BME 120 BME Programming Fundamentals (3 Credits)

Instructor: Prof. Wei Lin

Prerequisite:
BME 100

Required Textbook:
Engineering Computation with MATLAB, 2nd Edition by David Smith

Recommended Textbook:
LabVIEW 2009 Student Edition by Robert Bishop

Description:

This course will introduce the theory and fundamentals of computer programming specifically designed for the applications in biomedical engineering. Students will learn the basic computer architecture and the interaction between the computer hardware, operating system and application software. The course focus will be on the programming control logic and style critical to all programming languages including C and MATLAB. Several core and elective courses in biomedical engineering use MATLAB as a key programming language, and therefore MATLAB will be the primary language used to teach the abovementioned programming principles. This course will also serve as the foundation where the students can pursue further advanced programming skills.

Topics Covered:

  1. Fundamentals of computer architecture, operating system, application software and their relationships
  2. Overview of the historical perspectives of the programming logic and design, including assembly language, compiling language (C, BASIC and FORTRAN) and advanced programming language (MATLAB and LabVIEW)
  3. Introduction to MATLAB user interface
  4. Data input/output and representation (string, array, structure)
  5. Arithmetic and logic expressions
  6. Programming flow controls:
  7. Sequential control
  8. Iteration control (for loop, while loop)
  9. Conditional control (if, switch)
  10. Function (parameter passing, variable scope)
  11. Data visualization (2-D and 3-D plotting)
  12. Programming style: modular programming and basic programming model.

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