Course Catalog

 
06-455 PRACTICAL 3D PRINTING AND MODELING
Department BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Co-enrolled Elective Facility
Course Director IAN BERG, PhD Enrollment Limit 20
Contact IAN BERG, PhD Enrollment Minimum 5
Email iberg@uabmc.edu Address SHELBY
Phone (847) 287-5990 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
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Prerequisites Interest in 3D printing and 3D Design 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description With the amount of technology used in medicine today, physicians need to not only be knowledgeable clinicians, but also scientists, engineers, and innovators. One exciting technology being used increasingly in medicine is 3D printing that requires knowledge of modeling and design. In this co-enrolled Elective, we will introduce 1) Ways that 3D printing can be used in medicine. 2) The types 3D printers and how they work (including fused deposition, stereolithography, and masked stereolithography). 2) Basics of 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD), including creating CAD models from medical scans. 3) Preparing 3D prints, printing them, and processing them. Through the course of the semester (primarily in class) students will complete a project where they create a 3D model from an anatomical scan (or other patient information/measurement), and design and 3D print a device based on that model. All levels of familiarity with 3D printing and design are welcome.
Where To Report Shelby Building - Room 471 - Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Requirements Students will be required to participate in all activities. This is mandatory. If a student is unable to participate, absences must be approved prior to the start of the class for a given week by the instructor. If you wish to observe or celebrate a holiday based on religion that conflicts with the course schedule, provide the professor with the name of the requested holiday and date of observance at least one week in advance to make the necessary arrangements to complete any work that will be missed during such absence.
Evaluation This course is Pass/Fail. A Pass will be granted to those who attend 8 out of 10 weeks and who regularly participate in class activities, unless an acceptable excuse is presented (illness, death in the family, etc.)
Notes Throughout the course of the semester (primarily in class) students will complete a project where they create a 3D model from an anatomical scan (or other patient information/measurement) and design a 3D print device based on that model.