Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

BIOE 492 - SENSORY NEUROENGINEERING

Long Title: SENSORY NEUROENGINEERING
Department: Bioengineering
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIOE 322 AND BIOE 332 or permission of instructor
Description: This course will explore how bioengineering techniques and principles are applied to sensory systems, with a focus on the auditory, vestibular, and retinal systems. The interaction between the electrical, mechanical and optical aspects of these systems, and ways to modulate these interactions, will be explored. Design and current technologies used as auditory and visual prosthetics will be covered. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: BIOE 592.