1. 1212 /mhj BioMedical Engineering Technische Universiteit Eindhoven in collaboration with Universiteit Maastricht

2. 1212 /mhj The first and only 5-year BME programme in Europe leading to a Master degree, starting from the freshman year start: 1997

3. 1212 /mhj Objective: Build a new Engineering discipline for BioMedical research Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Applied Mathematics Applied Physics BioMedical Engineering Medical Sciences & Biology

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5. 1212 Teaching Methods  Courses  Design Centred Learning (DCL)

6. 1212 /mhj Final project Master’s Structure of the programme

7. 1212 /mhj Fields of Research  Molecular engineering  Functional imaging  Metabolism  BioComputing  BioMechanics  Cardiovascular Solid & Fluid Mechanics  Tissue & Cell Mechanics  Bone Mechanics

8. 1212 /mhj Tissue mechanics Cell biology Protein engineering Cell mechanics Molecular modeling Cardio-vascular mechanics Tissue engineering Coronary circulation 1 m10 -9 m 10 -3 m10 -6 m

9. 1212 /mhj Atherosclerosis Cardiac Mechanics

10. 1212 /mhj Diagnostics Stent placement Tissue remodeling Therapy Patency Ex-vivo testing... Placement and inflation of balloon in blocked artery Balloon Angioplasty

11. 1212 /mhj Coronary pressure, flow & temperature (de Bruyne) Cardiovascular modeling (van de Vosse) Branchy therapy (Bonnier) Molecular biology in coronary circulation (Snoeckx) Tomography (Camici) Transport of blood in heart muscle (Spaan) Coronary Circulation