Standardized Syllabus for the College of Engineering
BME 4883
Senior Design, Professionalism, and Ethics – 2 (Spring Semester)
1. Catalog Description (including credit hours)
Design of custom strategies to address real-life issues in the development of
biocompatible and biomimetic devices for biotechnology or biomedical applications.
Student teams will work with a client in the development of projects that incorporate
various aspects of biomedical engineering including instrumentation, biomechanics,
biotransport, tissue engineering, and others. Formal engineering design principles will
be emphasized; overview of intellectual properties, engineering ethics, risk analysis,
safety in design and FDA regulations will be reviewed. Part II focuses on the
implementation and testing. (3 credits)
2. Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: BME Instrumentation, BME Instrumentation Lab, and senior standing.
3. Course Objectives
 Apply the design process in a project resulting in a prototype medical device,
circuit, system, process or algorithm with commercial potential
 Learn to participate and lead effective teams to achieve a design objective
 Learn to give effective, objective, and clear presentations
 Learn communicate design through efficient and effective technical writing
 Understand the larger FDA regulatory framework for medical devices
 Understand the professional and ethical obligations of a biomedical engineer to
ensure public safety
4. Contribution of course to meeting the professional component (ABET only)
5. Relationship of course to program outcomes (ABET only)
6. Instructor
a. Office location
b. Telephone
c. E-mail address
d. Web site
e. Office hours
7. Teaching Assistant
a. Office location
b. Telephone
c. E-mail address
d. Office hours
8. Meeting Times – Course meets 3 times per week, schedule TBA
9. Class/laboratory schedule, i.e., number of sessions each week and duration of each
session – Course meets 3 50 minute periods per week
10. Meeting Location - TBA
11. Material and Supply Fees - None
12. Textbooks and Software Required
a. Title: Engineering By Design
b. Author: Gerard Voland
c. Publication date and edition: December 2003
d. ISBN number: 9780131409194
13. Recommended Reading: None
14. Course Outline (provide topics covered by week or by class period)
Week 1 – Overview of the course, deliverables, presentation dates
Week 2 – Abstraction and modeling (pp. 229-261)
Week 3 – Hazards analysis and failure analysis (pp. 351-380)
Week 4 – Progress report presentations
Week 5 – Implementation (pp. 429-474)
Week 6 – Regulations and standards
Week 7 – Analysis of test data
Week 8 – Benchmark update and presentations
Week 9 – Intellectual property (pp. 194-212)
Week 10 – Progress reports and presentations
Week 11 – Economic analysis (pp. 416-422)
Week 12 – Food and Drug Administration
Week 13 – Miscellaneous issues
Week 14 – Prototype demonstrations
Week 15 – Final reports and presentations
15. Attendance and Expectations
Class participation is required and part of the final grade
16. Grading – Class participation 5%, quizzes 10% homework 15% midterm 35% final
exam 35%.
17. Grading Scale
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DE
> 95
90-94
87-89
83-86
80-82
77-79
73-76
70-72
67-69
63-66
60-62
< 60
18. Make-up Exam Policy
Midterm and Final Exam can be made up in extreme circumstances and if the
instructor is notified before the start of the exam.
19. Honesty Policy – All students admitted to the University of Florida have signed a
statement of academic honesty committing themselves to be honest in all academic
work and understanding that failure to comply with this commitment will result in
disciplinary action. This statement is a reminder to uphold your obligation as a UF
student and to be honest in all work submitted and exams taken in this course and all
others.
20. Accommodation for Students with Disabilities – Students Requesting classroom
accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. That office will
provide the student with documentation that he/she must provide to the course
instructor when requesting accommodation.
21. UF Counseling Services – Resources are available on-campus for students having
personal problems or lacking clear career and academic goals. The resources include:
- University Counseling Center, 301 Peabody Hall, 392-1575, Personal and
Career Counseling.
- SHCC mental Health, Student Health Care Center, 392-1171, Personal and
Counseling.
- Center for Sexual Assault/Abuse Recovery and Education (CARE), Student
Health Care Center, 392-1161, sexual assault counseling.
- Career Resource Center, Reitz Union, 392-1601, career development assistance
and counseling.
22. Software Use – All faculty, staff and student of the University are required and
expected to obey the laws and legal agreements governing software use. Failure to do
so can lead to monetary damages and/or criminal penalties for the individual violator.
Because such violations are also against University policies and rules, disciplinary
action will be taken as appropriate. We, the members of the University of Florida
community, pledge to uphold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of
honesty and integrity.