Course Descriptions

Why Teach Chemistry to Engineers? Matter-Its Properties and Measurement, Uncertainty and Significant Figures, Dimensional Analysis. Atoms and Atomic Theory, Atomic Mass and Mole Concept. Chemical Compounds, Molecular and Ionic Compounds, Composition, Oxidation States. Chemical Reactions, Stoichiometry, Reactions in Solutions, Limiting Reactant. Introduction to Reactions in Aqueous Solutions, Precipitation, Acid-Base, and Oxidation-Reduction Reactions, Titrations. Gases, Gas Laws, Ideal Gas Equation, Gases in Reactions, Mixtures of Gases, Kinetic Molecular Theory. Electrons in Atoms, Electromagnetic Radiation, Atomic Spectra, Quantum Theory, Electron Configurations. The Periodic Table and Some Atomic Properties.

English Speaking Skills

Introduction to Computing

Functions, graphs, limits and continuity. Derivatives, derivative rules, chain rule, implicit differentiation. Applications of derivatives. Indefinite integrals. Definite integrals. Applications of integrals. Transcendental functions.

Standards and units; vectors and coordinate systems; kinematics, dynamics; work and energy; dynamics of system of particles; conservation of energy and momentum, collisions; rotational kinematics and dynamics; equilibrium of rigid bodies; oscillations.

Experiments on: work and energy; dynamics of system of particles; conservation of energy and momentum, collisions; rotational kinematics and dynamics; equilibrium of rigid bodies; oscillations.

Atomic basis of life and biomolecules; cell structure and function; cell metabolism; movement of materials across membranes; photosynthesis, fermentation and respiration; cell divisions; Mendelian genetics; molecular basis of genetics; control of gene expression; recombinant DNA technology; human genetics; mechanisms and evidence of evolution; the origin and history of life.

Introduction to computers, computer programs and the Java language, identifiers, variables, assignment statements, constants, data types, casting, selections, loops, methods, arrays, strings and characters.

Academic writing and speaking skills with a focus on organizing a research project involving a proposal, preliminary and ongoing research, annotations, thesis proposal, works cited and an interview to demonstrate the results of their work. Critical thinking, reasoning, logical argumentation, and presentation skills.

The origins of ethical thought; ethical principles and basic theories; personal, academic and professional ethics for engineers; environmental ethics; ethical implications of technology, computer ethics; ethics in research and experimentation.

Integration techniques; improper integrals. Infinite series, positive and alternating series, power series, Taylor and Maclaurin series. Polar coordinates. Vectors and motion in space, vector valued functions.

Charge and matter, electric field and Gauss' law, electric potential, capacitors, DC circuits, magnetic field, Ampere's law, Faraday's law, inductance, magnetic properties of matter, Maxwell's equations.

Experiments on: capacitors; DC circuits; magnetic field; Ampere's law; Faraday's law; inductance; magnetic properties of matter.

The basic biological concepts of structure and function of the human body. Body systems, such as the cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, digestive, muscular, skeletal and reproductive system.

Objects and classes, constructors, static variables, constants and methods, visibility modifiers, passing objects and object arrays to methods, immutability, variable scopes, class abstraction and encapsulation, super and subclass concepts, inheritance, polymorphism, overriding, overloading, abstract classes, object-oriented design.

Definitions of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Essentials of microeconomics. Operations of markets. Scarcity and resource allocation. Demand and supply analysis and elasticities. Market efficiency and welfare. Consumer and producer surplus. Cost analysis of firms. Perfect competition and imperfect competition. Monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition. Externalities and internalities. Economics of factor markets.

Circuit variables. Circuit elements. Ohm's law, Kirchoff's laws and Thevenin's/Norton's, and superposition theorems. Circuit analysis methods. Natural and step responses of first and second order circuits. Sinusoidal steady state analysis of electrical circuits. Power and energy.

Introduction to laboratory equipments, oscilloscope and signal generator. Two-terminal passive elements, Experimental verification of the fundamental circuit principles and theorems such as Ohm's, Kirchoff's laws and Thevenin's/Norton's, superposition theorems. Responses of first and second order circuits. Introduction to PSPICE.

Matrices, matrix addition, matrix and scalar multiplication, algebraic properties of matrix operations, special types of matrices, solving linear systems, elementary row and column operations, echelon form of a matrix, Gauss and Gauss-Jordan method, elementary matrices and finding the inverse of a matrix by using elementary operations, real vector spaces, definition, subspaces, span and linear independence, basis and dimensions, homogeneous systems, rank of a matrix, linear spaces with inner product, definition of the inner product, Gram-Schmidt process, orthogonal complements, linear transformation and their matrix representations, kernel and range of a linear transformation, matrix of a linear transformation, determinants, definition and properties of determinants, cofactor expansion, finding inverses by using cofactors, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, characteristic polynomial and equation of a matrix, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization of symmetric matrices.

Explanation of communication, explanation of language and its relationship with the thinking proces, culture, society and literature; written and oral communication; main characterisrics of the Turkish language; phrases and types of narration; expressional failure.

Application techniques of engineering mechanics to human muscle-skeletal systems. Mechanical properties of tissues. Structural properties and mechanical analysis of bones, muscles and joints. Dynamics of mechanical systems. Investigation of orthopedic materials through mechanical procedures, stress and strain applications of implantation materials. Statics and dynamics of solids and fluids; material behavior including elasticity, viscoelasticity, fatigue, and failure.

Introduction to the semi-conductor technology. Semi-conductor circuit components: diodes and transistors. BJT and FET transistor parameters, operating regions, small signal models, voltage and current gains. System approach to the semi-conductor circuits, effects of source and load impedances. Operational amplifiers.

Semi-conductor junction diode characteristics and applications. BJT and FET transistors and their biasing, measurement of transistor parameters. Transistor amplifiers, amplifier frequency response. Operational amplifiers and their applications.

Multivariable functions, partial derivatives, directional derivatives. Lagrange multipliers. Double integrals, triple integrals, line integrals. Green's theorem. Surface integrals, Stokes' theorem. Gauss theorem (Divergence Theorem). First order differential equations. Second and higher order linear equations with constant coefficients. Reduction of order. Nonhomogeneous equations. The Laplace transform, initial value problems. Systems of first order linear equations with constant coefficients.

Basic topics in probability, probability axioms, sample space, conditional probability, counting methods, discrete random variables, probability mass function, families of discrete random variables, expectations, function of a random variable, variance and standard deviation, continuous random variables, distribution function, probability density function, expected values, families of continuous random variables, the normal distribution, pairs of random variables, joint distribution function, marginals, joint probability function, functions of two random variables, variance, covariance and correlation concepts.

Illustration of “narration” and its types; writing and communication modes; exemplified by masterspieces chosen from Turkish and world literature; exercises in effective writing and public speech.

Basic concepts of medical instrumentation. Origin of biosignals. Measurement of biosignals: electrocardiogram (ECG), electromyogram (EMG), electroencephalogram (EEG), electroneurogram (ENG), electroretinogram (ERG), electrooculogram (EOG). Basic sensors systems and their operating principles. Biopotential amplifiers. Fundamentals of electrodes and transducers. Biopotential electrodes.

Free Elective-I

HSS Elective-I

Matlab environment. Vector, matrix and array operations. Matlab commands. Plotting and graphics. Symbolic math. Matlab programming. Search and sort algorithms. Simulink and modeling. Graphical user interfaces. Circuit analysis. Signal processing and applications.

Time and frequency domain analysis of signals and systems. Periodic signals. Convolution integral. Transmission of information by orthogonal functions. Fourier transforms. Filters. Modulation theory. Analysis of discrete time signals and systems. Discrete time Fourier transform (DFT). Computer applications.

This course aims to discuss political, social, cultural and economic transformations in the 19th century in their relation with the formation of the Republican Turkey and focuses on the modernization process in the early republican period until 1945.

Examination of materials used in humans and other biological systems in terms of the relationships between structure, fundamental properties and functional behavior. Replacement materials such as implants, assistive devices such as insulin pumps and pacemakers, drug delivery systems, biosensors; engineered materials such as artificial skin and bone growth scaffolds, and biocompatibility.?

Basic principles related to physiological pressure measurements and phonocardiography . Measurement techniques of blood flow and volume of blood flow. Human respiratory system and its measurements. Chemical sensors. Measurement systems of clinical laboratory. Medical imaging systems; radiography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasonography. Therapeutic and prosthetic devices: cardiac pacemaker, defibrillators, heart-lung pumps, hemodialysis systems. Operating rooms and electrosurgery systems. Electrical safety.

Application of analog, digital, and statistical techniques to the processing of biomedical signals. Sources, recording, analysis and processing of ECG, EEG, EMG, and evoked potentials. Filtering, detection and classification, spectrum and parameter estimation, and array signal processing.

Free Elective-II

Political, social and cultural development of Turkey since WWII. Transition to multi-party system, social transformation in 1960s and 1970s, as well as the demographical change, industrialization and new social movements. The coup d'état of 1980 and its aftermath, political and social polarization in 2000s.

Fundamentals of medical imaging. Medical image processing. X-ray imaging and Computed Tomography (CT). Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Ultrasound Imaging. Color doppler echocardiography. Nuclear medicine and gamma cameras.

Complementary Elective-I

Departmental Elective-I

Departmental Elective-II

HSS Elective-II

Complementary Elective-II

Departmental Elective-III

Departmental Elective-IV

HSS Elective-III

Presentation of the engineering programs offered by the biomedical department. Detailed information about the various specialization areas of biomedical engineering program and employment possibilities.

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Lumped circuit elements. Kirchoff’s laws.Reference directions, power and energy, Introduction to time-invariant circuits. Techniques of circuit analysis. General resistive circuits. OPAMPs. Capacitors, inductors and magnetic coupling, Analysis of first-order and second-order circuits.

Mathematical models of dynamic systems. Emphasis on electrical, mechanical and physiological systems. State variable models. Stability, controllability, observability. s-domain analysis. Block diagrams. Feedback control system characteristics. The stability of linear feedback sytems. Root locus method and other stability methods. Frequency domain analysis of linear control system. Sinusoidal steady state analysis. Complex power concept. Design of feedback control systems.

Electrostatic fields. Dielectric properties of materials. Stationary electric currents and static magnetic fields. Time-varying electromagnetic fields. Faraday's induction. Maxwell's equations. Time-harmonic electromagnetic waves. Uniform plane waves.

Presentation of the biomedical engineering program. Detailed information about the various specialization areas of biomedical engineering including human anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, biomaterials, biosignal processing, therapeutic medical devices and biomedical imaging. The roles of biomedical engineers in the modern health system and biomedical ethics.

Data description. Text analysis. Summary and paraphrase of simplified research articles and data charts. IMRAD Summary. Critical thinking and logical argumentation skills to express an informed opinion. Presentation of information to an audience in an academic setting.

Introduction to basic IT theory and terminology. Basic skills in a word processor programs, such as MS Word to create documents, format text, apply styles. Basic skills in a spreadsheet program, such as MS Excel, to create and format spreadsheets, including the use of mathematical formulas and to summarize given data in the form of graphics.

Introduction to computers, computer programs and the Matlab language, identifiers, variables, assignment statements, data types, selections, loops, methods.

Critical thinking and logical argumentation. Academic research. Annotations, citations, quotations. Identification of arguments, reasoning, logical cohesion. Debates. Evaluative summary. Interview.

The basic theories in Ethics (the Philosophy of Morality). The practical implications of these theories in particular professions and areas such as engineering, medicine, pharmacology, genetics, technological innovation, artificial intelligence and robotology, management, marketing, international relations, public services, media and law. The meaning and significance of virtue and values. Moral principles within particular professions and their foundation in Ethics.

The basic biological concepts of structure and function of the human body. Body systems, such as the cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, digestive, muscular, skeletal and reproductive system.

Resources and scarcity; supply and demand; the mixed economy; market structure; national income, business cycles, unemployment and inflation; economic growth and productivity; money, banking and monetary policy; international trade and finance

Voltage and current, ideal basic circuit elements. Reference directions, power and energy. Ohm’s law and Kirchoff 's laws. Time-invariant resistive circuits with dependent/independent sources. Equivalent resistance calculations, Delta-to-Wye equivalent circuits. Node-voltage and mesh-current methods, source transformation, superposition. Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits. The operational amplifier. Inductance, capacitance and mutual inductance. Natural and step response of first and second-order circuits.

Functions of several variables. Limits and continuity. Partial derivatives. Chain rule for partial derivatives. Directional derivatives. Local maxima and minima. Lagrange multipliers. Taylor’s formula. Double integrals in Cartesian and polar coordinates. Triple integrals in Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Line integrals. Green’s theorem. Surface integrals. Stokes’ theorem. Divergence theorem.

Basic definitions of the theory of differential equations. First order differential equations. Integration factor method. Separable equations. Homogenous equations. Bernoulli equation. Second order linear differential equations with constant coefficients. Systems of first order linear differential equations with constant coefficients. Laplace transforms. Applications of Laplace transform to linear differential equations with constant coefficients. Convolution. Linear differential equations with variable coefficients. Euler equation. Ordinary and singular points. Series solutions of second-order linear differential equations.

History of occupational health and safety. Work law. Occupational health and safety law. National and international conventions. Occupational diseases. Introduction to the concept of hazard and risk

Phasor transform and sinusoidal steady state analysis of circuits. Ideal transformers. Power calculations for circuits with sinusoidal sources, complex power. Impedance matching for maximum power transfer. Laplace transform. Transient and steady state analysis of time invariant circuits using Laplace transform. Transfer function and impulse response. Convolution integral in circuit analysis. Frequency response and frequency selective circuits. Passive and active filter circuits. Two-port circuit characterization and analysis of terminated two-port circuits.

Introduction to laboratory equipment and measurements. Introduction to circuit simulation tools. Two-terminal passive elements. Experimental applications of the fundamental circuit principles and theorems: Ohm’s and Kirchoff’s laws, Thevenin, Norton and Superposition theorems. Usage of oscilloscope and signal generator. Capacitor. Inductor. Response of RC, RL, RLC circuits

Definition and classification of signals. Transformations of independent variable. Exponential and sinusoidal signals. Impulse and step functions. Basic system properties. Linear time-invariant (LTI) systems. Convolution sum. Convolution integral. Continuous-time (CT) Fourier series. Properties of CT Fourier series. Discrete-time (DT) Fourier series. Properties of DT Fourier series. CT Fourier transform for periodic signals. Properties of CT Fourier transform. DT Fourier transform. Properties of DT Fourier Transform. Time and Frequency characterization of signals and systems. Sampling theorem.

Hazard and risk concept. Chemical risk factors. Physical risk factors. Biological risk factors. Psychological risk factors. Ergonomic risk factors. Risk analysis and types. Industrial applications

Minimum 20 working days of summer practice on the general engineering applications at an health institution or industrial corporation related with the biomedical engineering. Delivering a report on the accumulated knowledge.

Electrostatic fields. Dielectric properties of materials. Stationary electric currents and static magnetic fields. Time-varying electromagnetic fields. Faraday's induction. Maxwell's equations. Time-harmonic electromagnetic waves. Uniform plane waves.

Analysis of linear control systems by differential equations and transfer function methods. Determination of transient and steady-state response of first order and second order systems. Solution of control systems using state-space methods. Stability of closed loop systems. Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion. Root-locus diagrams. System analysis in frequency domain. Bode and polar plots. Introduction to the design of linear control systems. Compensation techniques.

Introduction to statistics. Sample mean, median and standard deviation. Graphical plots. Probability. Multiplication rule. Permutation and combination. Conditional probability and Bayes’ rule. Random variables. Discrete and continuous probability distributions. Joint probability distributions. Mathematical expectation. Mean, variance, covariance and correlation coefficient of random variables. Some continuous and discrete probability distributions. Normal distribution. Fundamental sampling distributions. Sampling distribution of mean. Interval estimation of mean. Testing a statistical hypothesis. Simple linear regression and correlation.

Cardiac pacing; defibrillators, cardiovascular protheses and assist devices, neural assist devices, sensory and communication aids, physical therapy equipment; electrosurgical equipment, anesthesia equipment, ventilators and respiratory therapy equipment.

Application of analog, digital, and statistical techniques to the processing of biomedical signals. Sources, recording, analysis and processing of ECG, EEG, EMG, and evoked potentials. Filtering, detection and classification, spectrum and parameter estimation, and array signal processing.

General Elective-I

General Elective-II

Arithmetic operations, display formats. Elementary math built-in functions. Definition and management of variables. General commands. Arrays, matrices, operations with arrays and matrices. Random number generation. Polynomials. Systems of linear equations. Symbolic mathematics. Script files, programming in MATLAB. Graphics, Input/Output in MATLAB. Applications: electrical circuits, control systems, time domain representation of continuous and discrete signals, Fourier and Laplace transforms, analog and digital filters. Introduction to select toolboxes.

Minimum 20 working days of summer practice on the biomedical systems and applications at an health institution or industrial corporation related with the biomedical engineering. Delivering a report on the accumulated knowledge.

Area Elective-I

Area Elective-II

General Elective-III

General Elective-IV

Engineering project and risk management, feasibility analysis. Preparing project proposals. Interdiciplinary teamwork. Examples of social, environmental, ethical, legal aspects of engineering solutions for contemporary real life problems. Examples of entrepreneurship and innovation practices. Widely used engineering standards.

Design and development of a system component or process for a biomedical engineering problem to meet desired needs. Submission of the results in the form of a project report and oral presentation.

Area Elective-III

Area Elective-IV

Area Elective-V

General Elective-V

Artistic evaluation and presentation of a choosen topic or of an artist. Participation in conferences, seminars and workshops about art and criticism.

Research and praxis in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking. Technical experimentation and the process of artistic production. Employing the imagination and the fantasy in artistic work, utilizing models and inner sources for the expression of visual thinking and images with the use of construction, colour and form.

Research and praxis in three-dimensional fields like sculpture and ceramics. Experimenting the process of production of artwork with three-dimensional material. Employing the imagination and the fantasy in artistic work, utilizing models and inner sources for the expression of visual thinking and images with the use of three-dimensional techniques and material.

Historical view to the criticism phenomenon. Introduction to criticism in art and literature. Evolution and development of criticism. Examples of classic critique. Modern criticism, critical methods and theories. Objective and subjective criticism. Critical methods, such as thematic, linguistic, semiotic criticism. Major theorists of Criticism (Bachelard, Barthes, Greimas, Frankfurt School, Lacan, etc.) Exemplary analysis of critique. Literary criticism. Criticism in plastic arts, evaluation of plastic arts criticism in Turkey and of the writings of critics.