COURSE DESCRIPTION


Medical Engineering

24

37

59

40

9

160

University Requirement

Faculty Requirement

Major Requirement

Free Ellective

Complementary Requirement

Total Credit Hours

Complementary Requirement is not calcualted in total credit hours



University Requirement - 24 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 15 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0110151 National Education 3
A0110144 Arabic Communication Skills 3
A0110143 English Communication Skills 3
A0110155 Military Sciences 3
A0110154 Life Skills 1
A0110152 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 1
A0110153 Leadership and Societal Responsibility 1

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0110161 Islamic Culture 3
A0110163 Archeology and Tourism in Jordan 3
A0110164 Development and Environment 3
A0110165 Contemporary Issues 3
A0411601 Legal Education and Human Rights 3 This course identifying the basic concepts of human rights in an analytical way, and then realistic clarify of the international & regional means dealing with human rights such as treaties, recommendations and international means that are in the process of formation, such imperative rules & customs, this course also address realistically the content of human rights and the rights of the first generation such as right of living. The second-generation rights such as the right to work and third-generation rights such as the right of environment. International ways to protect human rights in general. In addition, the extent to which the Jordanian constitution is compatible with international human rights standards.
A0110162 History of Jordan and Palestine 3
A0110166 Media and Public Relations 3

Elective Courses - 3 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0871103 Principles of Renewable Energy 3 Introduction to renewable Energy include Photovoltaic, Wind power, Micro hydropower, Biomass energy, Waste power, Solar thermal power, Geothermal power, Ocean energy (tidal, tide-flow and wave), Ocean energy (OTEC), , Comparison of characteristics and cost of renewables. How we can use the sun, wind, biomass, geothermal resources, and water to generate more sustainable energy. It explains the fundamentals of energy, including the transfer of energy, as well as the limitations of natural resources. Starting with solar power, the text illustrates how energy from the sun is transferred and stored; used for heating, cooling, and lighting; collected and concentrated; and converted into electricity
A0110168 Digital Literacy and Artificial Intelligence 3
A1321100 Sport and Health 3 Defining health and fitness: physical education, health education; the cognitive, emotional, skill-oriented, and social goals of physical education; the history of physical education: ancient, medieval, and modern ages, the Olympics, Athletics in Jordan: nutrition and exercising; athletic injuries: bone, joint , muscle, skin injuries; special exercises for figure deformation; diseases related to lack of exercise: diabetes, obesity, being underweight, back pain, cancer; hooliganism: causes and recommended solutions for hooliganism.
A0110167 Critical Thinking Skills 3
A0110281 Society Health 3


Faculty Requirement - 37 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 37 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0833101 Numerical Analysis 3 General numerical methods: equation solving via iteration, interpolation; numerical integration, and numerical differentiation; numerical methods in linear algebra, Gauss elimination, least squares method, numerical methods for differential equations.
A0852202 Communication Skills and Artificial Intelligence 2
A0110111 General Physics 1 3
A0832101 Differential Equations 3 Different methods of solving ordinary differential equations of first, second and higher-order DEs. Using Laplace transform and Power series method for solving Des. Modeling of some engineering, physical, and social problems will be given.
A0110201 Linear Algebra 3
A0851201 Computer Skills (Engineering) 3 The Basic Concepts of Programming using C++ language: C++ Programming; Controls Structures; Functions; Arrays; Pointers; An introduction to Classes and Objects.
A0110102 Mathematics (2) 3
A0831201 Engineering Drawing 2 Use of instruments; lettering; Drawing of basic views and projection method; orthographic; isometric drawing and sketching; sectional views; computer aided design applications using AutoCAD (2D & 3D) in all engineering aspects.
A0110113 General Physics Lab. 1
A0832103 Engineering statistics and probability 3
A0110121 General Chemistry 3
A0110112 General Physics (2) 3
A0851202 Engineering Workshops 1 Workplace safety and use of tools; basic skills of measurements; basic skills of hand filing, welding, carpentry, sheet metal fabrication, and household electric circuits.
A0852203 Engineering Ethics 1
A0110101 Mathematics (1) 3


Major Requirement - 59 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 50 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0835501 Selected Topics in Medical Engineering 3 Current trends and developments in the field of biomedical engineering; contemporary issue in biomedical engineering; each semester will cover one topic which will be announced for students at the registration time.
A0833304 Medical Instrumentation (1) 3
A0834306 Medical Sensors and Biotelemetry Lab . 1 Introduction to medical sensors and medical measurement system using LabView and ELVIS II kit; sensing and detection of various physiological variables such as: temperature, force, blood pressure, heart rate, and heart sounds; signal modulation and demodulation techniques (AM, FM) transmitter and receiver; signal sampling and reconstruction; telemetry applications in health care.
A0833401 Principles of Artificial Intelligence in ME 3
A0833301 Medical Electronics 3 Introduction to Op-Amp; Basic Op-Amp Circuits: Summing Amplifiers, Comparators, Integrators, Differentiators, Biomedical Applications; Special purpose op-amp applications: Differential amplifier, Instrumentation amplifier, Isolation Amplifier, Converters, Biomedical Applications; Active Filters: Low, high, band pass and band stop active filters, filters in biomedical applications; Oscillators: Principles of Oscillators, Phase Shift Oscillator, Wien Bridge Oscillator, Colpitts Oscillators and Hartly Oscillator. Power Amplifiers and their classification, Power Amplifiers in biomedical applications.
A0835302 Medical Technology Management 2 Basic concepts of the management of medical technology in hospital settings including safety considerations, codes, standards, regulations; procedures in planning, acquisition, controlling, leading and supervision; other medical engineering practices in medical engineering departments and healthcare facilities.
A0834307 Design Concepts in Medical Engineering 2
A0835401 Medical Imaging Systems 3 Introduction to medical imaging systems; properties and nature of produced image of particular imaging system; medical imaging systems are: X-ray, CT-scan, imaging by radioisotopes and gamma camera, projection Positron Emission Tomography (PET), ultrasound imaging systems, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
A0835701 Graduation Project (1) 1 Each student (or a team of students) may choose from a list of research projects, and is/are supervised by a faculty member in the department. Project (1), which represents the first phase of the graduation project, requires gathering the practical and theoretical resources needed for the completion of graduation project (2).
A0835402 Medical Digital Image Processing 3 The course begins with low level processing and works its way up to the beginnings of image interpretation; This course explains the two-dimensional discrete systems, design of two-dimensional filters, digital image processing, human perception of images, color models, sampling and data compression, picture enhancement, restoration and analysis, hardware and software implementation. Students will be required to apply their understanding of the concepts involved through the use of suitable package (e.g. Matlab).
A0835308 Laboratory Instrumentation and Medical Laser 3
A0832603 Biomechanics Lab. 1
A0835404 Medical Imaging Systems Lab. 1
A0834303 Medical Sensors and Biotelemetry 3 Principles of biomedical sensor design; biomedical sensors charactristics; biomedical sensors applications in medicine and biology: resistive, inductive, magnetic, ultrasonic, chemical, and optical sensors; biosensors; introduction to biotelemetry: analog and pulse modulation, demodulation techniques; basic telecommunication circuits designed for transmission of biomedical signals; transmitters and receivers; applications of telemedicine in health care.
A0834305 Medical Instrumentation Lab. 1 Medical signal conditioning and processing: signal calibration, signal amplification, filtration, medical signal measurements (ECG, EEG, EMG); heart rate measurement (visual and sound indicators); analogue to digital converter; safety analyzer; interfacing with computers
A0832602 Biomechanics 3
A0835702 Graduation Project (2) 2 The student implements and finalizes the work described in project (1). After full implementation of the project?s goals, the student must present a comprehensive report on the entire graduation project to an examining committee.
A0833602 Biomaterials 2 An introduction about Biomaterials; it demonstrates the bulk and surface properties of materials; It deals with many details about the following engineered biomaterials: metals, polymers, hydrogels, ceramics, glasses, and glass-ceramics, composites, Bioresorbable and bioerodible materials, natural materials, and their use in implant technology; It explains the tissue engineering subject, host reaction to biomaterials and testing biomaterials; It clarifies many applications of materials in medicine and dentistry.
A0833303 Medical Electronics Lab. 1
A0834304 Medical Instrumentation (2) 3 Respiratory system instrumentation; thermometry; audiometry; electronic patient monitoring systems; therapeutic and prosthetic devices; electrosurgery and operating room equipment; sterilization; chemical biosensors and clinical laboratory equipment; microprocessor interfacing and computer based instrumentation.
A0834701 Field Training 3 Practical experience to be gained through working for eight continuous weeks in an accredited establishment.
A0834402 Computer Applications and Artificial Intelligence in ME 3

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0835601 Prosthetic and Artificial Organs 3 Extracorporeal devices: artificial kidney: artificial heart; artificial liver; artificial blood; artificial pancreas; artificial knee implants, artificial hip implants, artificial disc implant, upper and lower extremities mechanics; essential parts in artificial limbs.
A0834603 Fluid Mechanics for ME 3 Fundamental laws of statics, and dynamics applied to fluid; characteristics of fluids; conservation of mass, momentum, and energy as applied to fluids; laminar and turbulent flows; shear stress; applications of fluid mechanics to biological systems: human circulatory, blood flow in heart, arteries, veins. Respiratory systems, including air flow in the lugs,
A0835603 Medical Robotics 3
A0835604 Medical Rehabilitation Engineering 3
A0835602 Nanotechnology in ME 3 Introduction to nanotechnology, physics in nanotechnology, synthesis of nanomaterials, characterisation of nanomaterials, bio-nanomaterials and nanodevices, nanotechnology applications in biology and medicine.
A0834309 Implanted Medical Devices 3

Elective Courses - 3 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0833703 Field training in the field of clinical engineering 3
A0833701 Field training in the field of diagnostic medical devices 3
A0833702 Field training in the field of therapeutic medical devices 3
A0833704 Field training in the field of medical equipment maintenance 3


Free Ellective - 40 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 40 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0872304 Electric Circuits Lab. 1 DC Circuits: Kirchoff?s Voltage and Current Laws, Network theorems, Maximum Power Transfer; Transient Circuits: RL, RC, RLC; Resonant Circuits; Magnetically Coupled Circuits; Two-Port Networks.
A0852304 Electronics Lab 1 Diode characteristics: clipping and clamping circuits, half-wave and full-wave rectification,Zener diode, and voltage regulation; BJT characteristics and biasing circuits; FET characteristics and biasing circuits; transistor amplifiers;frequency response of single-stage and multi-stage transistor amplifiers,transfer characteristics of cascade amplifier;differential amplifier;operational amplifiers and applications; oscillators; passive and active filters.
A0853305 Signals and Systems 3 Classification of signals, basic concepts of sampling, basic continuous-time and discrete-time signals;signal processing using MATLAB; classification of systems, properties of continuous-time LTI systems, proprieties of discrete-time LTI systems, convolution processes, Laplace transform, transfer function; Fourier series; Fourier transform and applications, power spectral density, frequency response.
A0864401 Engineering Economy and Management 3
A0853309 Communication Systems 3
A0854303 Digital Signal Processing 3 Sampling and aliasing; review of discrete time signals and systems; z-transform and its application to the analysis of LTI systems; digital signal processing (DSP) using MATLAB; discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT); frequency response of LTI systems; discrete Fourier transform (DFT); structures for FIR and IIR filters; introduction to the design of digital filters; applications of DSP: speech processing and image processing.
A0853308 Digital Electronics 3 Digital signals and systems, pulse waveforms, switching circuits, pulse distortion, periodic pulse waveforms; switching devices, diodes and transistors as switching devices, analysis of switching circuits and switching times;logic technologies and families, digital integrated circuits terminology, DTL, RTL and TTL family, open collector, tri-state, ECL family, MOS technology, operation and types, MOS inverter, NMOS, PMOS, CMOS, dynamic MOS, CMOS transmission circuits, interfacing between families and their problems;multivibraters circuits, monostables, astables, schmitt trigger, bistables, 555 IC timer; memory elements and types, programmable logic devices;analog to digital converter and digital to analog converter.
A0853311 Digital Electronics Lab. 1
A0852303 Electronics 3 Introduction to Electronics; Semiconductors: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors, Electrical Properties of Semiconductors, Diffusion Process in Semiconductors; The PN Junction Diode: Forward, Reverse Biased Junction, V/I Static Characteristics, Diode Types: Zener, LED, and Photodiode; Diode Applications: Rectification, Clipper, and Clamper Circuits, Voltage Multipliers; Bipolar Junction Transistors: CB and CE Characteristics, DC Biasing and Analysis; BJT Applications: BJT as a Switch, and Amplifier; Field-Effect Transistor: V/I Characteristics of JFET and MOSFET, DC Biasing and Analysis; Biasing of Transistor (BJT and FET); Single-Stage Amplifier; Cascaded BJT and FET Amplifiers; Composite Transistor Stages; Operational Amplifiers and Applications; Differential Amplifier; Operational Amplifier Architectures; Frequency Response of Amplifiers; Negative-Feedback Amplifiers.
A0872303 Electrical Circuits 3 "Introduction to electrical engineering. Fundamentals of electric circuits,
A0852301 Digital Logic Circuits 3 Numbering System and Information Representation: Arithmetic Operations, Decimal and Alphanumeric Codes, Binary Logic; Boolean Algebra: Identities, Functions and Manipulation, Standard Forms, Simplification, Logic Gates, , Integrated Circuits; Combinational Logic Design: Circuits (Gate Level), Design Hierarchy and Procedures, Computer-Aided Design, Combinational Two-Level and Multi-Level Implementations, Arithmetic (Add, Subtract, Multiply) and Other Popular Modules (Multiplexers, Encoders, Decoders); Sequential Logic Design: Latches, Flip-Flops, State Machine Design and Minimization (Mealy Digital and Moore Models); Design Problems.
A0110233 Biology and Anatomy 3
A0110234 Physiology for Medical Engineering Students 3
A0873501 Machines and Electrical Power 3 Principles of electromagnetic circuit; single-phase transformers: ideal practical transformer, equivalent circuit, auto-transformer; three-phase transformer: types, connection; AC machinery fundamentals: principle of work, rotating magnetic field; three phase induction motors: principle of work, properties an performance, starting, speed control; synchronous machines: construction, internal generated voltage, equivalent circuit; operation modes: alone, parallel; synchronous motors: steady state operation, starting.
A0852302 Digital Logic Circuits Lab. 1 The Digital Logic Circuits laboratory develops students with the ability of identifying the digital logic gates and combinational logic circuits such as adders, decoders. Students are also conducting experiment with memory elements (flip-flops) and sequential logic circuits
A0874501 Control Systems 3 Concept of Control Systems; Open-loop and Closed-loop Systems; Mathematical Modeling of Physical Systems; Transfer Function and System Modeling Diagrams; Response Characteristics of Control Systems; Specifications of System Performance; Stability Analysis of Linear Control Systems; Routh?s Stability Criterion; Time-domain Analysis of Control Systems; Design of Controllers and Compensators.


Complementary Requirement - 9 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 9 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0110191 Computer Skills (Remedial) 3
A0110141 English Language (Remedial) 3
A0110142 Arabic Language (Remedial) 3

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