This course introduces and prepares participants for entry-level medical equipment maintenance concepts. This basic course outlines the training, skills, and scope related to the Biomedical Equipment Technician career field within health care, field service engineer and depot maintenance environments.
1 Credit Hour
Draw circuits using Multisim. Compose directories using Windows commands. Identify schematic symbols and components. Produce a technical document with text, graphs and schematics. Assembly of circuits. Three classroom, three lab hours per week.
4 Credit Hours
Introduction to direct and alternating current (DC/AC) circuits, power, three phase and test equipment. One classroom, two lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
This course introduces the foundations of remote sensing and data analysis. Students will acquire knowledge of the characteristics of various sensors and remote sensing applications applicable to civil unmanned aerial system (UAS) operations. Emphasis is placed on data acquisition and processing.
1 Credit Hour
Number systems, operations and codes, logic gates, Boolean algebra, DeMorgan's theorem and logic simplification, combination logic circuits, encoders/decoders, multiplexers/demultiplexers, adders, subtractors and ALUs, flip-flops and related devices, counters, shift registers, memory and storage, integrated circuit technologies. Three classroom, three lab hours per week.
4 Credit Hours
Basic principle, theory, operation and characteristics of common DC and AC machinery. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
3 Credit Hours
Electrical components and quantities, voltage , current and resistance, Ohm's law; analysis of series, parallel and series-parallel circuits, circuit theorems, capacitors and inductors, transient response of capacitive and inductive circuits. Three classroom, three lab hours per week.
4 Credit Hours
Sinusoidal wave properties, complex numbers and phasors, behavior of transformers, steady-state behavior of RC circuits under AC conditions, steady-state behavior of RL circuits under AC conditions, steady-state behavior of RLC circuits under AC conditions, analysis of basic filter circuits, AC network theorems such as superposition, Thevenin's and Norton's theorems, three phase and polyphase power and power factor analysis. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
3 Credit Hours
This course provides a basic overview of remote sensing, highlights the need for space astronomy, describes the composition of the space environment, principles of black/white and color photography, highlights the importance and different aspects of aerial photography and videography, aerial ground control and land mapping, visual image interpretation, thermal radiation principles associated with thermal sensing, remote sensing history from space as well as the U.S. Landsat program operations and contribution, digital image processing and classification, and microwave sensing principles and applications. One classroom, two lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
Elementary industrial machine wiring principles; schematics, panel layouts, assembly, wiring techniques and equipment used in automated industry; standards for safe operation of equipment and protection of personnel with emphasis given to hands-on work and actual wiring of panels. Two classroom, two lab hours per week. Note: EGR 1106 may be taken concurrently with department approval.
3 Credit Hours
Basic safety procedures, use of hand and power tools; electrical circuit theory; use of test equipment; basics of residential, commercial and industrial wiring observing National Electric Code (NEC). One classroom, six lab hours per week
2 - 3 Credit Hours
Alternating current theory, motors, grounding, conduit bending, conductor installation, National Electric Code (NEC) for cables, terminations and splices, electrical single and three phase installation, circuit breakers and fuses, contactors and relays. One classroom, six lab hours per week.
2 - 3 Credit Hours
Load calculations for branch circuits, overcurrent protection, wiring devices, distribution equipment, transformers, calculations for motor circuits: motor maintenance and controls and basics of HVAC systems. One classroom, six lab hours per week.
2 - 3 Credit Hours
Calculation procedures for residential, commercial and farming applications, various wiring systems, stand-by and emergency systems, basic electronics, fire alarms, special transformers, solid-state controls, welding techniques, heat and freeze protection and high-voltage termination. One classroom, six lab hours per week.
2 - 3 Credit Hours
Electrical fundamentals, introduction to basics of digital logic and circuits, digital systems and basic digital circuit design. One classroom, two lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
Overview of electrical industry and careers, basic construction safety, electrical safety, communication skills, and intro to construction drawings. Electric circuits and theory, introduction to National Electric Code (NEC). Methods of conduit bending. One classroom, two lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
This course covers Installation of wireways, raceways, fittings, conductors, cables. Interpret electrical drawings and construction documentation, overview of residential wiring basics, and application and safety of electrical test equipment. One classroom, two lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
Alternating current (AC), motor theory and wiring, lighting characteristics and installation requirements, conduit bending using mechanical/hydraulic/electrical benders. One classroom, two lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
This course covers conductors, terminations, circuit breakers, fuses, proper grounding, pull/junction boxes, and cable tray. Control systems fundamentals and concepts are also covered. One classroom, two lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
Load calculations, conductor selection and calculations, applications of lighting, hazardous locations, and overcurrent protection. One classroom, two lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
This course will cover distribution equipment, transformers, motor calculations, motor controls, voice, data, and video. One classroom, two lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
Health care facilities, emergency systems, fire alarm systems, specialty transformers, basic electronic theory, advanced controls. One classroom, two lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
This course covers HVAC controls, heat tracing/freeze protection, medium voltage terminations/splices, special locations, and motor maintenance. Fundamental skills for crew leadership is also covered. One classroom, two lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
This practical hands-on course introduces participants to the theory, operational performance verification and principles of medical equipment maintenance required to safely perform duties as a Biomedical Technician within a healthcare environment. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
3 Credit Hours
This practical, hands-on course introduces participants to medical equipment performance verification skills (techniques) and standards of Biomedical Technician practices. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
3 Credit Hours
In this course, students will be introduced to the operational mechanisms and process use of vacuum pumps used in the semiconductor industry. Students will explain the operational methodology and process use of equipment that require vacuum pumps used in the semiconductor industry. Students will demonstrate problem-solving, critical thinking and communication skills while learning how to perform maintenance on a vacuum system. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
3 Credit Hours
Review of basic radio frequency identification (RFID) terminology, emerging electronic product code (EPCglobal) standards, tag design and applications; interrogators configuration, installation and maintenance of common peripherals, various hardware and software components of a complete system, hands-on lab experience and basic RFID applications. Two classroom and two lab hours per week.
3 Credit Hours
Semiconductor properties, diode applications, special-purpose diodes, bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), BJT biasing circuits and stability, BJT amplifier circuits, multistage amplifier design, power amplifiers, field effect transistors (FETs), JFET and MOSFET biasing circuits, FET amplifier circuits, frequency analysis, thyristors and applications, negative and positive feedback concepts, oscillators, Op-Amp circuits and applications, and electronically regulated power supplies. Three classroom, three lab hours per week.
4 Credit Hours
Course will provide students a foundational understanding encompassing all elements of an unmanned aerial system (UAS). Students will be provided the knowledge and necessary skill set to support UAS application. Three classroom, three lab hours per week.
4 Credit Hours
Initiating best analysis, design and implementation of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solution. Configuration and troubleshooting exercises designed to illustrate the power of today's RFID readers and their interaction with input/output, practical, in-depth instruction and hands-on guidance for leveraging RFID in the real world. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
3 Credit Hours
Computer solutions of engineering technology problems using LabVIEW. Covers the LabVIEW programming environment and virtual instruments, data types, debugging, sub-virtual instruments, programming structures, arrays, graphical presentation and analysis, file input/output, instrument control, data acquisition, and applications to electronic circuits. Three classroom, two lab hours per week.
4 Credit Hours
Microprocessor architecture, assembly language programming, bus structures and timing diagrams, memory technologies and interfacing, input/output interface and systems, interrupt-processed input/output, direct memory access (DMA), microcontroller applications and microprocessor-based communications. Three classroom, three lab hours per week.
4 Credit Hours
Students earn credits toward degree requirements for work learning experience. Students already working may apply to use that experience to meet internship requirements. Students establish learning outcomes and prepare related reports and/or projects each semester. Ten co-op hours per week per credit hour.
1 - 4 Credit Hours
Review of electronic circuits, analog and digital electronics, microcontrollers, design and layout of printed circuit board, fabricate-assemble-test-troubleshoot working prototype, write report. Two classroom, four lab hours per week.
4 Credit Hours
Provides history of control systems and PLCs, use of number systems, ladder logic programming devices, Control I/O modules, relays, contacts, coils, and timers, counters and sequencers, fundamental PLC programming, and data transfer. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
3 Credit Hours
Demonstrate the use of control and set analog I/O, bit and project based programming, control servos with analog & High Speed Counter (HSC) cards, the use of ethernet network for programmable logic controllers (PLCs), the interaction between PLCs and sensors, installation and repair. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
3 Credit Hours
Varied content offering of special interest to the discipline but not covered within existing courses; may be scheduled in a classroom/seminar setting or in nontraditional format.
0.5 - 9 Credit Hours