Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics, Chang Gung University (for 2013 fall semester student)

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1 Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics, Chang Gung University (for 2013 fall semester student) Area Elective/ Compulsory Course Title Credit Year Fall Spring Remarks Compulsory Introduction to Research Methods (1) Compulsory Introduction to Research Methods (2) Compulsory Seminar (1) Common Compulsory Courses Cross-disciplinary Elective Courses of Mechanical Engineering and Medicine Compulsory Seminar (2) Compulsory Introduction to Biomedical and Clinical Engineering Compulsory Introduction to Physiology and Anatomy Compulsory Theory of Mechatronic Engineering Compulsory Scientific Writing Elective Design of Medical Device Elective Sound and Acoustics Elective Biomechanics Elective Technical Aids and Medical Implants Elective Creative Engineering in Medical Mechatronics Elective Experimental Mechanics for Orthopaedics Elective Hearing Conservation and Noise Control Foundational Compulsory Courses for Engineering Background Students *2.3 Foundational Compulsory Courses for Non-engineering (Medicine) Background Students *2.3 Co-taught with ME and BME Co-taught with ME and CDGI Co-taught with ME and BME Cross-disciplinary Elective Courses of Electronics, Control, and Medicine Elective Medical MEMS Co-taught with BME Elective Hospital Automation and Rehabilitation Engineering Co-taught with ME Elective Biomedical Electronic Microfluidic System Co-taught with ELEC Elective MEMS Micro Fabrication Lab Co-taught with ELEC Elective Medical Electronics and Control Elective Hardware-Software Co-Design Co-taught with CSIE Common Elective Courses Remarks Elective Bio-photonics Techniques Co-taught with EE Elective Medical Biology Elective Biostatistics Graduation credits: 36 (including 6 credits from the Scientific Writing course, granted after the completion of the thesis compulsory credits (excluding the Scientific Writing course) including 4 credits from "Introduction to Research Methods" course, 2 credits from "Seminar" courses, 3 credits from "Introduction to Biomedical and Clinical Engineering" course, 3 credits from "Introduction to Physiology and Anatomy" course or "Theory of Mechatronic Engineering" course, and 3 credits from 1 out of 2 courses in the below 2 cross-disciplinary elective courses: Cross-disciplinary Elective Courses of Mechanical Engineering and Medicine: Design of Medical Devices course. Cross-disciplinary Elective Courses of Electronics, Control, and Medicine: Medical Electronics and Control course. 3. Others: All fresh students must submit the course exemption form when the start of the master program in order to partition into engineering or non-engineering background.

2 Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics, Chang Gung University Course List for Fall Semester 2013 Course Type Credits Hours Course Code Course Name Instructor Compulsory 2 2 MMM022 Introduction to Research Methods (1) Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Compulsory 1 2 MMM024 Seminar (1) Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Compulsory 3 3 MMM115 Introduction to Biomedical and Clinical Engineering Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Elective 3 3 MMM117 Design of Medical Device Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Elective 3 3 MMM013 Sound and Acoustics Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Elective 3 3 MMM160 Creative Engineering in Medical Mechatronics Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Elective 3 3 MMM011 Medical MEMS Dr. Kin Fong Lei Elective 3 3 ENM027 Biomedical Electronic Microfluidic System Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Elective 3 3 END038 MEMS Micro Fabrication Lab. Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Elective 3 3 MMM140 Biomechanics Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Elective 3 3 MMM027 Medical Biology Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Elective 3 3 MMM116 Technical Aids and Medical Implants Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Elective 3 3 MMM400 Biostatistics Dr. Chee-jen Chang

3 Course Name Introduction to Research Methods (1) Instructor Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Course Type Compulsory Credits 2 Hours 2 Class Hours Tuesday, 08:10-10:00 This course is to introduce the core abilities for a young investigator, including writing of research proposal, literature review, research task management, intelligent property, patent application, etc. Mid-term report 20%, final report 30%, homework 50% 1 9/17 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Course overview and introduction to research method 2 9/24 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Exercise of writing brief proposal 3 10/1 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Presentation of brief proposal (I) 4 10/8 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Presentation of brief proposal (II) 5 10/15 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Presentation of brief proposal (III) 6 10/22 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Special lecture (I) 7 10/29 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Literature survey exercise and presentation (I) 8 11/5 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Literature survey exercise and presentation (II) 9 11/12 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Literature survey exercise and presentation (III) 10 11/19 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Mid. term project report 11 11/26 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Special lecture (II) 12 12/3 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Introduction to patent and intellectual property 13 12/10 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Patent search exercise and pesentation (I) 14 12/17 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Patent search exercise and pesentation (II) 15 12/24 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Final project report (I) 16 12/31 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Final project report (II) 17 1/7 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Final project report (III) 18 1/14 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Final project report (IV)

4 Course Name Seminar (1) Instructor Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Course Type Compulsory Credits 1 Hours 2 Class Hours Tuesday, 10:10-12:00 Organize the students to give oral presentations of journal papers or their research findings. The seminars are carried out with oral presentations, questions asking/replying, comments and suggestions from the course coordinator. Reports 60%, classroom participation and discussion 40% 1 9/17 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Course overview 2 9/24 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Research progress presentation (I) 3 10/1 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Research progress presentation (II) 4 10/8 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Research progress presentation (III) 5 10/15 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Research progress presentation (IV) 6 10/22 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Research progress presentation (V) 7 10/29 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Research progress presentation (VI) 8 11/5 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Specail lecture (I) 9 11/12 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Proposal presentation (I) 10 11/19 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Proposal presentation (II) 11 11/26 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Proposal presentation (III) 12 12/3 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Literature review and presentation (I) 13 12/10 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Special lecture (II) 14 12/17 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Literature review presentation (II) 15 12/24 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Literature review presentation (III) 16 12/31 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Literature review presentation (IV) 17 1/7 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Literature review presentation (V) 18 1/14 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Literature review presentation (VI)

5 Course Name Introduction to Biomedical and Clinical Engineering Instructor Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Course Type Compulsory Credits 3 Hours 3 Class Hours Friday, 09:10-12:00 1.Rehebilitation engineering; 2.Biomechanics; 3.Bio-informatics; 4.Hearing aids; 5.Bio-signal analysis; 6.Orthopedic biomechanics; 7.Medical reverse engineering and rapid prototyping 8.Medical robotics; 9.Bio-material; 10.Tissue-engineering Mid-term report 20%, final report 20%, attendance 20%, classroom participation and discussion 40% 1 9/20 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Holiday 2 9/27 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu 1. Course introduction ; 2. Introduction of hearing prosthesis and ear biomechanics 3 10/4 Dr. Kin Fong Lei MEMS in biomedical applications 4 10/11 Dr. Chung-chih Lin Bio-informatics 5 10/18 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Experimental orthopedic biomechanics 6 10/25 Dr. Hsiao-Lung Chan ECG analysis 7 11/1 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Case report in medical mechatronics 8 11/8 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Microfludic design and biochip applications 9 11/15 Dr. Meng-Tsan Tsai Biomedical photonics 10 11/22 Dr. Wei-Chih Chen Introduction of THA 11 11/29 Dr. Po-Ling Lai Introduction of surgical and fixation methods in L-spine Introduction of surgical and fixation methods in eye 12 12/6 Dr. Chi-Chin Sun field 13 12/13 Dr. Che-Ming Wu Introduction of surgical and fixation methods in ENT 14 12/20 Dr. Yen-Hsiang Chang 15 12/27 Dr. Shih-Hao Chang Introduction of surgical and fixation methods in operative dentistry Introduction of surgical and fixation methods in dental implant Introduction of surgical and fixation methods in 16 1/3 Dr. Lun-Jou Lo plastic surgery 17 1/10 Dr. Wen-Lin Yeh Introduction of surgical and fixation methods in TKA 18 1/17 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Final project report

6 Course Name Design of Medical Device Instructor Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Course Type Elective Credits 3 Hours 3 Class Hours Friday, 13:10-16:00 1.Mechanism design and simulation; 2.Computer-aided design; 3.FEA and stress analysis; 4.Industrial design; 5.Design of technical aids and human engineering; 6. Design of medical devices and biomechanics; 7. Analysis of bio-physiological signals; 8. Computer architecture and software engineering in medical devices; 9. Design of microfluidic system in medical applications;; 10.Design of medical MEMS; 11. Software certification for medical devices; 12. Testing and regulations for medical devices. Reports 40%, classroom participation and discussion 20%, final project report 30% 1 9/20 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Holiday 2 9/27 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Course introduction 3 10/4 Dr. Eng-Lung Lin Mechanism design and simulation (I) 4 10/11 Dr. Eng-Lung Lin Mechanism design and simulation (II) 5 10/18 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Introduction to computer-aided design 6 10/25 Dr. Chun-Li Lin Introduction to FEA and stress analysis 7 11/1 Dr. Wen-Yen Lin Special lecture (I) 8 11/8 Dr. Tsai-Hsuan Tsai Introduction to industrial design Introduction to design of technical aids and 9 11/15 Dr. Kevin C. Tseng human engineering 10 11/22 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Design of medical devices and biomechanics 11 11/29 Dr. Yi-Ping Chao Analysis of bio-physiological signals 12 12/6 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Special lecture (II) 13 12/13 Dr. Wann-yun Shieh Computer architecture and software engineering in medical devices Design of microfluidic system in medical 14 12/20 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin applications 15 12/27 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Design of medical MEMS 16 1/3 Dr. Chung-chih Lin Software certification for medical devices 17 1/10 Dr. Shang-Chih Lin Testing and regulations for medical devices 18 1/17 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Final project report

7 Course Name Sound and Acoustics Instructor Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Course Type Elective Credits 3 Hours 3 Class Hours Thursday, 13:10-16:00 This course includes two parts. The first part introduces sound and acoustics, transverse motion, reflection, transmission, absorption and attenuation of sound. Pipes, resonators, filters, noise and underwater acoustics are introduced in the second part. Mid-term exam 30%, final-exam 30%, reports 30%, classroom participation and discussion 10% 1 9/19 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Transverse motion 2 9/26 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Vibration of bars 3 10/3 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Vibration of plates 4 10/10 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Vibration of membranes 5 10/17 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Reflection and transmission 6 10/24 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Radiation 7 10/31 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Reception 8 11/7 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Absorption and attenuation 9 11/14 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Midterm 10 1/21 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Cavities and waveguides 11 11/28 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Reflection in a pipe 12 12/5 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Standing wave in a pipe 13 12/12 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Acoustic impedance 14 12/19 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Environmental acoustics 15 12/26 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Architectural acoustics 16 1/2 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Electroacoustics 17 1/9 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Underwater acoustics 18 1/16 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Final

8 Course Name Creative Engineering in Medical Mechatronics Instructor Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Course Type Elective Credits 3 Hours 3 Class Hours Monday, 09:10-12:00 1.Introduction to creative thinking; 2.Basic principles of creative thinking; 3.Functions of brain (right and left brain); 4.Five tips to invent; 5.How and where to find more creative ideas; 6.Five guidelines for inventing and innovating ; 7.Techniques in creative thinking: reverse, transfer, combine, change, direction, extend and reduce; 8.Creative learning/active learning; 9.Term project and case studies. Homework 50%, final project 30%, classroom participation and discussion 20% 1 9/16 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Course introduction 2 9/23 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Brain functions and creativity 3 9/30 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee "How to invent and innovation" Ch.1 to Ch /7 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee "How to invent and innovation" Ch.5 to Ch /14 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee "How to invent and innovation" Ch.9 to Ch /21 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee "How to invent and innovation" Ch.13 to Ch /28 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Creative learning in library 8 11/4 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Holiday 9 11/11 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Creative/active learning 10 11/18 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Mid-term project report 11 11/25 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Creative thinking and problem solving skills (1) 12 12/2 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Creative thinking and problem solving skills (2) 13 12/9 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Creative training model in Stanford University 14 12/16 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Introduction of TRIZ (1) 15 12/23 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Introduction of TRIZ (2) 16 12/30 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Introduction of TRIZ (3) 17 1/6 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Creativity related websites 18 1/13 Dr. Ming-Yih Lee Final project report

9 Course Name Medical MEMS Instructor Dr. Kin Fong Lei Course Type Elective Credits 3 Hours 3 Class Hours Wednesday, 09:10-12:00 BioMEMS has emerged as a subset of MEMS devices for applications in biomedical research and medical microdevices. The course content includes microfabication technology, microfluidics principles, microsensor, bio-detection, lab-on-chip, and microarray technology. Homework assignments 20%, midterm exam 30%, project presentation 20%, final report 20%, quiz 10% 1 9/18 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Introduction to BioMEMS 2 9/25 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Silicon microfabrication (1) 3 10/2 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Silicon microfabrication (2) 4 10/9 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Soft fabrication techniques 5 10/16 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Microfluidic principles 6 10/23 Dr. Kin Fong Lei PDMS process and fabrication of microfluidic device 7 10/30 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Sensor principles and microsensors 8 11/6 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Microactuators and drug delivery 9 11/13 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Mid-term exam 10 11/20 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Clinical laboratory medicine 11 11/27 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Micro-total-analysis systems 12 12/4 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Detection and measurement methods 13 12/11 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Genomics and DNA microarrays 14 12/18 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Proteomics and protein microarrays 15 12/25 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Emerging BioMEMS technology (1) 16 1/1 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Emerging BioMEMS technology (2) 17 1/8 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Project presentation (1) 18 1/15 Dr. Kin Fong Lei Project presentation (2)

10 Course Name Biomedical Electronic Microfluidic System Instructor Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Course Type Elective Credits 3 Hours 3 Class Hours Friday, 09:10-12:00 The course will start from microfabrication technique, including IC and MEMS fabrication processes. The physic phenomena, driving forces, and observing methods of microfluidics will be taught. Some basic microfluidic components including micropump, microvalve, micromixer, and micro heater will be introduced. Several developing cases such as application of chemical engineering, biochemical analysis, and automatic disease diagnostic system will be discussed. Midterm 40%, Homework 20%, Final presentation 40% 1 9/20 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Introduction 2 9/27 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin IC and MEMS technology 3 10/4 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Photolithography 4 Bulk micromachining; 10/11 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin HW (1) 5 10/18 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Surface micromachining 6 10/25 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin LIGA 7 11/1 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Midterm 8 11/8 Glass, polymer, and soft-lithography fabrication; Dr. Yen-Heng Lin HW (2) 9 11/15 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Physical property and driving forces 10 11/22 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Micro-pump, micro-valve, micro nozzle Micro-filter, micro-mixer, micro-heater; 11 11/29 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin HW (3) 12 12/6 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Sensing technology in microfluidic chip 13 12/13 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Midterm 14 12/20 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Case study: microfluidic chip for emulsion technique; HW (4) 15 12/27 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Case study: membrane type microfluidic chips 16 1/3 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Case study: micro-mixer and its applications Case study: dielectrophoresis and optically 17 1/10 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin induced DEP 18 1/17 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Final presentation

11 Course Name MEMS Micro Fabrication Lab. Instructor Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Course Type Elective Credits 1 Hours 3 Class Hours Thursday, 09:10-12:00 The course starts from substrate clean, lithography, bulk micromachining, surface micromachining, thin film deposition, dry and wet etching, and microfluidic devices fabrication. All of them have both concept introduction and cleanroom practice. Participation: 50%, homework: 50% 1 9/19 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Introduction of MEMS and lab. safety 2 9/26 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin RCA cleaning(practice) 3 10/3 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Lithography 4 10/10 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Positive PR fabrication process (practice) 5 10/17 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Negative PR fabrication process(practice) 6 10/24 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Surface micromachining 7 10/31 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Sputtering(practice) 8 11/7 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Evaporation(practice) 9 11/14 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Thermal oxidation(practice) 10 1/21 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Introduction of microfluidics 11 11/28 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin PDMS soft lithography(practice) 12 12/5 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Lift-off and metal etching(practice) 13 12/12 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Bulk micromachining, LIGA, electroplating 14 12/19 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin HNA etching and KOH etching(practice) 15 12/26 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Reactive ion etching (RIE)(practice) 16 1/2 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Introduction of microsystem 17 1/9 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Opto-fluidic system(practice) 18 1/16 Dr. Yen-Heng Lin Opening discussion

12 Course Name Biomechanics Instructor Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Course Type Elective Credits 3 Hours 3 Class Hours Wednesday, 13:10-16:00 This course introduces the basic mechanical principles applying on the musculoskeletal system. The applications of relative mechanical principles on the clinical problems will be taught. Additionally, clinical cases will also be discussed for the application of biomechanics. Classroom participation and discussion 30%, midterm 40%, library report (oral report + written report) 30% 1 9/18 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Introduction 2 9/25 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Review of mechanics: some relevant applications 3 10/2 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Mechanical behavior of materials and structures 4 10/9 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Kinematic concepts for analyzing human motion 5 10/16 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Biomechanics of bone 6 10/23 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Biomechanics of the knee 7 10/30 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Biomechanics of the hip 8 11/6 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Biomechanics of the foot 9 11/13 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Mid-term exam 10 11/20 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Biomechanics of the lumbar spine 11 11/27 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Biomechanics of the cervical spine 12 12/4 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Biomechanics of fracture fixation 13 12/11 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Biomechanics of arthroplasty 14 12/18 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Biomechanics of gait 15 12/25 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Experiments on biomechanics 16 1/1 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Holiday 17 1/8 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Library report- oral 18 1/15 Dr. Ching-Lung Tai Final exam

13 Course Name Medical Biology Instructor Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Course Type Elective Credits 3 Hours 3 Class Hours Monday, 13:10-16:00 This course is centered upon the biological phenomena of humans, which will be divided into six main portions about the life phenomenon, including cellular, genetic, evolutionary, biodiversity, animal and plant phenomenon, and ecology. It will also include the introduction of direction of life science research and basic lab methods. Midterm exam 30%, quiz 40%, final exam 30% 1 9/16 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Introduction: overview of life unit 2 9/23 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Cell structure and nanotoxicity and health risk 3 9/30 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Cell organelles (I) 4 10/7 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Cell organelles (II) 5 10/14 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu DNA structure and function 6 10/21 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Chromosome and human genetics 7 10/28 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Controls over genes: regulation of gene expression 8 11/4 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Nobel prize for medicine of 2009: telemerase 9 11/11 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Midterm exam 10 11/18 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Studying and manipulating genomes 11 11/25 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Meiosis and sexual reproduction 12 12/2 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Tissue and organ system 13 12/9 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Process of evolution 14 12/16 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Neural control and neural repair 15 12/23 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Endocrine control and metabolism disease 16 12/30 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Immunity and internal environment 17 1/6 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Principles of ecology 18 1/13 Dr. Tsui-Hsun Wu Final exam

14 Course Name Technical Aids and Medical Implants Instructor Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Course Type Elective Credits 3 Hours 3 Class Hours Tuesday, 13:10-16:00 This course includes two parts. The first part introduces the framework of the assistive technologies and the principals. The development of the seating system, communication system, mobility, hearing aids, auditory prostheses, dental implants will be introduced in the second part. Midterm exam 30%, final exam 30%, reports 30%, classroom participation and discussion 10% 1 9/17 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Introduction and overview 2 9/24 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu The disable human user of assistive technologies 3 10/1 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Delivering assistive technology services 4 10/8 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Seating systems 5 10/15 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Communication systems 6 10/22 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Hearing aid system 7 10/29 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Electroacoustic performance 8 11/5 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Assessing candidacy 9 11/12 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Midterm exam /19 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Introduction to cochlear implant 11 11/26 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Critical issues in auditory prostheses 12 12/3 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Strategies for representing speech 13 12/10 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Implantation and assessment 14 12/17 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Rationale for dental implants 15 12/24 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Generic root form component terminology 16 12/31 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Prothetic options in implant dentistry 17 1/7 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Bone density for clinical success 18 1/14 Dr. Jen-Fang Yu Final exam.

15 Course Name Biostatistics Instructor Dr. Chee-jen Chang Course Type Elective Credits 3 Hours 3 Class Hours Thursday, 09:10-12:00 This courses provides a practical introduction to the theorem, methods, techniques, and computation of statistics in clinical medicine. It prepares students for their future courses and careers by introducing the statistical methods most often used in medical literature. We will minimize the amount of mathematical formulation (algebra-based) while still giving complete explanations of all the important concepts. Classroom participation and discussion 30%, midterm exam 30%, final exam 40% 1 9/19 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Descriptive statistics 2 9/26 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Probability 3 10/3 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Discrete probability distributions 4 10/10 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Continuous probability distributions 5 10/17 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Estimation 6 10/24 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Hypothesis testing: one-sample inference 7 10/31 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Hypothesis testing: two-sample inference 8 11/7 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Non-parametric method 9 11/14 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Hypothesis testing: categorical data 10 1/21 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Midterm exam 11 11/28 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Correlation analysis 12 12/5 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Multi-sample inference 13 12/12 Dr. Chee-jen Chang 14 12/19 Dr. Chee-jen Chang 15 12/26 Dr. Chee-jen Chang 16 1/2 Dr. Chee-jen Chang 17 1/9 Dr. Chee-jen Chang 18 1/16 Dr. Chee-jen Chang Final exam Design and analysis techniques for epidemiological studies (1) Design and analysis techniques for epidemiological studies (2) Design and analysis techniques for epidemiological studies (3) Design and analysis techniques for epidemiological studies (4) Design and analysis techniques for epidemiological studies (5)