Duration
30h Th, 90h Pr, 8h Labo., 1d FW
Number of credits
| Master MSc. in Biomedical Engineering, professional focus | 10 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The integrated project biomedical engineering consists of 4 parts
* contact program with biomedical industry in Belgium (organised together with the other masters in biomedical engineering of the fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles: http://biomed-days.ulb.ac.be/)
* soft skills training (presentation, creativity, team work, brainstorming, project organisation etc)
* training on the principles of quality management (regulatory aspects, reimbursement, quality assessment and control)
* project work: the subjects of the projects will be defined by the students after consultation with prospetive clients and based on the clients' needs. Supervision will be taken care of by the course supervisors. Additional supervision by clinical or industrial partners will be sought on a need-to basis.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- solution of complex and incompletely stated problems, close to the reality in the field
- decompartmentalization and intégration of knowledge
- Design and realisation of an object or the pre-study of a larger work
- skills in groupwork and contacts with other partners (often with different backgrounds)
- skills in project management
- autonomy
- creativity
- communication skills
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
In fonction of the identified needs, the realisation of the project is completed with
* seminars by professors and academic researchers
* a tour at the ReLab facilities
* seminars by industrial partners, organised together with the other masters in biomedical engineering of the fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles: http://biomed-days.ulb.ac.be/
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
face-to-face and blended learning.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Copy of the lecture notes and seminar handouts
We will follow the Standford Biodesign method: http://biodesign.stanford.edu/. During the year, Students will be sent appropriate links to videos, tutorials and summaries on the website, specifically related to the phase of their project.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Out-of-session test(s)
Additional information:
OCTOBER
- reflexion phase and idea creation
- interviews with potential customers
- intermediate presentation to présent le problème
- Division in sub-problems
- conception phase
- pretotyping
- intermediate evaluation regarding the conception phase.
- debriefing.
- feedbackon the projets.
- Implementation phase (1/2).
- Implementation phase (2/2).
- intermediate presentation to evaluate the progres of the work and the proposed technical solutions.
- feedback and adjustment (if necessary)
- test phase with validation of the prototype.
- Evaluation of the project in its totality, based on oral presentation (pitch) and alternative reporting formats.
- Debriefing.
- Feedback.
Work placement(s)
none
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The integrated project biomedical engineering consists of 4 parts
* contact program with biomedical industry in Belgium (organised together with the other masters in biomedical engineering of the fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles: http://biomed-days.ulb.ac.be/)
* soft skills training and project work will take place every monday afternoon of the entire academic year.
* quality management
* project work
Contacts
Liesbet Geris - Davide Ruffoni
liesbet.geris@uliege.be
druffoni@uliege.be