CCMAS Course Search

Introduction to Radiation: review of physical concepts of radiation-atomic and nuclear structures, electromagnetic spectrum, x-ray production, radioactive decay; ionizing and non- ionizing radiation; X-ray interaction. Radiation & Imaging Systems: X-rays - characteristics and applications; computerized tomography; technology and applications; gamma camera; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; systems and applications; ultrasound imaging. Basic radiobiology: radiation dosimetry and protection; Legislation and regulations for radiation protection.

Introduction to biomedical informatics; components of biomedical informatics. Bioinformatics: What is bioinformatics; components of bioinformatics; biological data; information complexity; bioinformatics applications? Medical informatics: Management Information Systems in biology and medicine-data acquisition, data storage and retrieval, data processing; components of Health Information Systems; types of Health Information Systems. Computer networking in the hospitals: the concept of computer networking, telemetry; e-Health. Software development in biology and medicine. Computer applications in medical diagnosis and therapy. Computer-aided simulation and experimentation.

Introduction to biomedical instrumentation: basic biomedical instrumentation system. General considerations in the design of biomedical instrumentation systems. Biomedical measurements: errors in measurement. Biological signals: bioelectric signals. Biomedical sensors and transducers-types and forms. Physiological measurements: audiology; cardiac physiology; gastrointestinal tract physiology; neurophysiology; ophthalmic and vision science; respiratory physiology; urodynamic physiology; vascular technology; blood pressure measurement; blood flow measurements; measurement of the respiratory system; ECG measurement systems. Clinical laboratory instrumentation. Electrical safety in instrumentation. Introduction to Biomedical signal processing.

Signals: What is a signal? History; categories; application fields. Biomedical Signals: nature, sources, types and examples. Signal Processing: Definition, Stochastic and deterministic signals, Discrete signals, Linear time invariant systems, Duality of time and frequency domain, Hypotheses testing. Biomedical signal Processing: Brain signals-local field potentials (LFP), electrocorticogram, (ECG), electroencephalogram (EEG), and magnetoencephalogram (MEG); Heart signals - Electrocardiogram, Heart rate variability, Fetal ECG; Electromyogram; Gastro- intestinal signals; Acoustic signals. Modeling Biomedical Systems.

Advanced mathematical concepts: linear relations and functions; systems of equations and inequalities; polar coordinates and complex numbers; exponential and logarithmic functions; iteration; statistics and data Analysis; limits, derivatives and integrals: applications of differentiation and integration. Mathematical methods and Models: numerical methods; finite differences; solutions of differential equations; role and application of models in biology and medicine. Computer simulations: Development of computer simulation techniques to study physiological system.

Course Contents Definitions. Modelling and design of fermentation systems. Microbial growth kinetics. Design of bio-reactors. Heat and mass transfer. Bioremediation of wastes. design of anaerobic and aerobic systems. Energy from biological systems. Monitoring and control of biological systems. Application of computer to biological processes.

Study of the history, production, packaging and chemistry of beer. Operations of malting, mashing, hop chemistry, boiling, pitching, fermentation, maturation, filtration and storage of beer as well as fruit composition and quality of cider.

Introduction; Structure of ceramic materials; Fracture strength; Impact resistance and toughness; statistical variations in strength and Weibull distribution. Thermal shock resistance and Thermal spalling resistance; Refractoriness. Deterioration: Chemical attack (e.g., on concrete) at high temperatures (e.g., on ceramic refractories); Nuclear radiation damage. Structure of glass; Transformation Temperature of glass. Glass forming materials, Types of glasses, Properties and Applications. Glass-Ceramics: Properties and Applications. Classes of polymers viz: thermoplastics; thermoset; rubbers and elastomers. Structure of polymers: Chemical composition, polymerisation, cross-linking and chain branching, molecular weight and molecular-weight distribution, chemical and steric isomerism and stereoregularity, blends, grafts and co-polymers. Physical structure: Rotational isomerism, orientation and crystallinity. Introduction to the basic mechanical properties of polymeric materials. Relationship between structure and properties. Glass transition temperature. Engineering and domestic applications of polymers.

Analysis of material balances for multiple systems. Analysis of material balances problems with direct solutions. Material balances using algebraic techniques control surface and stage balances for open and closed system. Problems involving species and elements for reacting and non-reacting systems. Material balances in process flow sheets. Energy balances procedures; energy balances for reactive and non-reactive processes; combined mass and energy systems. Computer aided balance calculations.

Laboratory experiments in transport phenomena. Kinetics and separation process