INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

INTRODUCTION TO BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING – 2023

HOMEWORK 1
Due Date: 8:00Am, October 3th, 2023 for Tuesday class
8:00Am, October 4th, 2023 for Wednesday class

Student ID:………………………………. Student Name:………………………

Note: Your homework must be written by hand, hand it in the Intro’s box on the 4th floor. Use
online literature research if necessary.
Score:
Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Total

Question 1 (20pts):
1. What is S, T, E, M? Sketch the relationship among S, T, E, M and how it related to Biomedical
Engineering? (10pts)
 Science: theories and hypothesis.
 Technology: optimize the machine from Engineering
 Engineering: create machines basing on science
 Mathematics is required during the process from Science to Engineering and Technology.
 Medicine: the STEM processes are applied in medical-related fields.
2. What is the meaning of Biomedical Engineering according to NIH? (5pts)
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. What are the enormous and urgent needs of Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam? (5pts)
 Enormous and urgent needs:
- In the manufacturing of medical equipment
- Of qualified technical workforce and leadership in the health related sectors with technical
background
- International aids often are not sustainable or don’t address the right issues
- Rate of increase in diabetes, heart and lung diseases among the highest in the world
- Precarious healthcare system
- Unique research topics to be investigated
- Motivated and energetic people
- Determination of the country leadership to develop BME related activities

Question 2 (25pts):
1. List some international agencies, professional societies related to BME. (10pts)
 Research and Funding Agencies:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
 - National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Whittaker Foundation
- Coulter Foundation
 Quality Control Agencies:
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) University Network (AUN)
 Professional Societies:
- International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)
- American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
- Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

2. Why BME is considered as an emerging and multidiscipline field? List some BME subfields and give
example of each. (10pts)
Since BME is the integration of knowledge from several fields, namely:
- Biology
- Medicine
- Mathematic, Physics, Chemistry
- Traditional engineering
- Applied science
- Basic science

Students give example for each

3. What are the duties and objectives of BME? (5pts)

 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

Question 3 (15pts):
1. What is a stent? Briefly explain how it works (5pts)
- A stent is a tiny tube that the doctor can insert into a blocked passageway to keep it open and
restores the flow of blood or other fluids.
- Doctors put a stent into an artery in a procedure known as a percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI), or angioplasty with stent. During PCI, doctors will insert a catheter into the artery. The
catheter has a small balloon with a stent around it on one end. When the catheter reaches the point
of the blockage, the doctor will inflate the balloon. When the balloon inflates, the stent expands
and locks into place. The doctor will then remove the catheter, leaving the stent in place to hold
the artery open.

2. Choose 1 application in BME and describe briefly about it in a 5 to 10 line paragraph (Why you
choose this application, How to use it, What it’s used for,…) (5pts)
- Name of application
- What it’s used for?
- How to use?
- How does it work?
- Why you choose that application?

The answer is based on student’s opinion.

3. What are the goals of IU-BME? As a BME student, what can you do to achieve these goals? (5pts)
 Educate leaders in BME who can think out-of-the box
 Be excellent in theory and practice => research and design
 Have good skills in: – Hands-on experience – Real-world issues – Critical thinking – Self learning
& Group teaching – Communications – Scientific research
- Student’s opinion

Question 4 (25pts):
1. List all the historic landmarks of BME in Vietnam from 2009 until now? (5pts)
 Mars 2009: The BME Department was created at IU
 Aug. 2009: BME-IU undergraduate degree was established and accredited
 Jan. 2010: the 3rd BME Conference in HCM city with the Clinical Engineering Workshop of
IFMBE Asia Pacific Working Group.
 Jan. 2012: the 4th BME Conference: Megaconference
 Jan. 2013: BME-IU Master’s degree
 June 2014: the 5th BME Conference
 Dec 2015: BME-IU program was assessed by AUNQA: 1st in VN, 2nd in AUN of all assessed
programs
 June 27-29, 2016: the 6th BME Conference
  Dec 20, 2017: Establishment of Biomedical Engineering Society in Vietnam
 June 27-29, 2018: the 7th BME Conference
 Dec 2018: Visit of ABET
 Sep 2019: ABET accreditation (since Oct. 2017)
 Sep 2019: Establishment of Ph.D. degree in BME
 Sep 2019: Becoming School of BME
 Oct 2020: Establishment of BME Department at the School of Medicine of VNU-HCM
 2020: the 8th BME Conference
 Dec 2022: the 9th BME Conference “Healthcare Technology for Smart City in Low and Middle
Income Countries”

2. List all of orientation in BME-IU? Indicate the basic knowledge for each of them. Which one do you
like most and why? (10pts)
 Medical Instrumentation: Physics, ME, EE, IT, Design, Biology, Medicine
 Medical signal and image processing: Math, Physics, EE, IT, Medicine
 Pharmaceutical engineering: Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medicine
 Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: Biology, Chemistry, Medicine
 BME Entrepreneurship and health management: Medicine, Administration, Business,
Economics
- Which one do you like most and why: Student’s opinion

3. List and explain the 5P Medicine model. What are the BME-IU aspirations from it? Same questions
for Industrial Revolution 4.0 (10pts)

 5P Medicine is:
 Personalization: Specific for each patient in diagnosis, therapy, and monitoring.
 Prediction: Analyzes and calculates the risk that a person will develop a disease.
 Prevention: Helps make decisions that prevent the appearance of diseases.
 Participation: Tries to put the patient at the center of the healthcare system, teaching and
providing appropriate tools so the patient can participate in the responsibility for his or her health
care.
 Precision: an innovative approach to tailoring disease prevention and treatment that takes into
account differences in people's genes, environments, and lifestyles.
  Industrial Revolution 4.0:

 Aspirations:
- Develop telemedicine: Telemedicine allows health care professionals to evaluate, diagnose
and treat patients at a distance using telecommunications technology.
- Enable many new technologies, like blockchain, big data, cloud computing, and IoTs, to
track patients' medical records. That more accessible for healthcare professionals to
understand the patient's history and deal accordingly.
- Provide flexibility in design and manufacturing by which production system is digitally
controlled.
Question 4 (15pts):

1) What are the missions of BME-IU? (5pts)

· Provide work force and leadership in BME for VN by giving faculty and students opportunities to be at the
forefront of knowledge to excel

· Investigate topics appropriate for VN and unique in the world

· Develop different BME activities in particular medical devices to respond to the needs of VN and
appropriate for developing countries

· Reverse Brain Drain

· Develop true collaboration with international institutions to contribute to the knowledge and practice of
global BME.

2) Are you interested in pursuing the combined BE/ME 5-year program? (10pts)

Student’s opinion

3) List some applications in BME that are the combination of Mechanical/Electrical/Computer/

Optical/Chemical Engineering Fields and briefly describe one of them? (10pts)

· Lab-on-a-chip

· Nanotechnology

· Artificial intelligence in BME

Based on student’s knowledge for their chosen application