Christopher Brigham

faculty

Christopher Brigham, PhD he/him/his

Associate Teaching Professor

Bioengineering

Contact

508-999-8219

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Education

2006Tufts University School of MedicinePhD
1995Villanova UniversityBS - ChE

Teaching

  • Bioengineering
  • Capstone design

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

An introduction to the application of engineering to biological systems. Foundational topics including fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, enzyme kinetics, and design of experiments will constitute the beginning of the class. Following, applications of these introductory concepts will be covered in a set of case studies focused on human organ systems and biotechnology unit operations. We will focus on biomedical engineering concepts and current works through review of relevant literature in the field.

Chemical principles and key concepts for bioengineers including chemical nomenclature, chemical syntheses, nucleic acid and protein chemistry, enzymology, metabolism, and others. Students will utilize the methods and concepts taught in this course for problem solving in biotechnology, biomanufacturing and the biopharmaceutical fields. This course also discusses manufacturing, validating, and using drugs, plastics, gels, polymers and fuels for biotechnology industry.

Chemical principles and key concepts for bioengineers including chemical nomenclature, chemical syntheses, nucleic acid and protein chemistry, enzymology, metabolism, and others. Students will utilize the methods and concepts taught in this course for problem solving in biotechnology, biomanufacturing and the biopharmaceutical fields. This course also discusses manufacturing, validating, and using drugs, plastics, gels, polymers and fuels for biotechnology industry.

Topics of timely interest in Bioengineering, Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering. Course content may change from year to year according to instructor's preferences

Biomedical signal characteristics, properties of physiological systems, and mathematical modeling of signals from biosystems and biomedical instrumentation. Applied mathematical methods for describing and analyzing biomedical signals such as ECG, EEG, EMG, heart sounds, breath sounds, blood pressure, and tomographic images are considered. Computational, modeling and simulation tools (e.g., MatLab and LabView) are introduced for biomedical signal processing and systems analysis. A group computer project in bioengineering design will be assigned to enhance the proficiency in using the modeling and simulation tools.

Professional and management activities of project engineering as a two course sequence. Students working in teams will integrate their learning by selecting a senior Bioengineering design project, leading to a written and oral presentation of a project proposal. Intellectual property rights, ethics and economic issues, as well as applicable regulations will be considered.

Professional and management activities of project engineering as a two course sequence. Students working in teams will integrate their learning by selecting a senior Bioengineering design project, leading to a written and oral presentation of a project proposal. Intellectual property rights, ethics and economic issues, as well as applicable regulations will be considered.

Application of knowledge gained in various courses to the synthesis, analysis, and design of a system in a particular bioengineering field of interest selected by the student's team. The product proposed in BNG 497 will be built in BNG 498.

Application of knowledge gained in various courses to the synthesis, analysis, and design of a system in a particular bioengineering field of interest selected by the student's team. The product proposed in BNG 497 will be built in BNG 498.

Topics of timely interest in Bioengineering, Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering. Course content may change from year to year according to instructor's preferences

Research

Research activities

  • Biomanufacturing
  • Microbial genetics and physiology

Research

Research awards

  • $ 737,449 awarded by MASSACHUSETTS LIFE SCIENCES CENTER for SouthCoast Biomanufacturing Training Program

Research

Research interests

  • Bioplastics
  • Biofuels
  • Biomanufacturing processes
  • Microbiology