Course Website
http://www.bioen.illinois.edu/courses/BIOE498/SMM/bioe120.html
Students should check this course website regularly.
Instructor
Dr. Jenny Amos
jamos@illinois.edu
3113 DCL
217-333-4212
Office hours: open door
Description
This course is an introduction to bioengineering as a field of study. The student will learn about BIOE curriculum and track options, professionalism and ethics, and careers in bioengineering. Students will also work on a bioengineering related project in small teams.
Class meets TR 3-4:50pm in 1310 DCL.
Course Objectives
- (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
- (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams
- (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
- (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
- (g) an ability to communicate effectively
- (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
- (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues
Required Textbook
None
Grading
- Quizzes 30%
- Project 20%
- Final Exam 40%
- Professionalism 10%
- Total 100%
- A+>97%>A>93%>A-
- B+>87%>A>83%>B-
- C+>77%>C>73%>C-
- D+>67%>D>63%>D-
- F<60%
Quizzes and Exams: This course will have bi-weekly quizzes covering the previous 2 weeks guest lecturers. Quizzes will be multiple choice or true/false related to the research area presented. The final exam will be a review of all of the speakers throughout the semester.
Professionalism: This grade is based on attendance, in-class participation, and in class behavior.
Project: A bioengineering related project will be assigned in 3 parts. Part I will be an individual assignment to brainstorm and select an idea for a bioengineering related device. For Part II, you will be placed into small groups and will explore 1 of the team member’s idea in depth and develop a design. Part III will entail making a poster to advertise your product to the class. Parts I and II will be graded by the instructor and Part III will be a combination of peer grading and instructor input.
Schedule
Week Tuesday Thursday Comments 8/25-27 Getting to Know You (3:30-5) Syllabus, schedule, What is Bioengineering? 9/1-9/3 Track options, purpose of tracks (4-5) Professionalism & Expectations in BIOE 9/8-10 Library and online resources (3:30-5) Semester Prject Details Quiz #1: Professionalism 9/15-17 Jianjun Cheng (4-5) Steve Boppart Part 1 of Semester Project Due 9/22-24 Steve Boppart Lab Tour (3:30-5) Assign groups for semester project 9/29-10/1 Paul Gold LAb Tour Nathan Price 10/6-8 Nathan Price Lab Tour (3:30-5) Brain Cunningham Quiz #2: Speakers 1, 2, 3 10/13-15 Ask a Senior Day, Q&A (4-5) Sua Myong 10/20-22 iGem Team Info (4-5) Jian Ma Quiz #3: Speakers 4, 5 10/27-29 Work on Project (3:30-5) - we will not meet this day but I will be available for questions in 3113 DCL Eric Jakkobsen Part 2 of Semester Project Due 11/3-5 Career Day (4-5) Rohit Bhargava Quiz #4: Speakers 6, 7 11/10-12 Rohit Bhargava Lab Tour (3:30-5) Yuanhui Zhang 11/17-19 Wrap up Tracks, Curriculum Q&A (4-5) FINAL EXAM: Review of all speakers + speakers 8, 9 11/24-26 Fall Break 12/1-3 Poster due for Majors, Presentations (4-5) Poster due for non-majors, Presentations 12/8 Track Choice Essay (4-5) no class 12/11-19
Grading Scale