Spring 2027

Bioinstrumentation

BME 310 Bioinstrumentation covers clinical and research measurements with laboratory experiments that complement lecture content.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Amit Nimunkar4.0/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Amit Nimunkar

The course involved a high volume of small, straightforward assignments, including two homework sets per week, pre-labs, and post-labs.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Solve mathematical problems for electrical and electronic circuits

  • Employ simulation tools to analyze electrical and electronic circuits

  • Design and build basic instrumentation system for measuring physiological and biological signals

  • Program a microcontroller to acquire and process physiological and biological signals

  • Perform experiments using the instrumentation system, analyze data and draw conclusions

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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(CHEM 104, 109, or 116),MATH 222, and (PHYSICS 202, 208, or 248), or member of Engineering Guest Students

BME 310 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Amit Nimunkar

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Raw average: 4.25/5 from 28 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 4.6/5 raw quality · 2.4/5 difficulty · 9 reviews

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Past student reviews · Amit Nimunkar

Amit Nimunkar taught BME 310 with hands-on labs and medical device applications, which helped one student gain interest. He made expectations clear and covered homework in class, while another student found the exams hard but not unreasonable.

One student noted that Nimunkar assigned two homeworks per week plus pre- and post-labs, describing them as straightforward. Another highlighted that he knew student names quickly and helped them grasp concepts rather than solving problems for them.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.41 GPA, 68.2% A/AB (n=88 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.58 GPA, 80.4% A/AB (n=51 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.56 GPA, 77.9% A/AB (n=86 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

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

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1120
LAB 302Classroom Instruction0 / 280
LAB 303Classroom Instruction0 / 280
LAB 301Classroom Instruction0 / 280
LAB 304Classroom Instruction0 / 280

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Amit Nimunkar

Students found the hands-on labs and medical device applications engaging, which helped them gain interest in the bioinstrumentation material.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.41 GPA, 68.2% A/AB (n=88 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.58 GPA, 80.4% A/AB (n=51 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.56 GPA, 77.9% A/AB (n=86 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Amit Nimunkar

The course involved a high volume of small, straightforward assignments, including two homework sets per week, pre-labs, and post-labs.

Past student reviews · Amit Nimunkar

Amit Nimunkar clearly outlined expectations for success and helped students understand difficult topics, though exams were described as hard but not unreasonable.

Topics

  • Clinical and research measurements in bioinstrumentation
  • Physiological and biological signal measurement systems

Skills

  • Designing and building basic instrumentation systems for physiological measurement
  • Programming microcontrollers to acquire and process biological signals
  • Solving mathematical problems for electrical and electronic circuits

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.15 GPA average error.

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Sources & history

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Selected offering source records
BME 310 · Spring 2027

Bioinstrumentation

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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