.Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.Sections00202BIO 0402FT ARR Staff 0.0BIO 0501DOCTORAL DEGREE CONTPart time.Please see departmental website for specific details.Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.Sections00205BIO 0501PT ARR Staff 0.0BIO 0502DOCTORAL DEGREE CONTFull time.Please see departmental website for specific details.Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.Sections00206BIO 0502FT ARR Staff 0.0Please see departmental website for specific details.Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.Sections00198BIO 029410 ARR Ellmore, George 0.0-3.0BIO 0295THESISGuided research on a topic th<strong>at</strong> has been approved as a suitablesubject for a master's thesis. Credit as arranged.Please see departmental website for specific details.Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.Sections00199BIO 029501 ARR Mclaughlin, Kel 0.0-3.0 Permission OfInstructor<strong>Tufts</strong> <strong>University</strong> Course Listings, Fall 2012Page 23
Course ListingsFall 2012Biomedical EngineeringBME 0003BME SOPH DESIGN/RES ITeam design and research projects in molecular and cell biologyrel<strong>at</strong>ed to regener<strong>at</strong>ive medicine. Concepts of cell culture, cellsignaling, biological structure-function, physiology and biologicalinform<strong>at</strong>ion transfer. How to keep records of design requirements,design solutions, experimental activities, and prepare written technicalreports. 0.5 credit.Prerequisites: Admission to Biomedical Engineering major.Sections00208BME 000301 H+R Kaplan, David 0.5 Bme First MajorBME 0005BME JUNIOR DESIGN/RES ITeam design and research in digital signal/image processing. Signaland noise, signal averaging, Fourier analysis, convolution, andcorrel<strong>at</strong>ion. How to present design fe<strong>at</strong>ures and research results in theform of a technical/scientific article. 0.5 credit.Prerequisites: BME 4.Sections00209BME 000501 D+R Black, Lauren 0.5 Prerequisite:Bme 4BME 0007BME SENIOR DESIGN/RES ICritical thinking approaches in design and research. Planning, initi<strong>at</strong>ion,and evalu<strong>at</strong>ion of design and research projects, goals, and processes.Students will be required to regularly report on the st<strong>at</strong>us and progressof their design/research activities, and to formally and critically evalu<strong>at</strong>etheir projects.Prerequisites: BME 6.Sections00210BME 000701 F+F Omenetto, Fiore 1.0 Prerequisite:Bme 6BME 0056BIOPHOTONICS LABORATORY(SPRING 2013 & BEYOND). Quantit<strong>at</strong>ive biom<strong>at</strong>erials characteriz<strong>at</strong>ionlabor<strong>at</strong>ory I. Selected topics in use of electromagnetic radi<strong>at</strong>ion tocharacterize biom<strong>at</strong>erials. Please see department website for moredetails.Prerequisites: BME 51 or permission of instructor.Sections00211BME 005601 ARR Hunter, Martin 1.0BME 0089HONORS THESISSupervised research on a topic th<strong>at</strong> has been approved as a suitablesubject for an honors thesis. The work is performed over the fall andspring semesters of the senior year. Students will receive a Y grade <strong>at</strong>the end of the fall semester and the final grade <strong>at</strong> the end of the springsemester for a total of two credits.Please see departmental website for specific details.Prerequisites: Senior standing or permission of instructor.Sections0021200213BME 008901 ARR Omenetto, Fiore 1.0 Permission OfInstructorBME 008902 ARR Kaplan, David 1.0BME 0093SPECIAL TOPICSGuided study of an approved topic in biomedical engineering. Credit asarranged.Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.Sections00214BME 009304 ARR Kaplan, David 0.5-1.0BME 0121QUANT PHYSIOLOGY I(Cross-listed as EE 121). Coursework designed for students interestedin advanced work in biomedical engineering. A quantit<strong>at</strong>ive approach tocell physiology, nerve/muscle interaction, the cardiovascular system,and the respir<strong>at</strong>ory system, through the study of vital biological signalsand their measurement. An<strong>at</strong>omy and physiology of each organsystem. Current engineering efforts in instrument<strong>at</strong>ion and basicscience to further study each system's physiology.Prerequisites: BME/EE/ES 50, BIO 1 or BIO 13 or ES 11, orpermission of instructor.Sections00215 BME 012101 I+ Black, Lauren 1.0 C-lst Ee 121-01BME 0141ANALYT TOOLS BIOMED ENGNSt<strong>at</strong>istical methods of d<strong>at</strong>a analysis with emphasis upon biomedicalapplic<strong>at</strong>ions. Fourier analysis, probability, Bayes' theorem,interpret<strong>at</strong>ion of diagnostic tests (sensitivity, specificity, predictivevalues), random variables, covariance and correl<strong>at</strong>ion, normaldistribution, samples, st<strong>at</strong>istical tests, linear systems, spectral analysis,correl<strong>at</strong>ion, coherence, phase analysis, independent componentanalysis, principal component analysis. Students are required to review,critique, and prepare written and oral reports of selected researcharticles published in the liter<strong>at</strong>ure.Prerequisites: MATH 42 (formerly MATH 13), or permission ofinstructor.Sections00216 BME 014101 J+ Fantini, Sergio 1.0BME 0164BIOMATERIALS&TISSUE ENGN(Cross-listed as BIO 174 and CHBE 164.) Synthesis, characteriz<strong>at</strong>ion,and functional properties of organic and inorganic biom<strong>at</strong>erials, and theprocess of tissue engineering are covered. Fundamental issues rel<strong>at</strong>edto the utility of biom<strong>at</strong>erials are explored based on their biocomp<strong>at</strong>ibility,stability, interfaces, and f<strong>at</strong>e in the body. Clinical applic<strong>at</strong>ions forbiom<strong>at</strong>erials are investig<strong>at</strong>ed, as are new directions in design andsynthesis to achieve better biocomp<strong>at</strong>ibility. Testing methods,regul<strong>at</strong>ory issues, legal constraints, and emerging research directionsare also discussed.Prerequisites: CHEM 2, or permission of instructor.Sections00217BME 016401 10+ Kaplan, David 1.0 C-lst Chbe164-01BME 0165PRIN CNTRL RELEASE&DRUGFundamentals of drug product development and formul<strong>at</strong>ion withparticular emphasis on novel and developing technologies for controlledrelease and drug delivery for biopharmaceuticals. Course includescoverage of formul<strong>at</strong>ion principles and discussion of the interplaybetween physiology, p<strong>at</strong>hophysiology and dosage form development,pharmacokinetics, and novel m<strong>at</strong>erials used in controlled release.Prerequisites: CHEM 1 or 16, BIO 13 or ES 11, ES 2, and MATH 34(formerly MATH 12), or permission.Sections00218 BME 016501 11+ Barry, Anthony 1.0BME 0175TISSUE ENGR RESEARCH LABTo gain hands-on experience in the field of tissue engineering bypreparing and characterizing scaffold biom<strong>at</strong>erials, expansion andhandling human adult stem cell, prepar<strong>at</strong>ion and use of bioreactors andassembling a functional system to grow a tissue. In addition, safety,ethical, and general labor<strong>at</strong>ory protocol issues are covered.Sections00219 BME 017501 12+ Panilaitis, Bru 1.0 Wed 6-9pm At 4Colby St In LabRm 166<strong>Tufts</strong> <strong>University</strong> Course Listings, Fall 2012Page 24