Courses
ENG BE 706 Quantitative Physiology for Engineers
Course in human physiology for biomedical engineering students. Fundamentals of cellular and systems physiology, including the nervous, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, endocrine, and immune systems. Quantitative and engineering approaches will be applied to understanding physiological concepts.
ENG BE 707 Quantitative Studies of Excitable Cells
Prereq: ENG BE 401 and graduate standing; seniors with consent of instructor. Focuses on the properties of the membranes of nerve and muscle cells. Classical models of resting potentials, action potentials, synaptic transmission, and sensory receptors are treated. The structure and function of single ionic channels are characterized in detail from patch-clamp recordings, neuropharmacological studies, and molecular studies. Mechanisms of muscle contraction and other forms of cellular motility are also covered. 4 class. 2 pract. 4 cr.