After this course the students should be able to:

1. Develop a conceptual knowledge of the intricate relationship between mind and body, allowing the students to evaluate different forms of biofeedback usually used in diagnostics and rehabilitation.
2. Know how to describe the operational principles of a number of actuators. Using previous knowledge of sensors the student must be able to understand the operational principles of systems involving sensors and actuators which are used to monitor and/or stimulate physiological processes including those associated with hearing, seeing, thinking and movement amongst others.
3. Develop the knowledge of the basics of the signal processing required to interpret bioelectrical signals and the ability to develop MATLAB code to perform this analysis.
4. Be able to develop simple systems with control functionalities for integration in active prosthetic devices.
5. Have the ability to apply some engineering skills (mechanical and electrical) to analyze the performance of an active prosthetic device (eg. prosthetic limb, etc).

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