Fall 2026

Biomedical Engineering Design and Fundamentals

Covers biomedical engineering design fundamentals, research methods, and hands-on skills in electronics, programming, CAD, and prototyping.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Amit Nimunkar, John Puccinelli: The course involves a design project requiring students to learn various programs and tools. Reviewers note that grading rubrics can be ambiguous or posted late, requiring students to be persistent and ask many questions to understand requirements.

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Prerequisites

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B M E 200

BME 201 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Amit Nimunkar: Amit Nimunkar is described as enthusiastic, kind, and accessible, with students noting his helpfulness on design projects and circuitry. However, one review criticizes the class organization and late rubric postings, while others find guidelines ambiguous but manageable with available resources.

AMIT NIMUNKAR is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOHN PUCCINELLI is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Amit Nimunkar, John Puccinelli: Students report that BME 201 covers essential BME programs and tools, but experiences vary significantly by instructor. While some find the class disorganized and ambiguous, others praise the instructors for being enthusiastic, accessible, and supportive of student success.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.91 GPA, 97.9% A/AB (n=143 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.85 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=125 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 95.4% A/AB (n=151 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Amit Nimunkar, John Puccinelli: The course involves a design project requiring students to learn various programs and tools. Reviewers note that grading rubrics can be ambiguous or posted late, requiring students to be persistent and ask many questions to understand requirements.

Historical reviews of Amit Nimunkar, John Puccinelli: Students value the support from instructors like Amit Nimunkar and John Puccinelli, who are described as enthusiastic, kind, and helpful with project aspects like circuitry and fundamental concepts. Resources like Piazza and the handbook are available to clarify ambiguous guidelines.

Topics

  • Design process, standards, and inclusion
  • Microscopy and tissue engineering
  • Physical prototype fabrication

Skills

  • Design process, standards, and documentation
  • Electronics, programming, CAD, machining, and prototyping

Grades

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About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance 
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  "task_version": "14",
  "output_id": "bec26e68277abd67f56d5224ab0f4c6441c3b15c2c7e4f8f9a82c290bc7a0537",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
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