Offered by:Biomedical Engineering
Degree:Bachelor of Engineering
Program Requirement:
Biomedical engineering can be defined as the application of engineering principles to medicine and the life sciences. Students in the Biomedical Engineering Minor take courses in life sciences (anatomy, biology, chemistry, and physiology) and choose courses form area(s) within the field of biomedicine (artificial cells and organs; bioinformatics, genomics, and proteomics; biomaterials, biosensors, and nanotechnology; biomechanics and prosthetics; medical physics and imagine; neural systems and biosignal processesing).
Note: Open to students in the Faculty of Engineering and the Department of Bioresource Engineering.
The Biomedical Engineering Minor allows access to courses in basic life sciences and it intended to expose students to the interdisciplinary tools used in biomedicine.
To complete this Minor, students must obtain a grade of C or better in all approved courses and satisfy the requirements of both the major program and the Minor. By careful selection of courses, the Minor can be satisfied with 9 additional credits in the student's major program or a maximum of 12 credits overlap with the major program.
Students considering this Minor should contact the Minor Advisers listed above.
Minor Advisers: Prof. R. Leask (Wong Building, Room 4120), Prof. R. Mongrain (Macdonald Engineering Building, Room 369) or Prof. G. Mitsis (McConnell Engineering Building, Room 361).
Complementary Courses
(21-25 credits)
Introductory Life Sciences
Minimum of 3 credits from the courses below:
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ANAT 212
Molec Mechanisms of Cell Funct
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anatomy & Cell Biology: An introductory course describing the biochemistry and molecular biology of selected key functions of animal cells, including: gene expression; mitochondrial production of metabolic energy; cellular communication with the extra-cellular environment; and regulation of cell division.
Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maria Vera Ugalde, Arnim Pause, Dieter Reinhardt, Marc R Fabian, Robert S Kiss, Lawrence Kazak, William Pastor, Katie Cockburn
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BIEN 219
Intro to Phys Mol & Cell Biol
4 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: An introduction to molecular and cell biology from a physical perspective. Techniques and methodologies, both experimental and computational, are included in the presentation of each thematic module.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Corequisite(s): MATH 222 or equivalent
- Prerequisite(s): BIOL 112; CHEM 110 and CHEM 120; MATH 140, MATH 141 and MATH 133; PHYS 131 and PHYS 142; or the equivalents of these courses
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT212, BIOC212, BIOL200, BIOL 201 and BIOL219. Only open to students in Bioengineering, Computer Science-Biology, Biology-Mathematics, BiologyQuantitative Biology, Chemistry-Biophysical Chemistry, and Physics-Biological Physics options.
- This course is meant to prepare students for related 300-level courses in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, and Physics.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Adam G Hendricks, Alanna J Watt, Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe, Stephanie Weber
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BIOC 212
Molec Mechanisms of Cell Funct
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biochemistry: An introductory course describing the biochemistry and molecular biology of selected key functions of animal cells, including: gene expression; mitochondrial production of metabolic energy; cellular communication with the extra-cellular environment; and regulation of cell division.
Offered by: Biochemistry
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maria Vera Ugalde, Arnim Pause, Dieter Reinhardt, Lawrence Kazak, Katie Cockburn
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BIOL 200
Molecular Biology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): The physical and chemical properties of the cell and its components in relation to their structure and function. Topics include: protein structure, enzymes and enzyme kinetics; nucleic acid replication, transcription and translation; the genetic code, mutation, recombination, and regulation of gene expression.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial
- Prerequisite: BIOL 112 or equivalent
- Corequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent, or CHEM 204
- Terms
- Instructors
- Kenneth E M Hastings, Paul Lasko, Shaun Turney, Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe, Serge Champetier
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BIOL 201
Cell Biology & Metabolism
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): This course introduces the student to our modern understanding of cells and how they work. Major topics to be covered include: photosynthesis, energy metabolism and metabolic integration; plasma membrane including secretion, endocytosis and contact mediated interactions between cells; cytoskeleton including cell and organelle movement; the nervous system; hormone signaling; the cell cycle.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial
- Prerequisite: BIOL 200.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 212 or BIOC 212
- Terms
- Instructors
- Gary J Brouhard, Siegfried Hekimi, Huanquan Zheng, Serge Champetier
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BIOL 219
Intro to Phys Mol & Cell Biol
4 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): An introduction to molecular and cell biology from a physical perspective. Techniques and methodologies, both experimental and computational, are included in the presentation of each thematic module.
Offered by: Biology
- Prerequisite(s): BIOL 112; CHEM 110 and CHEM 120; MATH 140, MATH 141 and MATH 133; PHYS 131 and PHYS 142; or the equivalents of these courses.
- Corequisite(s): MATH 222 or equivalent
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 212, BIOC 212, BIOL 200, and BIOL 201, or BIEN 219. Only open to students in Bioengineering, Computer Science-Biology, Biology-Mathematics, Biology-Quantitative Biology, Chemistry-Biophysical Chemistry, and Physics-Biological Physics Options.
- This course is meant to prepare students for related 300-level courses in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering and Physics.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Stephanie Weber, Alanna J Watt, Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe, Adam G Hendricks
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CHEM 212
Intro Organic Chemistry 1
4 Credits***
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: A fundamental study of aliphatic compounds and saturated functional groups including modern concepts of bonding, reaction mechanisms, conformational analysis, spectroscopy, and stereochemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to students registered in Chemistry or Biochemistry. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 211, CHEM 242, or equivalent.
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry's Web page ().
- Terms
- Instructors
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot, Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Youla S Tsantrizos, Laura Pavelka, Nathan Luedtke
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot, Pallavi Sirjoosingh
-
PHGY 209
Mammalian Physiology 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physiology: Physiology of body fluids, blood, body defense mechanisms, muscle, peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous systems.
Offered by: Physiology
- Terms
- Instructors
- Melissa A Vollrath, David S Ragsdale, Alvin Shrier, Erik P Cook, C茅line Aguer
-
PHGY 210
Mammalian Physiology 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physiology: Physiology of cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, endocrine and renal systems.
Offered by: Physiology
- Terms
- Instructors
- Melissa A Vollrath, Tomoko Takano, Anne-Marie Lauzon, John H White, C茅line Aguer
* Students can choose one of ANAT 212, BIOC 212 or BIOL 201.
** Students can choose one of ANAT 212, BIEN 219, BIOC 212, BIOL 200, BIOL 201 or BIOL 219.
*** Cannot be taken by Chemical Engineering students.
Specialization Courses
Minimum of 12 credits from courses below:
Students must select 6 credits from courses outside their department and at least one BMDE course. BMDE courses are best taken near the end of the program, when prerequisites are satisfied.
Physiological Systems, Artificial Cells and Organs
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BIEN 340
Transp. Phenom. in Biol. Sys 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Fundamental principles of mass transport and its application to a variety of biological systems. Membrane permeability and diffusive transport. Convection. Transport across cell membranes. Ion channels. Blood rheology. Active transport. Intra- and inter-cellular transport.
Offered by: Bioengineering
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BIEN 360
Physical Chemistry in Bioengin
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Description of chemical systems with the help of theories of physics and application of its techniques: reaction kinetics, physical and chemical equilibria in biological systems. Review of energy transfer and thermodynamics. Chemical and physical equilibria in biology: variation of Gibbs energy with temperature, energy, composition. Theories of reaction kinetics and the reaction mechanism in biological phenomena: polymerization, protein folding, enzymes.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Prerequisite(s): BIEN 300
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEE 310.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jasmin Coulombe-Huntington
-
BIEN 462
Eng Principles in Physiol Sys
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Basic aspects of human physiology. Applications of general balance equations and control theory to systems physiology. The course will cover: circulatory physiology, nervous system physiology, renal physiology and the musculoskeletal system.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Prerequisite(s): BIEN 350 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEE 562.
- (3-1-5)
-
BIEN 540
Info Storage&Proc in Biol Sys
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Storage and processing of information in biological systems, both natural and artificially-created, ranging from biomolecules, cells, and populations of cells.
Information storage in DNA and DNA computation; molecular surfaces of proteins; computation with motile biological agents in networks; and biological and biologically-inspired algorithms.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jasmin Coulombe-Huntington
-
BMDE 505
Cell and Tissue Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: Application of the principles of engineering, physical, and biological sciences to modify and create cells and tissues for therapeutic applications will be discussed, as well as the industrial perspective and related ethical issues.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- 1.5 hours lecture/1.5 hours seminar per week
- Restriction: graduate and final year undergraduate students from physical, biological, and medical science, and engineering.
-
PHGY 311
Channels, Synapses & Hormones
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physiology: In-depth presentation of experimental results and hypotheses on cellular communication in the nervous system and the endocrine system.
Offered by: Physiology
- Fall
- 3 hours of lectures per week; 1-3 hours optional lab/demonstration/tutorial arranged for a maximum of 3 afternoons per term
- Prerequisite: PHGY 209 or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Ellis Cooper, Jesper Sj枚str枚m, Arjun Krishnaswamy, Reza Sharif Naeini
-
PHGY 312
Resp.,Renal,&Cardio Physiology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physiology: In-depth presentation of experimental results and hypotheses underlying our current understanding of topics in renal, respiratory and cardiovascular functions explored beyond the introductory level.
Offered by: Physiology
- Winter
- 3 hours of lectures per week; 1-3 hours optional lab/demonstration/tutorial arranged for a maximum of 3 Wednesday afternoons per term
- Prerequisites: PHGY 209 and PHGY 210 or equivalent, PHGY 311 or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Instructors
- John W Hanrahan, James G Martin, Alvin Shrier, Sheldon A Magder
-
PHGY 313
Blood,GI,Imm.Syst.Physiol
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physiology: In-depth presentation of experimental results and hypotheses underlying our current understanding of topics in immunology, blood and fluids, and gastrointestinal physiology.
Offered by: Physiology
- Winter
- 3 hours of lectures per week; 1-3 hours optional lab/demonstration/tutorial arranged for a maximum of 3 Wednesday afternoons per term
- Prerequisites: PHGY 209 and PHGY 210 or equivalent, PHGY 311 or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Instructors
- Judith N Mandl, Volker Manfred Blank, Melissa A Vollrath, J枚rg H Fritz, Daniela Quail
-
PHGY 518
Artificial Cells
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physiology: Physiology, biotechnology, chemistry and biomedical application of artificial cells, blood substitutes, immobilized enzymes, microorganisms and cells, hemoperfusion, artificial kidneys, and drug delivery systems. PHGY 517 and PHGY 518 when taken together, will give a complete picture of this field. However, the student can select one of these.
Offered by: Physiology
- Fall
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): permission of instructors.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Thomas Ming Swi Chang, Dominique Shum-Tim, Satya Prakash, Corinne Hoesli, Guojun Chen
-
ANAT 365
Cellular Trafficking
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anatomy & Cell Biology: This course explores the fundamental mechanisms that govern the organizations of intracellular membranes, how vesicle generation is signaled, how the membranes curve and bud, and how vesicles know where to go and fuse. In addition to intracellular vesicles, the principles of mitochondrial dynamics and process of cellular autophagy are examined. Also, there is a focus on "Applied Cell Biology", with respect to how the exquisite regulation of cellular transport plays a central role in complex biological systems. A series of modules will take students through the mechanisms of cellular polarity, neurotransmission, metabolic cell biology, pathogen invasion, and more. The emphasis is on the morphological aspects of the processes, and on the major techniques that led to discovery.
Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Terms
- Instructors
- Natalie Zeytuni, Heidi M McBride, Timothy E Kennedy, Thomas Stroh, John Presley, Wayne Steven Sossin, Jennifer L Estall
-
ANAT 458
Membranes & Cellular Signaling
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anatomy & Cell Biology: An integrated treatment of the properties of biological membranes and of intracellular signaling, including the major role that membranes play in transducing and integrating cellular regulatory signals. Biological membrane organization and dynamics; membrane transport; membrane receptors and their associated effectors; mechanisms of regulation of cell growth, morphology, differentiation and death.
Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maxime Denis, Chantal Autexier, Nathalie Lamarche, Dieter Reinhardt, Natalie Zeytuni
-
BIEN 310
Intro to Biomolecular Eng
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Forward and reverse engineering of biomolecular systems. Principles of biomolecular thermodynamics and kinetics. Structure and function of the main classes of biomolecules including proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids. Biomolecular systems as mechanical, chemical, and electrical systems. Rational design and evolutionary methods for engineering functional proteins, nucleic acids, and gene circuits. Rational design topics include molecular modeling, positive and negative design paradigms, simulation and optimization of equilibrium and kinetic properties, design of catalysts, sensors, motors, and circuits. Evolutionary design topics include evolutionary mechanisms, fitness landscapes, directed evolution of proteins, metabolic pathways, and gene circuits. Systems biology and synthetic biology.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Prerequisite(s): BIEN 200 or permission of instructor.
- (3-0-6)
- Terms
- Instructors
- Yu Xia, Jasmin Coulombe-Huntington
-
BIEN 410
Comput Methods in Biomol Eng
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Introduction to computational biomolecular engineering. Biomolecular simulation: deterministic simulation, stochastic simulation. Biomolecular modeling: energy minimization, coarse-grained methods. Computational biomolecular design: protein design, protein docking, and drug design. Computational systems and synthetic biology: computer simulation of biomolecular circuits.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Yu Xia, Jasmin Coulombe-Huntington
-
BIEN 420
Biodevs Des for Diag&Screening
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Design of analytical devices for high throughput screening (HTS) for genomics, proteomics and other 鈥渙mics鈥� applications; and for diagnostics for medical, veterinary, or environmental applications. Assessment of the specific requirements of each 'client' applications, followed by a review of specific regulations and guidelines. Theoretical and practical guidelines regarding the design of a specific micro- or nano-device, and comparison with the established state of the art in the chosen application.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Ayyappasamy Sudalaiyadum Perumal
-
BIEN 540
Info Storage&Proc in Biol Sys
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Storage and processing of information in biological systems, both natural and artificially-created, ranging from biomolecules, cells, and populations of cells.
Information storage in DNA and DNA computation; molecular surfaces of proteins; computation with motile biological agents in networks; and biological and biologically-inspired algorithms.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jasmin Coulombe-Huntington
-
BIEN 590
Cell Culture Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Basic principles of cell culture engineering, cell line development and cell culture products途 genomics, proteomics and post-translational modifications途 elements of cell physiology for medium design and bioprocessing途 bioreactor design, scale-up
for animal cell culture and single use equipment途 challenges in downstream processing of cell-culture derived products途 process intensification: fed-batch, feeding strategies and continuous manufacturing途 scale-down and process modeling途 Process Analytical technologies and Quality by Design (QbD) concept.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Mario Jardon
- Mario Jardon, Amine A Kamen
-
BIOC 311
Metabolic Biochemistry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biochemistry: The generation of metabolic energy in higher organisms with an emphasis on its regulation at the molecular, cellular and organ level. Chemical concepts and mechanisms of enzymatic catalysis are also emphasized. Included: selected topics in carbohydrate, lipid and nitrogen metabolism; complex lipids and biological membranes; hormonal signal transduction.
Offered by: Biochemistry
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maxime Denis, Vincent Giguere, Kalle Gehring, Lawrence Kazak
-
BIOC 312
Biochemistry of Macromolecules
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biochemistry: Gene expression from the start of transcription to the synthesis of proteins, their modifications and degradation. Topics covered: purine and pyrimidine metabolism; transcription and its regulation; mRNA processing; translation; targeting of proteins to specific cellular sites; protein glycosylation; protein phosphorylation; protein turn-over; programmed cell death (apoptosis).
Offered by: Biochemistry
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sidong Huang, Nahum Sonenberg, Michel Tremblay, Josee Dostie, Vincent Giguere, Maria Vera Ugalde
-
BIOC 458
Membranes & Cellular Signaling
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biochemistry: An integrated treatment of the properties of biological membranes and of intracellular signaling, including the major role that membranes play in transducing and integrating cellular regulatory signals. Biological membrane organization and dynamics: membrane transport; membrane receptors and their associated effectors; mechanisms of regulation of cell growth, morphology, differentiation and death.
Offered by: Biochemistry
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maxime Denis, Chantal Autexier, Nathalie Lamarche, Dieter Reinhardt
-
BMDE 508
Intro. to Micro & Nano-Bioeng
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: The micro and nanotechnologies that drive and support the miniaturization and parallelization of techniques for life sciences research, including different inventions, designs and engineering approaches that lead to new tools and methods for the life sciences - while transforming them - and help advance our knowledge of life.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- This course is intended for graduate and advanced undergraduate students having a biological/medical background or an engineering, physical sciences background. Engineering students enrolled in the Minor in Biomedical Engineering, or Honours in Electrical Engineering and Honours in Mechanical Engineering, should be particularly interested.
-
COMP 424
Artificial Intelligence
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Introduction to search methods. Knowledge representation using logic and probability. Planning and decision making under uncertainty. Introduction to machine learning.
Offered by: Computer Science
- Terms
- Instructors
- David P Meger, Golnoosh Farnadi
-
COMP 462
Computational Biology Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Application of computer science techniques to problems arising in biology and medicine, techniques for modeling evolution, aligning molecular sequences, predicting structure of a molecule and other problems from computational biology.
Offered by: Computer Science
* Students select either ANAT 458 or BIOC 458.
Biomaterials, Biosensors and Nanotechnology
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BIEN 330
Tissue Eng & Regenerative Med
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: The history, scope, challenges, ethical considerations, and potential of tissue engineering. In vitro control of tissue development, differentiation, and growth, including relevant elements of immunology compared to in vivo tissue and organ development. Emphasis on the materials, chemical factors, and mechanical cues used in tissue engineering.
Offered by: Bioengineering
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BIEN 510
Eng'd Nanomtls for Biomed Appl
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Introduction to the interdisciplinary field of biomedical uses of nanotechnology. Emphasis on emerging nanotechnologies and biomedical applications including nanomaterials, nanoengineering, nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems, nano-based imaging and diagnostic systems, nanotoxicology and immunology, and translating nanomedicine into clinical investigation.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Matt Kinsella, Ayyappasamy Sudalaiyadum Perumal
-
BIEN 550
Biomolecular Devices
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Fundamentals of motor proteins in neuronal transport, force generation e.g. in muscles, cell motility and division. A survey of recent advances in using motor proteins to power nano fabricated devices. Principles of design and operation; hands-on-experience in building a simple device.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- (3-1-5)
-
BIEN 560
Design of Biosensors
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Introduction into the motivation of analytical biosensors as well as its fundamental physicochemical challenges. Techniques used to design, fabricate and operate biosensors. Specific applications.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
- 1. (3-2-4)
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sebastian Wachsmann Hogiu
-
BMDE 504
Biomaterials & Bioperformance
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: Biological and synthetic biomaterials, medical devices, and the issues related to their bioperformance. The physicochemical characteristics of biomaterials in relation to their biocompatibility and sterilization.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Restriction: Graduate and final-year undergraduate students from physical, biological and medical science, and engineering
-
BMDE 505
Cell and Tissue Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: Application of the principles of engineering, physical, and biological sciences to modify and create cells and tissues for therapeutic applications will be discussed, as well as the industrial perspective and related ethical issues.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- 1.5 hours lecture/1.5 hours seminar per week
- Restriction: graduate and final year undergraduate students from physical, biological, and medical science, and engineering.
-
BMDE 508
Intro. to Micro & Nano-Bioeng
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: The micro and nanotechnologies that drive and support the miniaturization and parallelization of techniques for life sciences research, including different inventions, designs and engineering approaches that lead to new tools and methods for the life sciences - while transforming them - and help advance our knowledge of life.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- This course is intended for graduate and advanced undergraduate students having a biological/medical background or an engineering, physical sciences background. Engineering students enrolled in the Minor in Biomedical Engineering, or Honours in Electrical Engineering and Honours in Mechanical Engineering, should be particularly interested.
-
CHEE 380
Materials Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Structure/property relationship for metals, ceramics, polymers and composite materials. Atomic and molecular structure, bonds, electronic band structure and semi-conductors. Order in solids: crystal structure, disorders, solid phases. Mechanical properties and fracture, physico-chemical properties, design. Laboratory exercises.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Pierre-Luc Girard-Lauriault
-
ECSE 424
Human-Computer Interaction
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: The course highlights human-computer interaction strategies from an engineering perspective. Topics include user interfaces, novel paradigms in human-computer interaction, affordances, ecological interface design, ubiquitous computing and computer-supported cooperative work. Attention will be paid to issues of safety, usability, and performance.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
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MECH 553
Design & Manuf of Microdevices
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Introduction to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Micromachining techniques (thin-film deposition; lithography; etching; bonding). Microscale mechanical behaviour (deformation and fracture; residual stresses; adhesion; experimental techniques). Materials- and process-selection. Process integration. Design of microdevice components to meet specified performance and reliability targets using realistic manufacturing processes.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
MIME 360
Phase Transformations:Solids
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Free energy (equilibrium) and kinetic (non-equilibrium) considerations, phase diagrams and TTT diagrams, solid state diffusion, diffusional (nucleation and growth) and shear (martensitic) transformations.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Stephen Yue, Florence Paray
-
MIME 362
Mechanical Properties
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Stress-strain behaviour. Elasticity and plasticity of metals, ceramics and polymers. Dislocations theory. Single crystal and polycrystalline slip. Mechanical twinning. Strengthening mechanisms. Process-property and microstructure-property relationships. Notch toughness and fracture mechanics. Failure, fracture and damage accumulation. Fatigue. Creep and creep rupture. Fractography. Design considerations in materials selection.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Florence Paray, Mark Y Amegadzie, Jun Song
-
MIME 470
Engineering Biomaterials
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Key definitions, clinical need, desired materials properties, current and future materials, materials assessments and performance. Materials of the body. Characterisation techniques for bulk and mechanical properties of biomaterials. Engineering processing and design of biomaterials.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: MIME 261 or equivalent. Permission of instructor.
- Attendance is mandatory for a one-time 3-hour lab, scheduled during the semester.
-
PHYS 534
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: Topics include scanning probe microscopy, chemical self-assembly, computer modelling, and microfabrication/micromachining.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- Restriction: U3 or graduate students in Physics, Chemistry, or Engineering, or permission of the instructor.
Biomechanics and Prosthetics
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BIEN 320
Mol, Cell & Tissue Biomech
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Basic mechanics of biological building blocks, focusing on the cytoskeleton, with examples from pathology. At the macromolecular level: weak/variable crosslinking and hydrolysis driven athermal processes. At the cellular/tissue level: cell architecture and function. Discussion of modern analytical techniques capable of single-molecule to tissue scale measurements.
Offered by: Bioengineering
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BIEN 570
Active Mechanics in Biology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Introduction to the role of active forces, e.g. cell and tissue contraction, in the mechanics of biological systems. Review of passive and actively driven viscoelastic systems and momentum transport underlying the material properties of biology. The course involves a literature survey and a team project application.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
- 1. (3-2-4)
-
BMDE 512
Finite-Element Modelling:BME
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: General principles of quantitative modelling; types of models; principles of the finite-element method, primarily as applied to mechanical systems; introduction to the use of finite-element software; model generation from imaging data; modelling various material types, mainly biological; model validation.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: Differential equations (MATH 271 or equivalent) or permission of instructor
-
CHEE 563
Biofluids&Cardiovascular Mech.
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Basic principles of circulation including vascular fluid and solid mechanics, modelling techniques, clinical and experimental methods and the design of cardiovascular devices.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisites: CHEE 314 or MECH 331 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MECH 563.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MECH 315
Mechanics 3
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Single-degree-of-freedom systems; free vibrations; effect of damping; response to harmonic, periodic and arbitrary excitation. Lagrange's equations of motion. Vibrations of multi-degree-of-freedom systems. Continuous systems.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Luc G Mongeau
- Luc G Mongeau
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MECH 321
Mechanics of Deformable Solids
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Modern phenomenological theories of the behaviour of engineering materials. Stress and strain concepts and introduction to constitutive theory. Applications of theory of elasticity and thermoelasticity. Introduction to finite element stress analysis method and its application to structural design of a machine element.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
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MECH 530
Mech of Composite Materials
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Fiber-reinforced composites. Stress, strain, and strength of composite laminates and honeycomb structures. Failure modes and failure criteria. Environmental effects. Manufacturing processes. Design of composite structures. Computer modelling of composites. Computer techniques are utilized throughout the course.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Corequisite: MECH 321 or equivalent/instructor's permission.
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MECH 561
Biomech of Musculoskeletal Sys
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: The musculoskeletal system; general characteristics and classification of tissues and joints. Biomechanics and clinical problems in orthopaedics. Modelling and force analysis of musculoskeletal systems. Passive and active kinematics. Load-deformation properties of passive connective tissue, passive and stimulated muscle response. Experimental approaches, case studies.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
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MECH 563
Biofluids&Cardiovascular Mech
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Basic principles of circulation including vascular fluid and solid mechanics, modelling techniques, clinical and experimental methods and the design of cardiovascular devices.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisites: CHEE 314 or MECH 331 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEE 563
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MIME 360
Phase Transformations:Solids
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Free energy (equilibrium) and kinetic (non-equilibrium) considerations, phase diagrams and TTT diagrams, solid state diffusion, diffusional (nucleation and growth) and shear (martensitic) transformations.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Stephen Yue, Florence Paray
-
MIME 362
Mechanical Properties
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Stress-strain behaviour. Elasticity and plasticity of metals, ceramics and polymers. Dislocations theory. Single crystal and polycrystalline slip. Mechanical twinning. Strengthening mechanisms. Process-property and microstructure-property relationships. Notch toughness and fracture mechanics. Failure, fracture and damage accumulation. Fatigue. Creep and creep rupture. Fractography. Design considerations in materials selection.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Florence Paray, Mark Y Amegadzie, Jun Song
* Students choose either CHEE 563 or MECH 563.
Medical Physics and Imaging
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BIEN 350
Biosignals, Systems & Control
4 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Discrete- and continuous-time signals; basic system properties. Linear time-invariant systems; convolution. Frequency domain analysis; filtering; sampling. Laplace and Fourier transforms; transfer functions; poles and zeros; transient and steady state response. Z-transforms. Dynamic behaviour and PID control of first- and second-order processes. Stability. Applications to biological systems, such as central nervous, cognitive, and motor systems.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- (3-3-6)
- Prerequisite(s): MATH 263 or permission of instructor.
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BIEN 530
Imaging & Bio Instrumentation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Microscopy techniques with application to biology and medicine. Practical introduction to optics and microscopy from the standpoint of biomedical research. Discussion of recent literature; hands-on experience. Topics include: optics, contrast techniques, advanced microscopy, and image analysis.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- (3-1-5)
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BMDE 512
Finite-Element Modelling:BME
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: General principles of quantitative modelling; types of models; principles of the finite-element method, primarily as applied to mechanical systems; introduction to the use of finite-element software; model generation from imaging data; modelling various material types, mainly biological; model validation.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: Differential equations (MATH 271 or equivalent) or permission of instructor
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BMDE 519
Biomedical Signals & Systems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: An introduction to the theoretical framework, experimental techniques and analysis procedures available for the quantitative analysis of physiological systems and signals. Lectures plus laboratory work using the Biomedical Engineering computer system. Topics include: amplitude and frequency structure of signals, filtering, sampling, correlation functions, time and frequency-domain descriptions of systems.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisites: Satisfactory standing in U3 Honours Physiology; or U3 Major in Physics-Physiology; or U3 Major Physiology-Mathematics; or permission of instructor
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COMP 424
Artificial Intelligence
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Introduction to search methods. Knowledge representation using logic and probability. Planning and decision making under uncertainty. Introduction to machine learning.
Offered by: Computer Science
- Terms
- Instructors
- David P Meger, Golnoosh Farnadi
-
COMP 558
Fund. of Computer Vision
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Image filtering, edge detection, image features and histograms, image segmentation, image motion and tracking, projective geometry, camera calibration, homographies, epipolar geometry and stereo, point clouds and 3D registration. Applications in computer graphics and robotics.
Offered by: Computer Science
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ECSE 206
Intro to Signals and Systems
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Review of complex functions. Discrete-and continuous-time signals, basic system properties. Linear time-invariant systems, convolution. Fourier series and Fourier transforms, frequency-domain analysis, filtering, sampling. Laplace transforms and inversion, transfer functions, poles and zeros, solutions of linear constant-coefficient differential equations, transient and steady-state response. Z-transforms.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- Terms
- Instructors
- Lawrence R Chen
- Narges Armanfard
-
ECSE 412
Discrete TimeSignal Processing
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Discrete-time signals and systems; Fourier and Z-transform analysis techniques, the discrete Fourier transform; elements of FIR and IIR filter design, filter structures; FFT techniques for high speed convolution; quantization effects.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
-
PHYS 557
Nuclear Physics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: General nuclear properties, nucleon-nucleon interaction and scattering theory, radioactivity, nuclear models, nuclear reactions.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Restriction: U3 Honours students, graduate students, or permission of the instructor
* Students choose either BIEN 350 or ECSE 206.
Neural Systems and Biosignal Processing
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BIEN 350
Biosignals, Systems & Control
4 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Discrete- and continuous-time signals; basic system properties. Linear time-invariant systems; convolution. Frequency domain analysis; filtering; sampling. Laplace and Fourier transforms; transfer functions; poles and zeros; transient and steady state response. Z-transforms. Dynamic behaviour and PID control of first- and second-order processes. Stability. Applications to biological systems, such as central nervous, cognitive, and motor systems.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- (3-3-6)
- Prerequisite(s): MATH 263 or permission of instructor.
-
BIEN 462
Eng Principles in Physiol Sys
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Basic aspects of human physiology. Applications of general balance equations and control theory to systems physiology. The course will cover: circulatory physiology, nervous system physiology, renal physiology and the musculoskeletal system.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Prerequisite(s): BIEN 350 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEE 562.
- (3-1-5)
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BMDE 501
Selected Topics:Biomedical Eng
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: An overview of how techniques from engineering and the physical sciences are applied to the study of selected physiological systems and biological signals. Using specific biological examples, systems will be studied using: signal or finite-element analysis, system and identification, modelling and simulation, computer control of experiments and data acquisition.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
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BMDE 502
BME Modelling & Identification
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: Methodologies in systems or distributed multidimensional processes. System themes include parametric vs. non-parametric system representations; linear/non-linear; noise, transients and time variation; mapping from continuous to discrete models; and relevant identification approaches in continuous and discrete time formulations.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisites: Undergraduate basic statistics and: either BMDE 519, or Signals and Systems (e.g., ECSE 303 & ECSE 304) or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
BMDE 503
Biomedical Instrumentation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: The principles and practice of making biological measurements in the laboratory, including theory of linear systems, data sampling, computer interfaces and electronic circuit design.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: Experience with differential equations, in particular Laplace Transforms and complex numbers (e.g. MATH 263 or MATH 381 or equivalent) or permission of instructor.
-
BMDE 519
Biomedical Signals & Systems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: An introduction to the theoretical framework, experimental techniques and analysis procedures available for the quantitative analysis of physiological systems and signals. Lectures plus laboratory work using the Biomedical Engineering computer system. Topics include: amplitude and frequency structure of signals, filtering, sampling, correlation functions, time and frequency-domain descriptions of systems.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisites: Satisfactory standing in U3 Honours Physiology; or U3 Major in Physics-Physiology; or U3 Major Physiology-Mathematics; or permission of instructor
-
ECSE 206
Intro to Signals and Systems
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Review of complex functions. Discrete-and continuous-time signals, basic system properties. Linear time-invariant systems, convolution. Fourier series and Fourier transforms, frequency-domain analysis, filtering, sampling. Laplace transforms and inversion, transfer functions, poles and zeros, solutions of linear constant-coefficient differential equations, transient and steady-state response. Z-transforms.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- Terms
- Instructors
- Lawrence R Chen
- Narges Armanfard
-
ECSE 517
Neural Prosthetic Systems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Selected topics in bioengineering focusing on the principles of neural prosthetics systems (brain machine interfaces). Paralysis as a communication problem. Motor control theory receptive fields. Electrical properties of the central nervous system, modern measurement technologies, encoding and mutual information, statistical data analysis, decoding and thought prediction.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
ECSE 526
Artificial Intelligence
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Design principles of autonomous agents, agent architectures, machine learning, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and multi-agent collaboration. The course includes a term project that consists of designing and implementing software agents that collaborate and compete in a simulated environment.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: ECSE 324
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 424.
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PHYS 413
Physical Basis of Physiology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: Analytic and computer simulation techniques are used to examine the role of nonlinearities and time delays in determining the dynamic behaviour of physiological control systems and their relation to normal and pathophysiological states. Examples drawn from the control of respiration, cellular proliferation and differentiation, biochemical feedback networks, thermoregulatory mechanisms, and neural feedback.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisite: MATH 315, or MATH 325, and permission of the instructor
- Intended for Major or Honours students in Physics, Physiology, Physiology and Physics, or Mathematics and others with permission
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
* Students choose either BIEN 350 or ECSE 206.
0-6 credits can be taken by permission of the Departmental Adviser and approval of the Minor Adviser.
