Career Center-DU Biomedical Engineering

Jobs of education programme

 Biomedical engineers
 Medical Equipment Repairer

 The field

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

 Type of certificate

Bachelor degree

 Name of certificate

Bachelor degree in Biomedical Engineering

 The specialization

Biomedical Engineering

 Place and address of the program

Damascus- Airport Highway
Telephone: 963115423899
Fax: 963115423596
Email: Info.fmee@damasuniv.edu.sy

 Aims of the department

The department qualifies biomedical engineers with an Engineering Bachelor degree and researchers for post graduate degrees. It qualifies students in many specializations which includes: Biomechanics and Human Motion Analysis, Prosthesis andOrthotic Devices, Medical Image Processing, Medical Radiography Technic and Maintaining Medical Devices, Managing Medical Equipment in Hospitals, Managing Medical Wastes, and Medical Informatics.
After graduation, students will be able to work in the following fields:

Working in all fields of medical equipment including the principle of work, investment, and preventive maintenance.
Setting technical conditions books to buy new equipment.
Receiving medical equipment and matching it with the specified technical conditions.
Calibrating medical equipment and verifying of its appropriate work.
Developing the current equipment according to a new medical point of view.
Processing medical images and medical imaging systems.
Designing and developing new equipment for new needs.
Managing medical equipment at hospitals in terms of training medical and technical staff and creating special files for medical equipment in a way that serves the management's process of the hospital.
Supervising and participating in designing hospitals and medical care centers along with engineering team of other specializations to meet the international standard needs in a way that upgrades the level of medical care.
Qualifying the engineering staff in the best way to be an effective element in managing the hospital and the committees of medical care quality.
Conducting all research studies related to biomechanics and human motion analysis.
Developing and supervising the designing of prosthesis.
Conducting all works and studies related toengineering rehabilitation of special needs.
Working in the field of biomedical informatics and developing informatics techniques and remote medication to serve the health sector. Managing medical centers’ and hospitals’ wastes.

 Preferable skills

To be accurate and patient.
To have social communication skill.
To have negotiation skill.
To have manual skill

 Number of enrolled students per year

50 students.

 Length of study

Five years

 Language of study

Arabic

 Notices

All the subjects are obligatory to be studied; there are no optional subjects.

 Sectors of careers that are worked in

Working in hospitals and medical care centers.
Working in the field of equipping clinics.
Working in the medical companies that are specialized in manufacturing medical equipment or in maintaining and selling these equipment.
Working in research centers like the universities that concern with developing medical equipment and analyzing and solving biological problems.
Working as sales representatives or promoters.Biomedical engineers usually work according to their specializations, and they cooperate with doctors, nurses, and engineers.

 Pursuing academic study

Master, doctorate, and professional postgraduate master

 Course description

Medical electronics instrumentation and bio signal acquisition	Measurement and analysis of bio potentials and biomedical transducer characteristics; electrical safety; applications of FET's, integrated circuits, operational amplifiers for signal processing and computer interfacing; signal analysis and display on the laboratory minicomputer. Lecture and laboratory.
Biostatistics	Learn the concepts and basic application of biostatistics required as a researcher inmedical science. Apply the concepts in practical's and in daily research. The final aim is to establish afoundation of medical statistics to become a medical researcher.
Digital logic circuit design	Boolean algebra and number systems. Combinational and sequential circuits. Realization of logic blocks with standard integrated circuit packages. Design of counters, dividers, registers, arithmetic logic units and algorithmic state machines.
Medical equipments	The course aims to teach students of biomedical engineering various medical equipment, diagnostic or therapeutic devices, introduce students to the latest techniques of the science in this area to design of medical equipment or investment. Course is divided in three course aimed to study the parts and structure of medical equipment, where students study the cases of anatomical and pathological required by the existence of this device and then principle engineering adopted in developed technology, explanation shows charts fund for such equipment, connecting theoretical lectures with practical visited laboratories at the college to see on parts of equipment listed, or visit the hospital to see the operation and its parts.
Principles of safety engineering	Methods to predict, eliminate, or reduce unsafe conditions at the design and construction stage utilizing engineering controls. Includes methods of analysis, prioritization, and implementation, of control measures for potentially hazardous situations in the workplace.
Microprocessors & microcontrollers	Enable students to understand different types of microprocessors and micro controllers and to use Microprocessor and microcontroller for different applications. Also enable students to understand Low programing languages.
Bioengineering systems and control	The course gives an introduction to linear and non-linear systems analysis and control systems with biological and medical applications. The class starts with an introduction to modeling with examples taken from physiological, (bio)chemical, fluidic and electrical systems. The course then continues with a more general study of linear and non-linear systems using ordinary differential equations that includes
Information theory and coding in bio-medical engineering	Introduction to Information Theory, Uncertainty and Information, Average Mutual Information and Entropy, Information Measures for Continuous Random Variables, Source Coding Theorem, Huffman Coding, The Lempel- Ziv Algorithm, Rate Distortion Function, Optimum Quantizer Design
Health and hospital management	The purpose of this course is to introduce the students to the field of hospital and health management by studying Management of Hospital organisation, Nursing section Medical Sector, Central Services, Technical Department, Definition and Practice of Management by Objective, Transactional Analysis Human relation in Hospital, Importance to Team Work, Legal aspect in Hospital Management.
Fundamental of biomedical engineering	This course will cover General Anatomy and Physiology, Electrical Fundamentals, Capacitance in DC circuits, Concept of frequency and capacitance in AC circuits. And Introduction to Cells, Chemical Composition of Cells, Energy, Catalysis, and Biosynthesis. And Understand the fundamental principles and physiological applications of biomechanics, biomaterials, bio-fluids, and biostatistics.
Maintenance strategy	The course aims to clarify the methods of maintenance of mechanical, electronic medical devices in hospitals and clarify types of maintenance in order to increase the student's ability. And repair medical devices, calibration, as well as increase the student's ability to detect faults expected to occur in the medical devices and increase students' ability to adjust the parameters of medical devices.
Artificial organs	The course aims to expand the awareness of the students in the engineering design of the members of the synthetic and familiarity with the functions of human organs and how they work (such as the heart, lung, pancreas, etc. ...) and follow the latest scientific developments in the field of artificial organs.
Orthotics and prosthetic devices	Introduction to gait analysis and applications. The technology - 3D kinematics, force plates, electromyography. Data analysis and interpretation. Clinical outcome assessment with anemphasis on rehabilitation. Presents an overview of biomedical engineering as it applies to Rehabilitation Engineering, specifically, the design and prescription of prosthetic limbs, orthotic devices, and seating and positioning systems. Topics include: medical terminology, musculoskeletal anatomy, muscle mechanics, soft tissue mechanics, gait/locomotion, amputation surgery, lower extremity prosthetics, lower extremity orthotics, hand function, electromyography, seating and positioning, and assistive devices.
Biomedical simulation	The overall goal of this course is to introduce to the computer as a tool for studying biomedical phenomena and for solving biomedical engineering problems. You will learn a number of important computational techniques and you will use then to explore different biological principles and solve a variety of biomedical problem.
Nuclear medicine	The purpose of this course is to know Basics of Nuclear Physics Radioactivity, Radioactive Decay Law, Units of Radioactivity Measurement, Interaction of Radiation with Matter , Detectors in Nuclear MedicineScintillation Detectors, and Solid State detectors . also to know In Vivo and In Vitro Techniques
Biomaterials	The purpose of this subject is To understand the properties of the Bio-compatible materials, study the different types of Biomaterials,study artificial organs made using tissue materials , study the characteristics and classification of Biomaterials and learn about polymeric materials and combinations that could be used as a tissue replacement implants
Biomechanics	Importance of Biomechanics in Modern Medicine and Brief History, Mechanical behavior of tissues arising from cell biology, extra-cellular matrix, mechano transduction, tissue physiology. Basics of Continuum Mechanics: Concepts in linear algebra, Bodies & deformations, Forces & stresses, Balance equations, Constitutive Models, Boundary & Initial Conditions & Solution Method. Solution of experimental mechanics using above approach through simple examples like uni- & bi-axial extension: Biosolid Mechanics: Mechanics of Bone, Tendon-Ligaments, Muscles esp.
Design of machine elements	Mechanical principles of biomedical engineeringdesign. This course will introduce various design mechanisms and manipulation techniques and discuss mechanical designs of various mechanisms and machine elements.
Physics radiation	Introduction to nuclear physics. Nuclear structure and binding energy. Nuclear decays, radioactivity andnuclear reactions. Interaction of radiation with matter. Introduction to dosimetry and dose calculations.
Human anatomy & physiology	To provide the students a basic understanding of the structure and function of the human body. After completing the course the biomedical engineering students will be able to: 1.Relate basic human body functions and life processes 2. Name the major human body systems and relate their functions 3. Name the major components of each system and describe briefly their anatomical locations, structures and their physiological functions.
Bio-signal processing	Analyze the Bio Signals like ECG, EEG, EMG and simulate the Bio Signals and Study about DFT Computation and Fast Fourier Transform To understand the implementation of filtering techniques and to simulate the Bio Signals.
Biochemistry	Deals with the study of biochemistry of living cells, metabolism of biomolecules and the methods of Investigation and diagnostic tools. To study the biochemistry of living cells, metabolism of carbohydrates, protein biochemistry, biochemistry of lipids, and investigation of metabolism.
Bio fluid mechanic	This course contains Fundamental Concepts of Fluid Flow: Fundamental definitions, Flow characteristics, Classification of fluids, Fluid properties, Foundations of flow analysis and Fluid Statics: Fluid pressure, Forces on solid surfaces, Buoyant forces. Also Kinematics of Fluid Flow: Equations for acceleration, Continuity equation, Irrigational And rotational flow, Potential and stream functions. And Dynamics of Fluid Flow: Finite control volume analysis, Euler and Bernoulli’s theorems, Impulse momentum theory, Applications of energy and momentum equations
Hospital planning	This course covers types of Hospital Organizations, Statutory Requirements for planning. Steps in Hospital Planning- Need Assessment, Appointment of Architect, Size of the hospital, Design of the Hospital, Landscaping in Hospital, and Preparation of master plan. Planning of various departments: OPD/ Accidents/Emergency. Indoor accommodation, ward design, Intensive Care Unit, Operation Theatre. Planning for engineering services and impact of regulation on services design- Water Supply, Electricity, Drainage, Sewage disposal, Gas, Acoustical.
Medical imaging technologies	This course introduces the imaging methods in medicine and biology. The course exposes the students to medical imaging methods and biological problem and Understand the engineering models used to describe and analyze medical imagesinformation from medical data andapplicationsin order to help diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of diseases through computer science.
Thermodynamics	This course covers Thermodynamic Relations, Ideal Gas Mixtures: Dalton's law of additive pressures, Amagat's law of additive volumes, and evaluation of, properties. Analysis of various processes, Gas Power Cycles, Vapor Power Cycles, Refrigeration Cycles and Reciprocating Compressors.
Electromagnetic fields	Development and use of the point and integral forms of Maxwell's equations for static and quasi-static electric and magnetic fields with emphasis placed on the vector nature of these fields. Includes analytic and computational solutions to field's problems. The wave equation for E.M. fields is derived and discussed. Development and use of Wave Equations as derived from Maxwell's equations to explain the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
Automatic control	Introduction to theory and practice of automatic control for continuous-time systems. Representations of the system:transfer function, block diagram, signal flow graph, differential state equation and output equation. Analysis ofcontrol system components. Transient and steady-state performance. System analysis: Routh-Hurwitz, root-locus,Nyquist, Bode plots. System design: PID controllerobserver, stability margins in Nyquist and Bode plots.
Instrumentation, measurements	Introduction to the fundamental principles of instrumentation and measurement. This course covers electronics and measurement equipment, such as oscilloscopes, breadboards, function generators, digital data acquisition systems, integrated circuits, strain gages, displacement meters, thermocouples, tachometers, dynamometers, filters, volume flow meters, velocity meters, pressure probes, pressure transducers.
Electrical machines	This course covers transformer types, construction, connections, protection, grounding, and associated safety procedures. Direct current (DC) motors, single-phase and poly-phase alternating current (AC) motors, generators, and alternators with emphasis on construction, characteristics, efficiencies, starting, and speed control.
Electric circuits	Introduction to theory, analysis and design of electric circuits. Voltage, current, power, energy, resistance, capacitance, inductance. Kirchhoff's laws node analysis, mesh analysis, Thevenin's theorem, Norton's theorem, steady state and transient analysis, AC, DC, phasors, operational amplifiers, transfer functions.
Analog and digital electronics	This course will cover Boolean algebra – Boolean theorems, minimization of Boolean function, K-Map, minimization using tabular method, Basic logic gates. Boolean functions realization using logic gates, half & full adder, subtractors, coders, decoders, multiplexer, & de-multiplexers & their applications, Comparators. And Concept of forbidden gap, Insulator, Metals and Semiconductor. Transport phenomenon in semiconductors: - mobility and conductivity, intrinsic semiconductor, donor and acceptor impurities, Fermi level, Drift currents and Diffusion currents
Materials science	The objective of this course is to cover some of the essential concepts in materials science and engineering that relate material properties (strength, magnetism, thermal expansion) to microstructure (crystal structure, dislocations structure, grain structure, precipitate structure, composite structure) in single- and multi-phase materials.
Programming	Basic concepts of Computers, Basic C++ Concepts Introduction to C++: Basic Programming concepts, Program structure in C++, Variables and Constants, Data types, Conditional statements, control statements, Functions, Arrays, Structures, Introduction to pointers,introduction to File Systems.
Engineering drawing	This course is a broad introduction to mechanical design using freehand sketching fundamentals. Emphasis is placed on a thorough understanding of projection principles and the visualization of exact space conditions relevant to 3D modeling.
Engineering mechanics	This course will covers : general Coplanar force systems : Basis concepts, Law of motions, principle of transmissibility of forces, Transfer of a force to parallel position, Resultant of a force system, simplest resultant of two dimensional concurrent & non concurrent force systems, free body diagrams, equilibrium & its equations, applications. Also covers center of gravity and Friction.
Physics	The purpose of this course is to develop scientific temper and analytical capability through learning physical concepts and their applications in engineering and technology. Comprehension of some basic physical concepts will enable the students to logically solve engineering problems
Mathematics	This courses will give knowledge of Matrices and its applications the trigonometry, the concepts of Differential Calculus and Integral Calculus and their simple applications. To impart analytical ability in solving mathematical problems as applied to the respective branches of Engineering. Also knowledge of Fourier series, solve Partial differential equations. Familiar with Laplace transform, Z transform and Fourier transform
Introduction to computer essentials	By this course through hands-on lab work and class lectures, the student will havegained basic keyboarding and computer application skills: word processing,spreadsheets, presentations, desktop publishing and internet research.