Vartan Kurtcuoglu: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2022 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Vartan Kurtcuoglu (Professor Universität Zürich (UZH)) |
| Address | Lehre Maschinenbau u. Verfahr. ETH Zürich, LEE K 203 Leonhardstrasse 21 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| kvartan@ethz.ch | |
| URL | http://interfacegroup.ch |
| Department | Mechanical and Process Engineering |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
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| 227-0981-00L | Cross-Disciplinary Research and Development in Medicine and Engineering  A maximum of 12 medical degree students and 12 (biomedical) engineering degree students can be admitted, their number should be equal. | 4 credits | 2V + 2A | V. Kurtcuoglu, D. de Julien de Zelicourt, M. Meboldt, M. Schmid Daners, O. Ullrich | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Cross-disciplinary collaboration between engineers and medical doctors is indispensable for innovation in health care. This course will bring together engineering students from ETH Zurich and medical students from the University of Zurich to experience the rewards and challenges of such interdisciplinary work in a project based learning environment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | The main goal of this course is to demonstrate the differences in communication between the fields of medicine and engineering. Since such differences become the most evident during actual collaborative work, the course is based on a current project in physiology research that combines medicine and engineering. For the engineering students, the specific aims of the course are to: - Acquire a working understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the investigated system; - Identify the engineering challenges in the project and communicate them to the medical students; - Develop and implement, together with the medical students, solution strategies for the identified challenges; - Present the found solutions to a cross-disciplinary audience. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | After a general introduction to interdisciplinary communication and detailed background on the collaborative project, the engineering students will team up with medical students to find solutions to a biomedical challenge. In the process, they will be supervised both by lecturers from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, receiving coaching customized to the project. The course will end with each team presenting their solution to a cross-disciplinary audience. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Handouts and relevant literature will be provided. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | IMPORTANT: Note that a special permission from the lecturers is required to register for this course. Contact the head lecturer to that end. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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