Software Aids for Biomedical Engineering Design Courses Introduction

Software Aids for Biomedical Engineering Design Courses

Introduction n Overview of software packages for BME design – intro/upper/advanced levels Paul H. King, Assoc. Prof. , Vanderbilt U. Supported in part by the ERC program of NSF, award EEC-9876363

Topics of Discussion n n Which packages? Why? How inexpensively? What levels?

Introductory Courses n n n Which: Any email Why: Communication instructor/student Cost: free (Eudora light), packaged (Outlook), inexpensive w spellchecker (Eudora) Levels: all Warning: virus attachments (Virus. Scan NT, checks on loading)

Introductory Courses n n Which: Any word-processing Why: document generation Cost: free (notepad), expensive w spellchecker (Word, Word. Perfect) Levels: all, Word/WP absolute on higher levels

Introductory Courses n n Which: browser & search engine Why: info retrieval Cost: free (Netscape/MSIE) & free (yahoo, Hotbot, Go Express) Levels: all

Introductory Courses n n Which: Front. Page Why: document generation - web Cost: Office Pro or extra cost, some free Levels: upper level- Front. Page

Introductory Courses n n Which: Excel Why: analyses, elementary database, what-if? Cost: Office Pro or extra cost Level: all years.

Introductory Courses n n Which: Access or Cold Fusion … Why: elementary to advanced database Cost: Office Pro or extra cost Level: perhaps Freshman level, at least intro as a Senior

Introductory Courses n n Which: MATLAB … Why: simulation, analysis Cost: extra cost Level: Freshman level, use well as a Senior

Introductory Courses n n How? Several packages: Microsoft Academic Cooperative funding. Several: Site license Remainder: student or campus funded …

Upper Level Design Courses n n Which: Microsoft Project Why: Planning purposes Cost: free download (ltd time) or extra Level: Senior through professional

Upper Level Design Courses n n Which: Micrografix Flow. Charter or Visio or Smart. Sketch or Control. Draw Why: Process documentation Cost: extra cost to free Level: Senior through professional

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Upper Level Design Courses n n Which: Designsafe, FMEA, other Why: safety documentation, process documentation, failure analysis Cost: extra cost to free Level: Senior through professional

Upper Level Design Courses n n Which: QFD Why: Product design Cost: extra cost (or trial) Level: Senior through professional

Advanced Design n n Which: Think 3/CAD/other Why: design layout, planning, prototyping if possible Cost: free to expensive! Level: Senior through professional

Advanced Design n n Which: Tech. Optimizer or The Ideator or Kn. IS or … Why: guided design & design parameter selection Cost: moderate to expensive! Level: Senior through professional