BENG 100 - Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering
Lecture 01 - What is Biomedical Engineering? Professor Saltzman introduces the concepts and applications of biomedical engineering, providing an overview of the course syllabus, reading materials for lecture and labs and grading logistics. Various pictures are shown to highlight the current application of biomedical engineering technologies in daily life (eg. chest x-ray, PET scan, operating room, gene chip, transport). Next, living standards and medical technologies of the past and present are compared to point out the impact of biomedical engineering as well as areas for improvement in the field. Finally, Professor Saltzman draws references from the poem "London Bridge" to illustrate some societal issues in making materials and devices in biomedical engineering. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 01 - What is Biomedical Engineering? |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Introduction |
| [00:02:37] | 2. Biomedical Engineering in Everyday Life |
| [00:18:44] | 3. A Brief History of Engineering |
| [00:22:59] | 4. Biomedical Engineering in Disease Control |
| [00:31:10] | 5. Course Overview and Logistics |
| [00:39:23] | 6. Conclusion |
| References |
| Lecture 1 - What is Biomedical Engineering? Instructor: W. Mark Saltzman. Resources: Summary and key concepts: chapter 2 [pdf]; chapter 4 [pdf]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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