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Industrial Engineering

Medical Systems EFA

Healthcare makes up some 20% of the US economy and is expanding. The need for increased productivity and quality in healthcare is apparent especially as the society is aging. Most processes in healthcare are data and information driven, e.g., patient diagnosis, treatment selection, and administrative processes, yet the healthcare system has not seen the benefits of the information "revolution". Many predict that medical technology will be the largest and most vibrant area of the economy in this century. A large number of new jobs will be created in medically related areas. The latest genetic discoveries have begun fueling this growth. Numerous graduates from the Industrial Engineering Program at the University of Iowa have already joined the healthcare market, by taking key technical and managerial positions in clinical departments of the largest hospitals, insurance companies, biotechnology companies, high technology medical equipment manufacturers, pharmaceutical corporations, medical software industry, and government agencies. The growing healthcare sector fueled by the developments in biotechnology, genomics, proteomics, and computer technology will create new job opportunities for engineers trained in medical systems. The EFA in medical systems builds on the regular courses required for a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and provides students with advanced education in models, tools, and methods for the growing healthcare market.

The following courses are required:

Semester Course Session SH Pre-/Co-Requisites
4 (Spring) 002:10 Principles of Biology I All 4 004:011
5 (Fall) 002:11 Principles of Biology II All 4 002:010
7 (Fall) 004:12 Principles of Chemistry II All 4 004:011

The following courses are electives:

Course # Electives SH Pre-/Co-Requisites
056:239 Knowledge Discovery and Management 3 22S:030 and 059:006
058:181 Internet Systems Design 3 059:006
058:186 Health Informative II 3 059:006
058:287 Health Informatics I 3 059:006
22C:036 Elementary Numerical Analysis 3 22M:026 or 22M:036
055:033 Introduction to Software Design 3 057:017
22C:034 Discrete Structures 3 22C:020
22C:030 Computer Science III 3 22C:016 and 22C:020
002:128 Fundamental Genetics* 4 002:010 002:011, and 004:012/4:121
004:021 Basic Measurements 3 004:012 or 004:016 or 004:020
051:040 Biological Systems Analysis I 3 22M:042 and 027:130
051:070 Biomaterials I 3 004:012, 027:130, and 051:130
051:080 Data Acquisition Design Laboratory 3  
051:140 Biomedical Systems Analysis II 3 Co-R. 072:154
055:148 Digital Image Processing 3 051:040 or 055:040 and 051:060 or 055:043
004:121 Principles of Organic Chemistry I* 3 004:012 or 004:014 or 004:019
004:122 Organic Chemistry II* 3 004:121
072:154 Biomedical Engineering Physiology 4 Instructor consent
* course satisfies the pre-med requirement

-The sessions listed are typical but are not guaranteed to be taught

For further information, please contact: Professor Andrew Kusiak, andrew-kusiak@uiowa.edu, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, Tel. (319) 335-5939.

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