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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