Vanderbilt University
Biomedical Engineering
BME 272-273 Senior Design
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Description
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This course integrates the engineering
and life science backgrounds of senior
biomedical engineering students through
the presentation of design principles for
medical devices and systems.
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Prerequisite: BME 271, 251, 252
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Credit Hours: 3 credit hours per semester
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In the beginning…
The course begins with classroom
lectures on basic design principals
and techniques. These lectures are
supported by a continuously
updated web page and written
materials.
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Picking a project
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First, project ideas are solicited
from people in the university and
people in industry.
Students may choose to pursue
one of the suggested projects or
find someone to advise them on a
topic of their own choosing.
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Project Groups
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Because of the complexity of some
of the projects, students are given
the option of working in groups of
two or three.
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And they are off…
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Near the end of the first semester
all of the students have been
matched with a project and an
adviser.
The lecture portion of the course
ends, and students begin to focus
their attention on their senior
design project outside of class.
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Support
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The students may get workspace
and supplies from their advisor or
they may choose to use the
facilities that are provided by the
BME department.
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Workshop
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Drill press, router and router guide,
table saw and other miscellaneous
hand tools
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Cellular Lab
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Incubators and culture supplies
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Cell monitoring equipment
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Electronics lab
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Bread boards and components
Oscilloscopes
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Computer Lab
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Software includes:
Visual Basic®, Visual C++® Professional, Visual InterDev™,
Visual J++™ Professional Edition, Office Developer Edition,
Windows NT® Workstation; by Microsoft ®
Designsafe, by Design Safety Engineering, Inc.
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Monitoring progress
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Students present a number of oral
presentations describing their
project and its progression. These
presentations are done using
computer presentation software
and are also posted to each
projects web site.
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The big event…
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The final result of two semesters of
work is presented near the end of
the spring semester.
Each group puts together a poster
on their project and presents their
work to the faculty in the
department.
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Some of this years projects
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Fetal Stabilizer Design
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System to determine calories in food
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Development of a blood glucose sensor
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Patient Flow Analysis of the Women's Cancer Center.
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Parallel Bars Platform
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Interfacing & analysis of ECG & mSNA
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Tele-schooling at VUMC Children's Hospital
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