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This course will cover research techniques in biomechanics using data capture equipment and provides a framework in which to analyse movement, force generation, and physiology through an understanding of Cartesian vector analysis, analytical methods and tools for the analysis of the human body. Students will be equipped to make quantitative measurements and apply the principles of biomechanics to measuring performance.
For the Mechanical Engineering Biomedical Minor, students must select one of the following options: ENME451, MDPH406.
Washington Accord (V4) Summary of Graduate Attributes attained in this course: N/ACourse topics with Learning Outcomes (and Washington Accord (WA) and UC Graduate Attributes) identified.1. Anatomy and Physiology: It is imperative to understand the vocabulary of the human body in order to be able to read scientific literature.2. Skeletal Tissue Mechanics: It is also important to understand the tissues of bone, muscle, cartilage, tendon, and ligament at a functional and microscopic level.3. Design of Experiments (Statistics): Gathering data from biological systems is difficult and the outcomes depend entirely on how the experiments were designed and data was collected.4. Research Techniques in Biomechanics: Course will discuss topics related to gathering data for biomechanics including planar kinematics, body segment parameters, force measurement, inverse dynamics, EMG kinesiology, muscle modelling, and computer simulation of movement.5. Overarching course objective 5.1. Read journal literature, perform experiments to answer posed questions, and write analytical reports on their experimental results in the broad field of biomechanics (EIE1, EIE2, EIE3, EIE4, EIE5, CE1, GA1)
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Engaged with the community
Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
30 points of ENME at 300 levelandEMTH210, ENME201, ENME202, ENME215, EMTH271, ENME203, ENME207, ENME221
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Debbie Munro
Workload The course will consist of two lecture periods (100 hours) and one lab period each week. There will be six lab stations (centred around a specific biomechanics research technique, such as force plates), and students will work as permanent assigned teams at each lab station for two weeks. Toward the end of the course, lab stations will be open use for student teams to conduct their final research projects.
https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/academic-study/engineering/schools-and-departments-engineering-forestry-product-design/mechanical-engineering-department/minor-in-biomedical-engineering
For detailed course, policy, regulatory and integrity information, please refer to the UC web site, or see relevant Course or Department LEARN pages, (which are available to enrolled students).
Please note: Mechatronics students are eligable to take this course.
Domestic fee $1,197.00
International fee $6,000.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
Maximum enrolment is 50
For further information see Mechanical Engineering .