MS4613: Wearable Sensors for Healthcare

Academic Units3
Semester1
Pre-requisite(s)MS3013
Co-requisite(s)Nil

Course Instructors

Professor Chen Xiaodong

Course AIMS

Wearable healthcare monitoring and diagnosis is an attractive topic in both biomedical research and industry. In this course, you will be introduced to the fundamentals of materials and processing technologies related to wearable healthcare application as well as the state-of-the-art integrated healthcare devices. This course emphasizes an interdisciplinary knowledge buildup spanning from material science to electrical engineering for a small group of interested students. Hands-on device fabrication experiments are also offered to develop practical engineering abilities and innovative engineering minds. Students who are keen on learning and developing your own wearable healthcare monitoring solution should consider taking this course.

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you (as a student) would be able to:

  1. Explain the basic principles of materials and device design and manufacturing techniques for healthcare related wearable applications.
  2. Describe key advanced integrated system on healthcare monitoring and diagnosis.
  3. Analyze and propose solutions for healthcare monitoring
  4. Design and fabricate healthcare related devices to achieve certain healthcare functions.

Course Content

Materials fundamentals for wearable sensors:

  • Electronic properties of materials
  • Flexible and stretchable substrates for integrated platform
  • Electrophysiological signals
  • Wireless technology

Material processing and manufacturing technology

  • MEMS - Lithography and patterning
  • 3D printing, screen printing, inkjet printing

Advanced integrated devices for healthcare monitoring and diagnosis

  • E-textile
  • Printed electronics with functional application
  • Patchable systems for wearable sensors
  • Outlook

Lab Sessions on fabricating integrated devices for healthcare monitoring and diagnosis.

Reading and References

  1. Wearable Electronics Sensors: For safe and heathy living, edited by Mukhopadhyay,Subhas C; Springer International Publishing, 2015.
  2. Flexible Electronics: Materials and Applications, edited by Wong, William S., Salleo,Alberto; Springer International Publishing, 2009.