INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

INTRODUCTION TO BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

SEMESTER 1, 2022 – 2023
QUIZ 1
Duration: 30 minutes
Student ID:....................................................... Student Name: .....................................................
Score:
Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Total

Question 1 (40pts):
1. Sketch the relationship among S,T,E,M and how it related to Biomedical Engineering?
(10 pts)

• Science: set the hypothesis and theories for engineering to applied

• Engineering: design machines based on science
• Technology: improve and optimize devices from engineering
• Both science, engineering and technology require mathematics as their foundation
• Medicine: the STEM processes are applied in medical field
 2. Give the definition of Biomedical Engineering (BME) according to NIH? (10pts)
BME is an emerging multidisciplinary field that involves the applications of state-of-the-
art technology to the creation of new methodologies and devices for human welfare and
for a better understanding of human biological processes.

3. Why BME is considered as an emerging and multidiscipline field? Name at least 3

different related sub-fields of BME. (20pts)
• Because BME lies at the interface of many related fields and integrates their
knowledge: biology, medicine, traditional engineering, etc.
• Sub-fields of BME:

Question 2 (40pts):
1. Indicate the duties and objectives of BME. (20 pts)
Duties:
Apply advanced technology to:
 - Create medical devices
- Develop investigative methods
- Perform physiological and clinical investigations

Objectives:
- Understand human biological processes
- Provide human healthcare services.
2. Spell out the full name of each agency and shortly indicate their tasks: NIH, FDA,
IFMBE, ABET. (20pts)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Protecting the public health; regulating the
manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of tobacco products; advancing the public
health; ensuring the security of the food supply and by fostering development of
medical products

• National Institutes of Health (NIH): to seek fundamental knowledge about the

nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to
enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability.
• International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE):
encouraging research and the application of knowledge, and to disseminate
information and promote collaboration.
• Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET): accredit college
and university programs in the disciplines of applied and natural science, computing,
engineering, and engineering technology at the associate, bachelor’s, and master’s
degree levels.

3.
Wednesday class: Draw the strategic structure of BME-IU (10pts)
 Tuesday class: Indicate aspirations from 5P medicine model. List some examples. (10pts)

Our aspirations from 5P medicine model

(Prediction, Prevention, Personalization, Participation & Precision)

• “Bring the hospital to the patient’s home”,

rather than “Bring the patient to the hospital”.

• Enhance the services to underserved people,

especially in the countryside.

• Empower the patients.

Question 3 (20pts):
1.
Wednesday class: What are Ultrasound devices? Briefly explain how it works (10pts)
Tuesday class: What is an electro-spinner? Briefly explain how it works (10pts)
Depending on the student explanation.
2. Tuesday class: Why does the demand for BME specialists rise in Vietnam? (10pts)
• The number of medical facilities and manufacturers cannot fulfill the demand of our
country
• Lack of well-trained and qualified medical device operators
• Expensive medical equipment not well exploited and maintained
• Import still account for a large proportion in VN medical device market
Wednesday class: The Vietnamese population is aging. What are the consequences of
this fact? (10pts).
- people will get old before getting rich or cannot become rich
- it put burdens on the society and family
- the family chief has to feed both old parents and young children,
- the elders get often ill and a lot of diseases
- Change in patterns of saving and investments
- Decrease the development of the economic due to less labour
- Population decline
- High welfare’s cost,...

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