Course Catalog 2012-2013
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Course Catalog 2012-2013

BME-1306 Commercialization in Biomedical Engineering, 4 cr

Additional information

Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Heimo Ylänen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Assignment
 2 h/week

+2 h/week
 10 h/per

+20 h/per


 


 
BME-1306 2012-01 Tuesday 14 - 16, HB111

Requirements

Accepted assignments and final exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning outcomes

Student can describe in general terms types of university research and their funding principles. Student can apply for a research grant to the applied research for commercialization. Student can identify and take into account several factors of research that are important from commercialization point of view, such as documenting and GLP.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Principles of university research.   International funding.   
2. Bottlenecks and pitfalls in university research funding.  How to attract venture capitalists and business angels.   
3. Authority defined standards of research.  Basic knowledge of ISO standards used in the area.   
4. Importance and methods of patenting.  Meaning of umbrella style patenting.   
5. Commercialization of IPR.  Understanding of importance of splitting of IPR.   

Evaluation criteria for the course

The final grade of the course is determined based on the assessment of all part of the course. The weighting factor of each part is given at the beginning of the course. Grades 1-2: Learning outcomes have been achieved with minimal insufficiency. Satisfactory command in core content of the course. Grades 3-4: Some learning outcomes have been exceeded qualitatively or quantitatively. Good command in core content and complementary knowledge of course content. Good or very good marks from all parts of the course. Grade 5: Most of the learning outcomes have been exceeded. Deep command in the whole content of the course. Almost maximum performance in all parts of the course.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Lecture slides                Suomi  

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
BME-1177 Biomedical Engineering: Research and Productization Mandatory    

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
BME-1306 Commercialization in Biomedical Engineering, 4 cr ELT-62206 Commercialization in Biomedical Engineering, 4 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
BME-1306 2012-01   Lectures
   
Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified14.02.2013