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~ ~ 2 9 4 Engineering Physics
No. of hours per week: two hours for two
semesters
Prerequisite: EE188 Electronics, Circuits and
Computing
Instruction: lectures
Assessment: examination/assignment
Subject aims
This subject aims to develop in students a familiarity with
selected areas of classical and modern physics, particularly
those areas relevant to modern electrical engineering.
Subject description
Relativity: inertial frames, covariance, constancy of speed of
light, special relativity, space-time, mass and energy.
Quantum mechanics: quantum phenomena, wave-particle,
duality, probability and wave functions. Schroedinger's
equation and applications. Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
Solid state physics: many body quantum mechanics, quantum
statistics. Conduction in metals, zone and band theories,
intrinsic semi-conductors. Extrinsic semi-conductors and
devices.
Optics: lasers and other light sources, modulators and
detectors. Ootical fibres as sensors and in communications
p ~olo~ra~h~ and holographic devices.
Nuclear physics: nuclear structure, properties, stability and
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a reactions. Fission, fusion and nuclear power.
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V) Textbook
Eisberg, R.M. and Resnick, R. Quantum Physics ofAtoms, Molecules,
Solids, Nuclei, and Particles. 2nd edn, New York, Wiley, 1985
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~ ~ 3 2 0 Instrumental Science 3
3
n, 6 credit points
5. No. of hours per week: three hours
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Prerequisite: SP220
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Assessment: examination and laboratory reports
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Subject description
$. Topics studied will include:
basic analog electronics using operational amplifiers and
discrete devices;
basic digital circuits - combinational logic, flip flops and
their uses.
5~324 Biophysical Systems A
10 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Prerequisite: SP1224 or equivalent
Assessment: examination, assignments and
laboratory reports
Subject description
Electrode processes: half cell potentials, charge transfer
overpotential, diffusion overpotential, impedance, microelectrodes,
recording arrangements.
Membrane phenomena: Fick's laws, Nerst and Donnan
equilibrium, osmosis, Goldman equation, Using flux ratio
equation, 'pore' hypothesis, electrical
transport
mechanisms. Electrical and volume conduction properties of
nerves.
The action potential: the voltage clamp and the Hodgkin
Huxley equations, strength-duration curves, neuropathies.
Synaptic transmission: quanta1 nature of transmitter release,
calcium, activation, acetvlcholine receDtor, excitation and
inhibition in the central hervous system, prelpost synaptic
inhibition, second messenger activation.
Autonomic nervous system: structure and function,
svmoathetic and oarasvmoathetic divisions, aloha and beta
receptors and their bl&kade, purinergic nirvds, cotransmission.
Functional anatomy of the CNS, somatosensory, auditory, visual
and motor systems.
References
Plonsey, R. and Barr, R.C. Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach, New
York, Plenum, 1988
Rhoades. R. and Pflanzer, R. Human Physiology, 2nd edn, Fort Worth,
Texas, Orlands Sanders, 1992
Enyton, A.C. Textbook of Medical Physiolog)! 8th edn, Philadelphia,
W.B. Sanders, 1991
SP325
Biophysical Systems B
10 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Prerequisite: SP1224
Assessment: examination, assignments and
laboratory reports
Subject description
Muscle: ultrastructure, excitation-contraction coupling, sliding
filament theory length tension relationships, Hill equation.
metabolic aspects, E-C coupling in smooth muscle,
pathophysiology of muscle, electromyography.
The heart: cardiac cycle, mechanical and electrical events,
Starling's law and Noble's model, mechanical properties of
cardiac muscle.
Pulsatile pressure and flow in arteries, wave propagation in
arteries, blood rheology, atherosclerosis, Starling's hypothesis
of the capillary system, mass transport, flow in collapsible
tubes, blood flow in particular organs, Guyton's model. Control
of blood flow in the brain.
References
Plonsey, R. and Barr, R.C. Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach, New
York, Plenum, 1988
Rhoades, R. and Pflanzer, R. Human Physiology, 2nd edn, Fort Worth,
Texas, Orlands Sanders, 1992
Enyton, A.C. Textbook of MedicalPhysiology, 8th edn, Philadelphia,
W.B. Sanders, 7991
~~331 Neurohumoral Bases of
Psychophysiology
23.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: eight hours
Prerequisite: SP232
Assessment: examination and assignments
Subject description
Functional neuroanatomy: comparative and human anatomy of
the brain. Functional aspects of structure.
Neurophysiological recording techniques: basic
instrumentation, EEG recording, electrode technology.
Hormonal and pharmacological bases of normal body function
including biorhythms.
Olfactory and taste physiology.
Somatosensory physiology and recording techniques.