Duration
26h Th, 26h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Engineering | 5 crédits | |||
| Master of Science (MSc) in Biomedical Engineering | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is about the mathematical modeling of physiological processes.
It is centered on the modeling, simulation, and analysis of dynamical phenomena that take place in cells or systems physiology.
As far as systems physiology is concerned, examples of subjects are: cardiovacular system, respiratory system, muscle contractoin,...
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The objective of the course is to master simulation and mathematical analysis tools needed to understand the basic mechanisms of physiological processes as described in the literature.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Mathematical training of the bachelor degree of engineering and, ideally, an introductory course in physiology.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
30h of theory + 30h of classroom
or/and computer sessions.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Practical information about the course organization will be available on MyUlg.
Recommended or required readings
The course is based on the textbook
"Mathematical physiology", J. Keener
and J. Sneyd, Springer-Verlag, 2009.
Assessment methods and criteria
Le cours est composed of two parts (modeling at the cell level and modeling at the systems level). Eacht of these two parts is divided in a theoretical part and a practical part (homeworks for the cell level part and a project for the systems level part)
- each of the two parts of the course is evaluated in the following manner
- a written examen on the theoretical content
- an evaluation of the practical part
- if the lowest score for any of these evaluations is <=7, that score will become the global score for that part of the course.
- if this is not the case, the score of the practical part is only taken into account when having a positive effect on the student's overall score. In which case it will count for 30% of the final score (and the written exam for 70%).
- for the re-exams, students can - at their explicit request - get a waiver for the re-exam of the part of the course for which they had obtained a score >=12.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
One of the instructors.
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
- distance teaching
- homeworks/project as originally forseen
Assessment subjects
- theoretical material of the two parts (see additional information on eCampus)
- personal project / homeworks
Assessment methods
Oral examination (at distance) in 4 parts of 15 minutes each (with 5 minutes between each part to allow connections)
- 15' theory Geris part: oral without preparation, 2 questions on the curriculum, 1 question on the homework articles (details on eCampus)
- 15' homework Geris part: discussion on the content of the reports (details on eCampus)
- 15' theory Dauby part: oral without preparation (details on eCampus)
- 15' project Dauby part: project discussion (details on eCampus)
Students will be notified by email of any updates to the information available on eCampus.
The overall grade is the arithmetic mean of the grades of the two parts (Geris & Dauby). For both parts, the weighting is as follows: theory 60%, practice (homework/project) 40%. For the Geris part homework, 75% is on the reports and 25% on the oral. In summary: Overall grade =0.5* (0.6*theory_Geris + 0.4*(0.75*reports_de devoirs_Geris + 0.25*oral_devoirs_Geris)) + 0.5*(0.6*theory_Dauby + 0.4*(oral_project_Dauby))
Contacts
pc.dauby@uliege.be
liesbet.geris@uliege.be