2017-2018 / GBIO0027-1

Integrated project in biomedical engineering

Duration

30h Th, 90h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in biomedical engineering (120 ECTS)10 crédits 

Lecturer

Liesbet Geris, Davide Ruffoni

Coordinator

N...

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The integrated project biomedical engineering consists of 3 parts
* contact program with biomedical industry in Belgium (organised together with the other masters in biomedical engineering of the fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles: http://biomed-days.ulb.ac.be/)
* soft skills training (presentation, creativity, team work, brainstorming, project organisation etc) in collaboration with ID Campus: http://www.idcampus.be/
* project work: the subjects of the projects will be defined by industrial, clinical or academic partners.  Supervision will be taken care of by the academics most closely related to the subject and the partners that proposed it.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

  • solution of complex and incompletely stated problems, close to the reality in the field
  • decompartmentalization and intégration of knowledge
  • Design and realisation of an object or the pre-study of a larger work
  • skills in groupwork and contacts with other partners (often with different backgrounds)
  • skills in project management
  • autonomy
  • creativity
  • communication skills

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

In fonction of the identified needs, the realisation of the project is completed with
* seminars by professors and academic researchers
* hands-on tutorials by ID Campus and ReLab
* seminars by industrial partners, organised together with the other masters in biomedical engineering of the fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles: http://biomed-days.ulb.ac.be/ 

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

face-to-face and blended learning. Practical sessions in ReLab.

Recommended or required readings

Copy of the lecture notes and seminar handouts

Assessment methods and criteria

OCTOBER




  • reflexion phase and idea creation
  • interviews with potential customers
  • intermediate presentation to présent le problème
NOVEMBER




  • Division in sub-problems
  • conception phase
DECEMBER




  • pretotyping
  • intermediate evaluation regarding the conception phase.
  • debriefing.
  • feedbackon the projets.
FEBRUARY




  • Implementation phase (1/2).
MARCH




  • Implementation phase (2/2).
  • intermediate presentation to evaluate the progres of the work and the proposed technical solutions.
  • feedback and adjustment (if necessary)
APRIL




  • test phase with validation of the prototype.
MAY




  • Evaluation of the project in its totality, based on oral presentation (pitch) and alternative reporting formats.
  • Debriefing.
  • Feedback.

Work placement(s)

none

Organizational remarks

The integrated project biomedical engineering consists of 2 parts
* contact program with biomedical industry in Belgium (organised together with the other masters in biomedical engineering of the fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles: http://biomed-days.ulb.ac.be/)
* soft skills training and project work will take place every monday afternoon of the entire academic year.

Contacts

Liesbet Geris - Davide Ruffoni - Fred Ooms (ID campus)
+32 4 366 9587
liesbet.geris@ulg.ac.be
druffoni@ulg.ac.be
f.ooms@idcampus.be