Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering

3 unit(s)

Kinetics of cellular processes, microbial processes and enzyme reactions including those of immobilized cells and enzymes. Cell culturing. Bioreactor design. Bioprocess development including downstream processing.

Three lectures; first term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of any Chemical Engineering program or Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences Program; or permission of the Department

3 unit(s)

Introduction to bioseparations engineering, cell disintegration, precipitation based separation processes, extraction, adsorption, chromatography, centrifugal separations, filtration, membrane based separation processes, electrophoresis.

Three lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of a Chemical Engineering Program or Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences Program; or permission of the Department

3 unit(s)

Applications of chemical engineering principles to biological systems and medical problems including examples from hemodynamics, blood oxygenation, artificial kidney systems, controlled drug release, biosensors and biomaterials.

Three lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in any engineering program or Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences Program; or permission of the Department

4 unit(s)
Microbial kinetics and cell yield in biological wastewater treatment; conventional activated sludge systems; models of activated sludge systems; aeration systems; sedimentation; membrane bioreactors, biological nutrient removal; sequential batch reactors; biosolids treatment, including sludge thickening, anaerobic digestion and dewatering; attached growth reactors, including trickling filters, rotation disk contactors and fluidized bed reactors.
Three lectures, one tutorial or one lab; one term
Prerequisite(s): CIVENG 3L03 or CHEMENG 2D04 or permission of the department
Antirequisite(s): ENGINEER 4U03

3 unit(s)

Generation and transmission of bioelectricity in excitable cells; ionic transport in cellular membranes; propagation of electricity within and between cells; cardiac and neural physiology; measurement of extracellular fields; electrical stimulation of excitable cells.

Three lectures, one tutorial; second term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III Electrical and Biomedical Engineering or the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) Program

4 unit(s)

Fundamentals of robotics and telerobotics; feedback from the environment using sensors and machine vision; application of robotics to medicine and surgery

Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; second term

Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 3CL4, 3TP4 or 3TP3; or permission of the department

3 unit(s) 

This course covers the basic principles of light interaction with biological systems and specific biomedical applications of photonics such as optical light microscopy, endoscopic imaging, spectroscopy in clinical diagnosis, flow cytometry, micro-optical sensors, etc.

Three lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in a Faculty of Engineering, or Science, or Health Science Program, or registration in the Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences (IBEHS) Program.

3 unit(s)

Detailed description of fabrication technologies used in the semiconductor industry; computer modelling of device fabrication; analysis of device performance.

Two classroom-based lectures, one computer cluster-based lecture; second term

Prerequisite(s): ENGPHYS 3F03 or 3F04, or MATLS 3Q03; and registration in the Faculty of Engineering or the Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences (IBEHS) program.

Project-based integrated learning course using healthcare problems to teach design and engineering content. Topics in ethics and professionalism, health and safety, communication, visualization, computation, and materials introduced.

Three lectures, one lab (three hours), one tutorial (two hours); both terms

Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program

Antirequisite(s): ENGINEER 1C03, 1D04, 1P03, MATLS 1M03

3 unit(s)

Second course of the design and innovation sequence. Problem solving approaches discussed. Topics reinforced in the context of a biomedical engineering project conducted in multidisciplinary groups.

One lecture, one lab (three hours); one term

Prerequisite(s): IBEHS 1P10 A/B and registration in Level II of the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program or registration in the Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering program.

Antirequisite(s): CHEMENG 4LL3

3 unit(s)

Linear systems, signals, input-output relations of linear systems; discrete and continuous time systems; transfer functions, Fourier transforms, Laplace transforms; sampling theory; stability.

Three lectures, one tutorial (one hour); one term

Prerequisite(s): MATH 2Z03

3 units

A special course of study to be arranged by mutual consent of a supervisor and the student, to carry out experiments, research and/or theoretical investigations. Students may consider this course to advance a project conceived in the Health Solutions Design Projects courses.

One term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above of an IBEHS program and permission of the program.

Note - course is offered on Dean's Permission (not found in the Academic Calendar)

6 units

A special course of study to be arranged by mutual consent of a supervisor and the student, to carry out experiments, research and/or theoretical investigations. Students may consider this course to advance a project conceived in the Health Solutions Design Projects courses.

Two terms

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above of an IBEHS program and permission of the program.

Note - course is offered on Dean's Permission (not found in the Academic Calendar)

4 unit(s)

Third course of the design and innovation sequence. Working in groups, problem solving skills are applied in the context of an open-ended design problem. Principles of engineering problem solving, systems analysis, simulation, optimization and design are applied to healthcare problems.

One lecture, one tutorial (two hours); one term

Prerequisite(s): IBEHS 2P03

3 unit(s)

Modelling of control systems in the continuous-time domain; state space representations; model linearization; performance of control systems in time and frequency; stability; control design. Particular emphasis will be given to biomedical applications.

Three lectures, one tutorial (one hour); one term

Prerequisite(s): IBEHS 3A03

3 unit(s)

An introduction of engineering principals applied to biomechanics problems including cellular biomechanics, hemodynamics, circulatory system, respiratory system, muscles and movement and skeletal biomechanics.

Three lectures, one tutorial (one hour); one term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program or permission of the department

Antirequisite(s): MECHENG 4BB3

3 unit(s)

Probability theory, random variables, random processes, statistical inference, regression, correlation and error analysis.

Three lectures, one tutorial (one hour); one term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above of the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program

3 unit(s)

Through this introductory course, students will learn methods of how medical images are formed, and will gain knowledge of the Fourier transform and its applications in medical imaging. Basic understanding of the sources of noise and artifacts in the different modalities will also be attained, along with an understanding of the limits to the achievable resolution. Imaging modalities that will be covered include ultrasound, x-rays, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Two lectures, one lab (three hours); one term

Prerequisite(s): IBEHS 3A03 or registration in Level IV of the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program

4 unit(s)

An introduction of engineering principals applied to the design of biomedical instrumentation including: electrodes, mechanical, chemical and other transducers; signal processing and data acquisition; safety; neuromuscular; cardiovascular, biochemical, biomechanical and other clinical instrumentation.

Three lectures, one lab (three hours), one tutorial (one hour); one term

Prerequisite(s): IBEHS 3A03, or registration in Level IV of the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program, or permission of the department

Antirequisite(s): ELECENG 4BD4

4 unit(s)

Working in teams, students identify a healthcare need, connect with a client, propose and work towards solution, and present a proposal for development and commercialization to a group of stakeholders.

One lecture, one tutorial (two hours); one term

Prerequisite(s): IBEHS 3P04

3 unit(s)

Introduction to mathematical and engineering methods for describing and predicting the behaviour of biological systems; including sensory receptors, neuromuscular and biomechanical systems; statistical models of biological function; kinetic models of biological thermodynamics.

Three lectures, one tutorial (one hour); one term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level V of the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program, or permission of the department

Antirequisite(s): ELECENG 4BC3

6 unit(s)

The design process; safety; a term project composed of small teams of students including an oral presentation and written report.

Two lectures; both terms

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level V of the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program

3 unit(s)

Introduction to biomaterials. Includes material?tissue interactions, techniques for biomaterials testing, and characterization. Applications of biomaterials and the clinical context of their use will be introduced.

Three lectures; one term

Prerequisites: Registration in a program in Materials Engineering, or Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS)
Offered on an irregular rotation basis. Not offered in 2018-2019.

3 unit(s)

Introduction to experimental and computational biomechanics including biomechanical testing concepts and application of finite element methods in simulations of biomechanical structures/systems.

Three lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): MECHENG 4BB3, IBEHS 4B03; or permission of the Department

3 unit(s)

Introduction, microfabrication and micromachining fundamentals, scaling effects, mechanics and transduction at microscale, actuation and sensing methods - Electrostatic, piezoelectric, thermal, electromagnetic, resonant, tunneling and microfluidic techniques. Capacitative sensors, resonators, lab on chip devices, microfluidic devices, micromirrors, assembly techniques for MEMS, microsystem packaging.

Three lectures; second term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV or above of any Mechanical Engineering or Engineering Physics, Engineering Physics or Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences program or permission of the Department

3 unit(s)

Introduction to nanotechnology, nanomaterials, nanotechnology in living systems, nanotechnology in biomedical devices, nano-biomaterials, Characterization of biomaterials, nano-coatings, nano-biofunctional interfaces, biosensing and diagnostics, organs-on-chips

Three lectures; first term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of any Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Biology, or registration in the Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences (IBEHS) program.