Research Facilities
Instructional
Two local high-school students measure their own Electrocardiograms
The Biomedical Engineering Data-Acquisition Laboratory supports the data acquisition and measurement activities of several courses. Each station is outfitted with a Windows PC containing A/D and D/A boards and software. Each station is also equipped with an oscilloscope, a power supply, a function generator and various other modules for making measurements and conducting experiments. This setup allows students to record a variety of physiologically important signals, including electrocardiograms, blood pressure, and electromyograms; special equipment is also provided for fluids and breathing studies.
The Biomedical Engineering Computational Simulation Facility hosts computational lab courses as well as numerical analysis sessions and computer lab modules in several lecture courses. The facility consists of three classrooms containing high-performance Linux workstations at each seat along with data projectors, whiteboards, and chalkboards. A variety of open-source and commercial mathematical and scientific applications are available, and file space can be provided for the installation of custom courseware and research software.
All facilities are networked with College of Engineering file servers to provide a single-sign-on environment and allow cross-laboratory data and software sharing.
