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Lake Biel
Selected Areas of Competence/Interest
- Biomedical engineering
- Biomedical signal processing
- Electrical engineering, electronics, information technology
- Biomedical instrumentation, sensors, actuators,
telemetry (e.g., low-power Bluetooth)
- Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) and electrical impdedance
spectroscopy (EIS)
- Medical electronic implants for humans and
animals
- System integration
Recent Project Examples
- Flexible power measurement and movement analysis in cycling
- Breathing analysis for sleep apnea diagnosis
- Breathing analysis for meditation
- Capsule for temperature measurement in the intestines of animals
- Early detection of skin cancer
- Intracorporeal energy harvesting
- Novel vaginal sensors
- Multi-sensor systems for heart physiology
- Diagnosis and treatment of bruxism
- EEG signal analysis for epilepsy patients
- Preloaded injector system for hydrophile
intra-ocular lenses
- Electrode array for electrical impedance tomography
- Biofeedback with an intelligent bicycle pedal
- List of
publications and past projects
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Media archive
Infrastructure
The equipment of our biomedical
engineering lab may be used by external partners. In the same building,
other labs are available, e.g., a robotics lab, an optics lab, an
electronics lab, and a sensors lab. The following list shows almost
exclusively the
equipment of the biomedical engineering lab.
- Mobile and wireless biosignal acquisition
devices (Clevemed, ADInstruments)
- HF workplace (network analyzer, power
amplifier, HF power meter, spectrum analyzer, mixed-signal
oscilloscope, function and signal generators for up to 3 GHz)
- High-end measurement devices like LeCroy 20 GS/s oscilloscopes,
6 GHz bandwidth
- Embedded hardware with real-time processor and FPGA (NI
CompactRIO)
- Picoammeter, voltage
source
- PCB and SMD workplace with semi-automatic SMD
assembly device
- Stereo dynascopic
microscope (Lynx) for inspection (e.g., of
PCBs)
- 3D printer (Objet Alaris30)
- Volume: 294 x 196 x 150 mm
- Layer thickness: 0.02794 mm
- Resolution: 600 x 600 x 900 dpi in x/y/z
- 3D scanner (Steinbichler Comet L3D 5M with COMETrotary) -
link
- Large software library with, e.g., MATLAB, COMSOL Multiphysics, LabVIEW with a lot of equipment
- Navigation systems (Optotrak position sensor, NDI magnetic
navigation)
- Tunable pulsed nanosecond laser OPO (400 nm
... 2200 nm)
- Hearing aids and programming device
- Temperature and climate test chamber
- Autoclave
- Faraday cage (for EMV measurements)
- Vibrometer
- OP microscope
- Blood pressure simulator
- Ultrasound device (A-mode and manual B-mode)
with option for ultrasound computer tomography
Advantages for External Partners
- Motivated students work with an excellent
infrastructure available on innovative and creative solutions
- Opportunity to get to know students better
- Opportunity to present a company to students
- Opportunity to start with a low-risk project
and intensify collaboration later
- Excellent cost-value ratio: the university
provides an excellent infrastructure, supervision, and advanced R&D solutions
- Ideal for non-time-critical projects (developing
functional models, prototyping)
Advantages for Students
- Opportunity to work on state-of-the-art
real-world problems
- Opportunity to establish contacts with potential employers
Semester and Bachelor's Projects
- Students are usually in their 6th semester
- Semester project: February - April (week 8-17),
120 hours
- Bachelor's project: May - June (week 18-25),
360 hours
The topic of the semester project will
usually be continued during the bachelor's project.
- Companies pay 1000 CHF for a bachelor's
project
- Deadline for
project proposals: about the end of November
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Semester and bachelor's project example proposal form (can be
used as a template)
Master's Projects
- Master's projects can be proposed
within the Master of
Science in Biomedical Engineering program. (This master's degree program
is offered by the University of Bern and the Bern University of Applied
Sciences.)
- Duration: six months at 100 %; may
be prolonged to a maximum of nine months if the student works on another project at
the same time
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Master's
project example proposal form (can be used as a template)
PhD Projects
Further Collaboration
Opportunities
- Consulting
- Contract R&D
- Longer-lasting research projects, e.g., CTI feasibility studies and projects
- Measurements within our laboratory and
elsewhere
- Electromagnetic compatibility tests
- Use of infrastructure
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