# BME 601: Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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## course

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### subjects

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### title

SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

### description

Various special topics in biomedical engineering.

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### llm summary

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### llm topics

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### llm skills

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### llm assumed background

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### llm search phrases

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#### errors

None recorded.

#### historical context

Historical reviews of Amir Assadi: Amir Assadi received negative feedback for delegating lectures to a RA and providing poor instruction. Reviewers described his teaching as painful and noted minimal preparation time for the graduate-level course.

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### grade instructors

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| ------------------------------------ | ---------- | ---------------------- | --------------- | ------------------ | ------------------ | -------------------------- | -------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| instructor\_a99d70c8e3d9c36e0b3ead09 | enrollment | cluzzio                | netid           | source\_identified | Christopher Luzzio | LUZZIO\@NEUROLOGY.WISC.EDU | 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 | 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 | /instructors/CHRISTOPHER\_LUZZIO |

### grades

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### statistics

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### grade conflicts

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### evidence

#### history

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course\_0dfd29a68b2ec8cec894a8cd-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_0dfd29a68b2ec8cec894a8cd-0.json)

#### traces

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#### reviews

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#### meetings

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#### results

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course\_0dfd29a68b2ec8cec894a8cd-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_0dfd29a68b2ec8cec894a8cd-0.json)

### revision

e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349

## instructor Trends

None recorded.

## following

None recorded.