16.459 | Fall 2011 | Graduate

Bioengineering Journal Article Seminar

Course Description

Each term, the class selects a new set of professional journal articles on bioengineering topics of current research interest. Some papers are chosen because of particular content, others are selected because they illustrate important points of methodology. Each week, one student leads the discussion, evaluating the …
Each term, the class selects a new set of professional journal articles on bioengineering topics of current research interest. Some papers are chosen because of particular content, others are selected because they illustrate important points of methodology. Each week, one student leads the discussion, evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, and importance of each paper. Subject may be repeated for credit a maximum of four terms. Letter grade given in the last term applies to all accumulated units of 16.459.
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Photograph of astronaut outside space station.
Astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams on a spacewalk in 2006. (NASA/courtesy of nasaimages.org.)