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Courses - Fall 2024
BIOE
Bioengineering Department Site
BIOE415
(Perm Req)
Engineering Design for Global Health
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in BIOE120; and must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Fischell Department of Bioengineering and must be in Engineering: Bioengineering program.
Jointly offered with: BIOE615.
Credit only granted for: BIOE415, BIOE615, BIOE489Y, or BIOE689I.
Formerly: BIOE489Y.
Many medical technologies are not available in low and middle-income countries due to the cost, infrastructure, and medical expertise required to implement and sustain them. There is tremendous potential to increase access to health care through developing more affordable biomedical technologies, but effective design requires deep understanding of the problem. The goal of this course is to introduce the human-centered design framework and how it can be applied to design new biomedical technologies to solve challenges in global health.