Project 4 (in Biomedical Engineering) [ LFSAB1506 ]

 FSAB 1225 Introduction to biomedical engineering.

• Bibliographic study and understanding of the problem : drawing up of a book of specifications
• Development of an appropriate method allowing to solve the problem and of an adequate experimental protocol
• Laboratory experiments
• Debriefing sessions with tutors and teachers in order to refine analyses and to prepare the final report
• Drawing up of a final report and oral presentation

The skills that « projects 4 » aim at developing are on the one hand transversal skills which are common to all «projects 4», and on the other hand technical domain-specific skills connected with each specialization.

Transversal skills :

Projects 4 aim at providing students with transversal skills close to the practice of engineering jobs within a multi-disciplinary context :

• Analyse and improve an existing system ;
• Analyse experimental data with a critical mind (this point is of utter importance, because this project will imply an important experimental part, realized in UCL's research labs)
• Discriminate between reality and the models used to describe or modify it ;
• Deal with the notion of uncertainty in the project approach, its conception and the obtained results.

Technical domain-specific skills :

Biomedical engineering is a multi-disciplinary domain interfacing biomedical sciences with engineering sciences, thus concerning many applications. It is both an important discipline being taught in an increasing number of universities, and a somehow difficult domain to comprehend prima facie.

The project aims at teaching engineering students how to apply theoretical knowledges acquired in the biomedical engineering domain. The collaboration of teachers belonging to the health sciences sector and teachers in the science and technologies sector is essential to the realization of a realistic project in biomedical engineering.