Course syllabus

SSY267 Advanced topics in biomedical engineering LP1 HT24 (7.5 hp)

Course organization

The coursework is organized into projects. Each project consists of 2-4 students who perform their work together. Each project contains the following parts:

• Literature review:  you search for relevant research papers in the field of the project and analyze and evaluate the content. You summarize and obtain knowledge of the field in general and describe the state of the art.

• Project implementation: with the supervisor, you define the project content/goal and agree on the method to be used. You plan and perform the project independently and analyze and evaluate the results.

• Mid-term report and presentation:  a mid-term report should be submitted by 25/09 and an update of your project status is presented orally on 26/09.

• Report writing: the report should (typically) include an introduction, state-of-art, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion.  The report can be in a standard (but concise, maximum 8 pages) report or the form of a scientific paper (3 or 4 pages). The report is due on 1/11.  

• Oral presentation and opposition:  present your work orally in a workshop and oppose another group's work. The oral presentation is on 29/10.

Learning outcome

After the course, the student should be able to:

• Describe state of the art in the sub-area of biomedical engineering selected for study
• Show deep knowledge in the sub-area of biomedical engineering selected for study
• Independently perform a research prestudy, in the form of a limited research assignment.
• Independently analyze the results from the study and evaluate the potential of the proposed research project.
• Utilise skills and knowledge from a variety of subjects for investigating a complex question, problem or challenge

Assessment

The course is graded on an individual basis. The individual grade is based mainly on the group's performance but also on the individual's performance.

The grading will be based on the following elements with different weights

Elements / scale factor
Project implementation / 1
Subject knowledge / 1
Report / 5
Presentation / 2
Project result / 1

You will be asked to hand in an individual contribution report and you may also be asked to judge the performance of the other students in your project. 

Contact details

Examiner

Xuezhi Zeng, xuezhi@chalmers.se