Introductory mammalian physiology for bioengineering students, with emphasis on control mechanisms and engineering principles. Basic cell functions; biological control systems; muscle; neural; endocrine, and circulatory systems. Not intended for premedical bioengineering students. 

A laboratory course demonstrating basic concepts of biomechanics, bioengineering design, and experimental procedures involving animal tissue. Sources of error and experimental limitations. Computer data acquisition, modeling, statistical analysis. Experiments on artery, muscle and heart mechanics, action potentials, viscoelasticity, electrocardiography, hemorheology. 

2016-2017

• Oxygen control delivery system to simulate apnea: Clarissa Hoffman, Hiten Patel, Michael Tao, Scott Muraki

• Rehabilitation tool to regain mobility: Hayley Chong, Samantha Noah, Courtney Wallace, Elaine Limqueco

• Device to measure small rodents pulse arterial oxygen saturation, heart rate, and breath rate: Vivek Jani, Gabriela Escalante, Carlos Ceballos, Niaz Nafea

2015-2016

• Rehabilitation Tool to Regain Mobility: Brittany Beckwith, Veronica Bradley, Megan Friedlander, Claudia Varela

• Automatic High Throughput Analysis of Red Blood Cell Deformability: Timothy Pham, Vandya Juneja, Vrinda Sant, Yao Der Shieh

• Health Frontiers in Tijuana (HFiT) Clinic: Paula Anzenberg, Alexander Bale, Hoai-An Ryan Nguyen, Benjamin Yang, Daniel Gehlbach

2014-2015

• Rehabilitation Tool to Regain Mobility: Andrea Ngo, Julia Wong, Elton Cheng, Nicole Lee

• Automatic Analysis of Red Blood Cell Quality: Kelsey Dolk, Zachary Borglin, Aditi Gupta, Ismael Munoz, Kayla Ruggiero, Delara Fadavi

• Tool to Facilitate Weight Control and Improve Health Without Diet (Co-Advised with Dr. Schmid-Schonbein): Josh Cohen, Michael Marsh, Jennifer Jiang, Kelli Stowells

2013-2014

• Rehabilitation Tool to Regain Mobility: Bong Choi, Gerardo Narez, Darren Tan, Felicia Soehartono

• Automatic Analysis of Red Blood Cells Quality: Jordan Troy, So Jeong Moon, Emily Thompson, Jeffrey Xu

2012-2013

• Overhauling Bioengineering Laboratory Experiments: Thomas Hudson, Ada Ip, Ehran Khan, Zhao Zhang

• Rehabilitation tool to regain mobility: Michael Chu, Nicholas Gomez, Gilbert Lam, Tyler Watson

• Automatic high throughput analysis of red blood cells deformability: Lancy Lin, Justin Ow, Justin Plaut, Shirley Zhang

2011-2012

• Portable Gait Analysis: Elizabeth Breen, Parth Chokshi, Michael Lee, Alexander Vo

2010-2011

• Fall Monitor for an Elderly Person: Margaret Kuleshova, Alex Nguyen, Alan Priester, Chao-yu Lee