ECE3801

Bioelectricity

(ENG)

D L Morgan

4 points + 26 lectures, 24 hours of tutorial and project work + First semester of even years, distance education in first semester of odd years + Clayton + Prerequisites: PHY2022, ECE2601 + Prohibitions: ECS3315, ECE4812

Synopsis: Resting membrane potentials derived from first principles. Effects of fixed membrane charges. Action potentials. Hodgkin-Huxley equations. Propagation speed and recruitment order. Electrodes and amplifers for recording from the body. Electro-cardiograms, electro-myograms, electroencephalograms and the signals they produce.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 70% + Laboratory and assignment work: 30%