Biomedical Engineering - BIOMDS8660
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
Contact: School
Program: 8660 - Biomedical Engineering
Award(s):
Master of Biomedical Engineering (Specialisation)
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Stream Outline
The stream is designed for students who are completing the Masters of Biomedical Engineering program as part of a dual-award program with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in the following specialisations only:
- Bioinformatics Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronic Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Telecommunications
Stream Structure
Students are required to complete 72 units of credit, 48 of which must be at postgraduate level and a minimum of 48 units must be from the courses listed below. Examples of some suggested program schedules can be viewed at the GSBmE website
The core biomedical engineering content may be selected from the following options:
Semester 1 courses
The core biomedical engineering content may be selected from the following options:
Semester 1 courses
- BIOM9311 Mass Transfer in Medicine (6 UOC)
- BIOM9332 Biocompatibility (6 UOC)
- BIOM9333 Cellular & Tissue Engineering (6 UOC)
- BIOM9551 Biomech of Physical Rehabili'n (6 UOC)
- BIOM9621 Biological Signal Analysis (6 UOC)
- BIOM9640 Biomedical instrumentation (6 UOC)
- BIOM9701 Dynamics of Cardiovascular Sys (6 UOC)
- BIOM9711 Modelling (6 UOC)
- BIOM9914 Masters Project (12 UOC)
- GSOE9712 Engineering Statistics (6 UOC)
Semester 2 courses
- BIOM9027 Medical Imaging (6 UOC)
- BIOM9410 Regulatory Req of Biomed Tech (6 UOC)
- BIOM9420 Clinical Laboratory Science (6 UOC)
- BIOM9432 Introductory Polymer Chemistry (6 UOC)
- BIOM9450 Clinical Information Systems (6 UOC)
- BIOM9541 Mechanics of the Human Body (6 UOC)
- BIOM9561 Mech Properties of Biomaterial (6 UOC)
- BIOM9650 Biosensors and transducers (6 UOC)
- BIOM9660 Implantable Bionics (6 UOC)
- BIOM9914 Masters Project (12 UOC)
- GSOE9712 Engineering Statistics (6 UOC)
Other stream requirements
The following courses are required by all students.
The following courses are required by all students.
- Students must do the Biomedical Engineering Thesis A and Thesis B instead of the thesis courses offered in their BE (Hons) specialisation. These are BIOM5001 and BIOM5003 (Mech and Mtrn), BIOM5930 and BIOM9532 (Chem), BIOM5910 and BIOM5911 (Elec, Tele, Mats), BIOM5950 and BIOM5951 (Comp, Soft, Binf).
- BIOM9420 should be taken in the second or third year of the dual program, depending on the specialisation
- PHSL2121
- BIOM9410
The following courses are required by students in the indicated specialisations:
Additional electives
