BMED 3610 Quantitative Engineering Physiology Laboratory II: Su09
Time Commitment
Lecture:
Monday 12:30 - 1:10 pm
U A Whitaker 1103
Lab: Wednesday 12:00 - 5:00 pm U A Whitaker 0245
This lab will frequently require time to be spent outside of lab to complete the assignments. Often times a lab will
run longer than the scheduled time. Sometimes students have to return to lab a day or two afterwards. Try to not
make plans immediately following your lab section.
Course Objectives
To reinforce selected engineering principles of physiology in a hands-on active learning team environment. The
specific objectives of the lab include:
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Instrumentation: Learn to use and build appropriate instruments to make relevant measurements.
Understand limitations and fundamentals that will allow use of instrumentation for other applications.
Experimental design and data analysis: Apply principles of statistical experimental testing and design to
implement a coherent series of measurements and analyze them quantitatively.
Learning from failure: Recognize shortcomings of instrumentation, experimental design, controls,
materials, and procedures. Redesign experiment to overcome shortcomings.
Communication: Both oral and written communication of lab exercises and peer-reviewed literature
including oral, weekly progress reports, and lab reports and abstracts.
Teamwork: Work constructively in a team environment. Maintain an effective work plan to meet
milestone timelines.
At the end of the course, the students will:
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Develop the ability to read and apply knowledge gained from scientific literature
Design and conduct experiments involving mammalian cell cultures
Develop the ability to quantitatively measure, statistically analyze, and interpret experimental data from
cell systems
Complete a team-based experimental design project that will culminate in a poster presentation
Evaluate and build on prior peer work
Text
No Text required. Original scientific articles
Bound Lab Notebook (required)
Lab coat (required)
Personnel
Lecturer:
TA:
Dr. Essy Behravesh
Anthony Nicolini
essy@gatech.edu
anthony.m.nicolini@gmail.com
Lab Access
In order to gain access to the labs, you must complete:
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Online Right-to-Know basic training (http://www.usg.edu/ehs/training/rtkbasic/)
UA Whitaker Building Access Authorization Form
After hour access policy
Occupational Health Program Confidential Exposure/Risk Assessment Questionnaire.
Forms will be handed out during the first lecture class.
E-mail Etiquette
Should you email Dr. Behravesh, you must include “Su09-3610:” followed a descriptive title in the subject line. Emails that do not include this information will not be answered.
Topical Outline
• Weeks 1-3
• Weeks 4-5
• Weeks 6-8
• Weeks 9-11
Module I: Explore
Module II: Manipulate
Module III: Control
Module IV: Open-Ended Project
Grading
Breakdown of grade based on 100 points:
5 Points: Lab Notebook
10 Points: Team resources
5 Points: Progress reports
10 Points: Pre-lab presentation
10 Points: Module 1
10 Points: Module 2
15 Points: Module 3
25 Points: Module 4
5 Points: Participation
5 Points: TA discretion
Honor Code
All lab reports in this course are individual assignments. However, you must work together with your team
members to complete module deliverables. You may also talk with anyone else enrolled in the course about
specific questions, but, when writing the lab reports, you may not work with other students. Plagiarism of any
form will not be tolerated as it is a violation of the GT Academic Honor Code.
Unauthorized use of any previous semester coursework in your report is prohibited in this course. Using these
materials will be considered a direct violation of academic policy and will be dealt with according to the GT
Academic Honor Code.