In September 2004 Delft University of Technology starts the new two-year MSc program in Biomedical Engineering. This program is directed towards the education of technically high-skilled engineers, who have additional medical and biological knowledge, experience with applications in the medical field and with the multi-disciplinary collaboration with physicians and other medical researchers. The program is focused on ‘clinically driven’ research. The Biomedical Engineer should be able in collaboration with a physician to transform concepts into research questions, or into the design of a assistive devices or measurement instruments. Research-oriented as well as design-oriented MSc students will be educated. The Biomedical Engineer should be able to read medical literature, and conceptualize the theories and data into technical models. The education to Biomedical Engineer will emphasize the multidisciplinary character of the field.

The MSc program is based on the support of three disciplinary organized departments: Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. In these departments much of the research and design in the biomedical engineering field at Delft University of Technology is organized. In the MSc program BME variant there is a close collaboration with clinical partners at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam (EMC). The clinical partners participate in the teaching in the 1^st  MSc year, and in the tutoring of the MSc final year projects.

The MSc-program has six specialisations:

• Medical Instruments & Medical Safety (MIMS), directed to the medical specialisations internal medicine, cardio-vascular diseases, pneumology, surgery and anaesthesiology

• Biomechatronics (BM), directed to the medical specializations orthopaedics, rehabilitation and neurology

• Tissue Biomechanics and Implants (TBI), directed to orthopaedics

• Medical Imaging (MI)

• Clinical Physics (CP), applications of physics in medicine, in particular diagnostics and interventional radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy.

• Biomedical Instrumentation (BI), directed to the application of electrical devices and sensors for measuring and monitoring of patients.

The program is oriented towards students from a variety of backgrounds in engineering. The program will be interesting and challenging, and it will provide top-quality expertise and skills for a successful professional career in either research, technology development, or any other professional environment.
Through the combination of the above mentioned disciplines the presentation of an integrating approach to biomedical engineering is enabled.

Professional perspectives

Regarding the social and economical impact there is a great demand for engineers specialised in BioMedical Engineering (BME). Nationwide, there are large investments in medical devices and medical research. In the design of the medical devices and in the medical research, engineers with a biomedical specialisation have an important role.

Most engineers receive a mono-disciplinary education, e.g. in electrical, civil or mechanical engineering. In contrast, the largest scientific progress is made in the fields where the traditional disciplines meet or even overlap. Biomedical engineering is a multi-disciplinary specialisation with great challenges, in which well-educated engineers can make a large progress. In addition to the technical challenges, BME also appeals to the social responsibility of the engineer. A more direct relation to the improvement of the quality of life is hard to find.

In the 1^st year the programme consists of roughly 50% Medical Technology and Biophysics classes and 50% fundamental technical classes. In the Medical Technology and Biophysics classes the clinical and technical partners will both participate. The physicians will explain the clinical problems and viewpoints, as well as the progress in clinically related research. From the engineering viewpoint, there will be an emphasis on the technical and biophysical aspects, i.e. what is the state of the art in design, modelling and simulation. Here, the relation will be made with the engineering background of the students.  In the 2^nd year there will be a stay in a biomedical research group or company, and a MSc thesis project in Biomedical Engineering. In order to assure the multi-disciplinary nature of the BME education, the MSc thesis project will be tutored by a technical as well as a clinical staff member.

MI&MS

Prof.dr.ir. Peter A. Wieringa

tel. +31 15 2785763

MI&MS

Prof.dr. Jenny Dankelman

tel. +31 15 2785565

BM

Prof.dr. Frans C.T. van der Helm

tel. +31 15 2785616

TBI

Prof.dr.ir. Fred van Keulen

tel. +31 15 2786515

MI

Prof.dr. Albert M. Vossepoel

tel. +31 15 2782033

CP

Prof.dr.ir. Carel W.E. van Eijk

tel. +31 15 2786559

BI

Prof.dr. Paddy J. French

tel. +31 15 2784729

secretary  

Mrs. Dineke Heersma

tel. +31 15 2786400

Lecture hours

EC

MI &
MS

BM

TBI

2/2/0/0

0/0/2/2

0/0/2/2

3/3/0/0

0/4/0/0

et4126

Medical technology

3/0/0/0

4

o

o

o

et4127

Theme course biomedical technology

0/0/0/3

3

e

e

e

et4128

Health care systems

3/0/0/0

3

o

o

o

et4129

Physical measurement mehods & image techn.

0/3/0/0

3

e

e

e

et4130

Bio-electricity

0/3/0/0

3

e

e

e

ide530

Biomechanics

3

e

e

e

ide534

Ergonomical aspects data processing systems

2

e

e

e

ide5381

Design ergonomics for elderly & handicapped

3

e

e

e

in4085

Pattern recognition

2/2/0/0

3

e

e

r

ls1061

Cell biology 1

3

e

e

r

wb2308

Biomedical engineering design

2/0/0/0

4

o

o

e

wb2407

Human movement control

2/2/0/0

4

r

o

o

wb2408

Physiological systems

0/4/0/0

3

o

r

o

wb2431

Bone mechanics and implants

0/2/2/0

3

e

r

o

wb2432

Biomechatronics

0/0/2/2

4

r

o

o

wb2435-03

Surgical instruments and medical safety

2/0/0/0

2

 o

 r

r 

Total EC

30

30

30

Course
code

Course name

Lecture hours

EC

MI &
MS

BM

TBI

MI

CP

BI

ct5142

Comp. methods in non-linear mechanics

0/4/0/0

3

-

-

r

3/0/0/0

0/3/0/0

0/3/0/0

4/0/0/0

4/0/0/0

ide521

Computer visualisation

3

e

e

e

in4006tu

3D computer graphics

4

e

e

e

in4008

Data visualization (+56 hours practical)

0/0/3/0 

5

-

-

-

in4017

Multimodal interfaces and VR

2

-

-

-

sc4020

Control theory

4/0/0/0

6

o

o

e

sc4110

System identification B

0/0/2/2

5

e

e

e

wb1310

Multibody dynamics A

0/0/0/2

3

e

e

e

wb1406

Experimental mechanics

0/0/2/2

3

e

e

e

wb1409

Theory of elasticity

2/2/0/0

4

e

e

o

wb1413

Multibody dynamics B

0/0/2/2

3

r

o

r

wb1416

Computational engineering mechanics

0/0/2/2

3

e

e

e

wb1427-03

Advanced fluid mechanics  A

2/2/0/0

5

-

-

e

wb1428

Computational fluid dynamics

0/0/2/2

3

-

-

e

wb1429-03

wb1440

Eng.optimization: concept and applications

2/2/0/0

3

e

e

o

wb1441

Engineering optimization 2

0/0/2/2

3

-

-

e

wb2301

System identification & parameter estimation

0/0/2/2

7

o

o

e

wb2303

Measurement techniques

0/0/2/2

3

o

e

e

wb2306

Cybernetical ergonomics

0/0/0/4

3

e

e

e

wb2309

Introduction specialisation MMS and BME

2/0/0/0

1

o

o

-

wb2402

Hydraulic servo systems

2/2/0/0

3

e

e

e

wb2404

Man-machine systems

2/2/0/0

4

o

o

e

wb2413

Instrumentation

0/0/2/2

3

o

e

r

wb2414

Mechatronical design

2/2/0/0

3

e

e

e

wb2421

Multivariable control systems

0/0/4/0

6

e

e

e

wb2422

Modelling 2

0/0/4/0

6

e

r

e

wbp202

Haptics system design

4

o

o

e

wi4008

Complex analysis

4

-

-

e

wi4011

Numerical fluid dynamics

6

-

-

e

wi4014tu

Numerical analysis C2

4

-

-

r

wi4017

Non-linear differential equations

6

e

e

e

0/0/4/0

wm0605tu

Business economics for engineers

4

e

e

e

wm0621tu

Innovation management

3

e

e

e

wm1109tu

Scientific writing and oral presentation

2

-

-

-

?

Advanced dynamics (new)

4

-

-

r

Total EC

30

30

30

30

26

30