2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Computing Department of Computer Science Graduate major in Science and Technology for Health Care and Medicine
Advanced Science and Technology for Health Care and Medicine I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Science and Technology for Health Care and Medicine
- Instructor(s)
- Takeharu Tsuge / Kotaro Tadano / Akitoshi Okino / Marie Tabaru / Yasuharu Koike / Masato Sone / Jun Aida
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- STM.C501
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course introduces trends and future prospects of research and development in the science and technology for health care and medicine which is the interdisciplinary field based on mechanical engineering, eletrical and electronic engineering, information and communications engineering, materials science and engineering. This is a constitution of Outline of Science and Technology for Health Care and Medicine I & II.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to
1) I understand cutting-edge research and development in the interdisciplinary field of science and technology for health care and medicine based on mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, information and communications engineering, materials science, and engineering.
2) set issues based on future prospects and find their solutions in the field.
Keywords
Mechanical engineering, Eletrical and electronic engineering, Information and communications engineering, Materials science and engineering, Interdisciplinary course
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course will be given in the omnibus format via Zoom.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Medical applications of atmospheric plasmas (Akitoshi Okino) | Students shall understand new atmospheric plasma sources and its applications for medical fields such as sterilization, blood coagulation and bioanalysis. |
| Class 2 | Method and applications of non-contact measurement using ultrasound (Marie Tabaru) | Students will understand non-contact measurement methods and some topics. |
| Class 3 | Medical robots and their development trends (Kotaro Tadano) | Students will understand the functions and roles of medical robots and grasp development trends. |
| Class 4 | Brain Machine Interface and it's applications (Yasuharu Koike) | Students will understand the computational neuroscience for Brain Machine Interface and its applications. |
| Class 5 | Understanding the most common disease in the world: dental diseases (Jun Aida) | Understanding the distribution and causes of dental diseases, which are a prerequisite for the development of advanced technology |
| Class 6 | Biocompatible metallic material and the application to medicaldevoce (Masato Sone) | Students will understand the biocompatible metallic materials and the recent application to medical devices. |
| Class 7 | Bio-based and Biodegradable Polymeric Materials (Takeharu Tsuge) | Students will understand fundamental properties of bio-based and biodegradable polymeric materials. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Handouts will be distributed at the beginning of class if necessary.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Assessment is based on the quality of the written reports and on the status of submission thereof in each class.
Related courses
- HCB.C421 ： Outline of Human Centered Science and Biomedical Engineering I
- HCB.C422 ： Outline of Human Centered Science and Biomedical Engineering II
- HCB.C522 ： Advanced Human Centered Science and Biomedical Engineering II
Prerequisites
Students are encouraged to complete the related courses.
Other
If misconduct, such as plagiarism or misappropriation of someone else's work is committed, we will treat it strictly. The grade of the subject will be 0.