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description
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BioMedical Engineering
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
in collaboration with Universiteit Maastricht
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The first and only 5-year BME programme in Europe leading to a Master degree, starting from the freshman
year
start: 1997
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Objective: Build a new Engineering
disciplinefor BioMedical research
Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Applied Mathematics Applied Physics BioMedical EngineeringMedical Sciences & Biology
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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002intake 72* 86* 94expectedintake
100 100 100
expectednumber ofgraduates
50
* enrolment restriction
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Teaching Methods
Courses Design Centred Learning (DCL)
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Year 1 P CoursesDCL: case studies
PropeadeuticYear 2 PP1 Courses
DCL: case studiesYear 3 PP2 Courses
DCL projects skillslabs
Bachelor’sYear 4 PP3 Elective courses
DCL: multidisciplinar projects traineeships
Year 5 Final project
Master’s
Structure of the programme
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Fields of Research Molecular engineering Functional imaging Metabolism BioComputing BioMechanics
Cardiovascular Solid & Fluid Mechanics Tissue & Cell Mechanics Bone Mechanics
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Tissue mechanics
Cell biology
Protein engineering
Cell mechanics
Molecular m
odeling
Cardio-vascular
mechanics
Tissue engineering
Coronary circulation
1 m 10-9 m10-3 m 10-6 m
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Atherosclerosis
Cardiac Mechanics
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• Diagnostics
• Stent placement
• Tissue remodeling
• Therapy
• Patency
• Ex-vivo testing
• ...
Placement andinflation of balloon
inblocked artery
Balloon Angioplasty
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Coronary pressure,flow & temperature
(de Bruyne)
Cardiovascular modeling
(van de Vosse)
Branchy therapy(Bonnier)
Molecular biology incoronary circulation
(Snoeckx)
Tomography(Camici)
Transport of blood in heart muscle
(Spaan)
Coronary Circulation