School of Science and Engineering: Biomedical Engineering
2008-2009 Academic Year
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FACILITIES
The Department of Biomedical Engineering is located in the Lindy Claiborne
Boggs Center and includes more than 16,000 square feet of biomedical
engineering office, laboratory, and classroom space. Major items of research
equipment include:
Computers: Biomedical Engineering Server: Apple Xserver; Various
workstations: PCs and Macintosh computers in research laboratories and the
departmental computer/laboratory.
Imaging and Image Analysis: Epiflourescence microsopy suite, PC and Macintosh
with frame grabbers, scanners, etc.
Physiology Laboratory: A physiology laboratory is equipped to perform
numerous physiology experiments and demonstrations.
Solid Mechanics: Digitally controlled MTS axial/torsional universal testing
system, console-mounted and portable strain gauge conditioners, ultrasonic
testing apparatus.
Fluid Mechanics: TSI PIV flow visualization apparatus, Brookfield cone-plate
viscometer, Cahn surface tension balance, Electronetics pulsating bubble
surfactometer, computational fluid dynamics software.
Experimental and Computational Tissue Engineering: Universal Cartilage Testing
Device, High Resolution Imaging System, ultrasound indentation probe, biosafety
cabinets, centrifuges, microscopes, incubators, microplate washer and reader, and
FTIR.
Biomaterials: EG&G PAR computerized electrochemical and polarographic
measurement systems, metallographic specimen preparation equipment, Azur
Environmental toxicity analyzer.
Electronics: Full suite of GPIB connected test equipment to support development
of PIC and Basic Stamp microcontrollers. LabVIEW is used for algorithm and
control loop development and prototyping of implant, telemedicine, and
monitoring applications.
Pulmonary Function: Spirometers, flow and pressure instrumentation, data
acquisition, acoustic measurement systems.
Undergraduate laboratories are available for experiments associated with required
courses in quantitative physiology (BMEN 313/316), and bioelectronics (BMEN
273). These labs are also used in elective courses in biomechanics (BMEN 330),
biomaterials (BMEN 323), and cell and tissue engineering (BMEN 340). A
computer laboratory/classroom equipped with a SMARTboard and projector and