Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology

School

Info Tech & Elec Engineering

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Attendance mode

In Person

Class hours

Workshop 4 Hours/ Week

Incompatible

ELEC7901

Recommended companion

Assessment methods

Mid-semester & Final Examination. Practical. Reports/presentation.

Course enquiries

Dr Alejandro Melendez-Calderon (alej.melendez@uq.edu.au)

Study Abroad

This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

This course is aimed at exposing engineering students to the innovation and development processes around medical devices. It aims at covering aspects in system engineering and design principles, medical device regulation, quality manufacturing systems, biomedical engineering ethics, and clinical validation. Students will also gain an appreciation on general working principles (engineering subsystems and associated biophysical processes) of selected medical devices across different risk categorization levels (Class-I-III), and current research trends.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile