Biomedical Engineering
With the increasing need for developing newer efficient technologies and devices in healthcare and diagnostics, Biomedical Engineering (BME) professionals have a high demand all over the world. With its truly interdisciplinary nature, I2MP on BME offers a very flexible curriculum tailored to the specific background and requirements of the students. The program emphasizes on the subject fundamentals, as well as familiarizing the latest developments in the field of BME. The students get hands on experience and expertise from several internship opportunities in industry / academia in diverse aspects of biomedical device design, instrumentation, image / signal processing and data analysis.
Semester 1
| Sl. No. | Course No. | Course Name | L | T | E | P | O | C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GN5004 | Research Skills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | I2MP Core 1* | 9 to 12 | ||||||
| 3 | AM5119 | Core 1: Physiology for Engineers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | AM5010 | Core 2: Biomechanics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Elective 1 | Elective 1: To be selected from BME / core basket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | AM5023 | Physiological measurements and Instrumentation Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Total Credits | 43 to 46 | ||||||
| Semester 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | HS5050 | Indian Culture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | I2MP Core 2* | 9 to 12 | ||||||
| 3 | HS Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | |
| 4 | AM or MMXXX | To be selected from basket of core courses | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | AM5XXX | To be selected from basket of core courses | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Elective 2 | To be selected from BME / core basket* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | AM5019 | Advanced BME lab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Total Credits | 53 to 56 | ||||||
| Summer | ||||||||
| 1 | AM5210/AM5200 | Project-I (Summer) / Summer internship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Total Credits | 15 | |||||||
| Semester 3 | ||||||||
| 1 | Elective 2 | To be selected from BME / core basket* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Elective 3 | Elective 3: To be selected from BME / core basket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | AM5401 | Project II (in IITM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 5 | Total Credits | 39 | ||||||
| Semester 4 | ||||||||
| 1 | AM5402 | Project I (Summer) (in IITM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Credits | 40 |
*Elective 2 can be done either in Semester 2 or 3
List of courses
| Sl. No. | Course No. | Basket of Core/Elective Courses | L | T | + | P | O | C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AM5160 | Biomedical Imaging systems | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | AM5130 | Quantitative physiology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | AM5140 | Biomedical instrumentation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | AM5510 | Biomedical Signals and Systems | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | AM5050 | Biomedical sensors and measurements | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | AM5017 | Statistics for biomedical engineers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | MM5040 | Medical materials | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Sl. No. | Course No. | Basket of Core/Elective Courses | L | T | + | P | O | C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AM5150 | Biomedical nanotechnology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | AM7010 | Classics in Neuroscience | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | AM5190 | Haptics and biomedical engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | AM5060 | Psycophysics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | AM5160 | Biomedical Imaging systems | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | AM6516 | Neuromechanics of human movement | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | ME6012 | Mechanics of human movement | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | AM5110 | Biofluid mechanics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | AM5050 | Biomedical sensors and measurements | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | AM5140 | Biomedical instrumentation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 11 | AM5100 | Biomedical laser instrumentation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 | AM5013 | Operating theatre instrumentation and surgical technology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 13 | AM5115 | Systems approach in Biomedical engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | EE6403 | Transducers for instrumentation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 15 | EE6402 | Biomedical electronic systems | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 16 | EE6501 | Optical sensors | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 17 | EE5502 | Optical engineering | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 18 | AM6518 | Biophysical aspects of tumor microenvironment | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 19 | AM5190 | Cellular structures and mechanics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 20 | BT5011 | Biomaterials engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 21 | BT5130 | Tissue Engineering | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 22 | BT5480 | Stem cells and Regenerative medicine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 23 | BT5430 | Drug delivery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 24 | EE5500 | Introduction to photonics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 25 | EE6506 | Computational electromagnetics | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 26 | CS6300 | Speech Technology | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 27 | CS5691 | Pattern recognition and Machine learning | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 28 | AM5020 | Biomedical Ultrasonics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 29 | AM5015 | Regulations and standards in Medical device technology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 30 | EE5175 | Image signal processing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 |