Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Equipment and systems for helping old, ill and disabled people (17.BMI120)

Native organizations units: Sub-department for Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Biomedical Engineering (Godina: 4, Summer)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Automatic Control and System Engineering
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	5

Educational goal:

Training students for understanding the possibilities and importance of using modern technical solutions in order to help elderly, ill and persons with disabilities.

Educational outcome:

Acquiring of knowledge and skills, necessary for designing and implementing the systems of automation in business and residential facilities with the aim of adjusting them to persons with disabilities.

Course content:

- The history of applying the modern automation solutions in the adjustment of business and residential facilities for persons with disabilities - The standards in the field of automation of business and residential facilities adapted for persons with disabilities - DCS architecture in the systems of automation of business and residential facilities - Communication protocols (LON, KNX, X10) - The adjustment of HVAC systems in business and residential facilities for persons with disabilities - The lighting and its adjustment to persons with disabilities - The air conditioning of business and residential facilities for persons with disabilities - The special aids for persons with disabilities and their connection to the automation systems of business and residential facilities - Designing the automation systems for business and residential facilities adapted for persons with disabilities - Portable telemedical devices, moniotoring, telediagnosis, teleterapy, teleconsultation... - Systems for the aquisition of physiological parameters and signals in non-clinical environment

Teaching methods:

Lectures. Computer practice. Laboratory practice. Consultations.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Roger W. Haines Douglas C. Hittle	Control systems for heating, ventilating and air conditioning	2008	Springer	English
G. J. Levermore	Building energy management systems	2008	Department of building engineering UMIST	English