Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Cross-Disciplinary Bioengineering
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, Spanish
Teaching staff
Please send an email to set up a meeting
Jenifer Olmos: jolmos@uic.es
Introduction
Bioengineering is an interdisciplinary science where the knowledge of biological systems and engineering serves to develop new technologies with diverse biomedical applications. However, beyond these applications, Bioengineering can be used as a means of innovation in other fields not related to health science. This subject will try to show the student that a bioengineer can provide solutions to problems or situations of daily life in areas with no apparent connection to Bioengineering.
Objectives
- Apply the knowledge learned in Bioengineering as a tool to respond to the growing needs of society not only in the field of health science, but also in other areas
- Have a creative and innovative thinking
- Think laterally avoiding linear thinking
- Work in an interdisciplinary manner to achieve greater success in solving problems or situations
- Work individually or in a group
- Presentation and debate of the topics in all areas of study
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- CN01 - Describe aspects related to bioengineering based on subject-specific books together with scientific publications at the forefront of knowledge.
- CN04 - Integrate the fundamentals of materials science and technology taking into account the relationship between microstructure, synthesis or processing and material properties.
- CP01 - Interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) and issue judgements that include a reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific and ethical nature.
- CP04 - Produce fixed and removable structures in medical device applications.
- HB01 - Convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- HB03 - Validate calculations, valuations, appraisals, assessments, studies, reports, work plans and other similar works.
- HB04 - Assess the social and environmental impact of technical solutions through the analysis and application of quality principles and methods.
- HB05 - Integrate a third language, usually English, in a multilingual and multidisciplinary environment, with an adequate oral and written level and applying the terminology of bioengineering
- HB11 - Apply the fundamentals of elasticity and resistance of materials to the behaviour of real solids.
- HB14 - Identify engineering concepts that can be applied in the field of biology and health.
Learning outcomes of the subject
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
• Safely use chemical products and assess the risks involved in laboratory and industrial procedures.
• Solve problems related to manufacturing process engineering based on the materials that make up the component.
• Use computational tools for calculation and design in manufacturing process engineering.
• Recognize the manufacturing processes of components.
• Validate the control and verification of produced items.
Syllabus
1. Pharmacy
2. Veterinary
3. Cosmetics
4. Textiles
5. Nutrition and food
6. Physiotherapy
7. Architecture
8. Industrial quality
9. Odontology
10. Farming
11. Automotive industry
12. Civil engineering
13. Environmental
Teaching and learning activities
In person
The course will be divided by topics that will consist of a theoretical session by the teacher/s, followed by another session to present a topic through a slide presentation for a later group activity.
At the end of the course, each student will have to do a final work on one of the topics that they will be working on during the course, which they will have to present through a slide presentation/poster and defend.
Eventually, the teacher could use the Moodle platform that could include various resources, such as forms, exercises, multimedia material... that the student must complete to complete the course.
Classes will be taught in English. The didactic material will be presented in English mainly, with some exceptions (graphs, tables ...)
The ECTS credit ratio and the workload in learning hours depending on the different methodologies that will be used. Each theoretical ECTS credit has 10 hours in which the teacher is present in the classroom. The rest of the hours up to 25, correspond to the load of directed and autonomous learning of the student. This last teaching load can be carried out through autonomous activities, group work that will be presented and defended in class or individual study necessary to achieve the learning objectives of the different subjects
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
Exam 1st call:
- Weekly assignments (50%):
- Exhibitions (25%)
- Group activities (25%)
- Final work (50%)
The final grade to pass the course will be 5.0
The final work is required and must be submitted in the marked period and present the day of the exhibition. There will be compulsory seminars of the final work and there will be the assistance that will be quantified within the percentage of the final work. If a student has not submitted or presented the final work on the established date, the student will automatically fail the 1st call and must submit to the 2nd call. The 2nd call will consist of the delivery of the poster accompanied by a video presentation to be evaluated.
Failure to attend the presentations and debates will imply the non-accumulation of scores for that session.
The same criteria will be applied for the 2nd call, but without the option of honors.
* The evaluation criteria are provisional and could undergo a slight variation that would be duly informed
Important considerations
- Plagiarism, copying or any other action that may be considered cheating will be zero in that evaluation section. Besides, in exams it will mean the immediate failure of the whole subject.
- Changes of the calendar, exam dates or the evaluation system will not be accepted. Exchange students (Erasmus and others) or repeaters will be subjected to the same conditions as the rest of the students.
- Attendance is mandatory and must be greater than 90% to pass the subject.