This course aims to provide the students the underlying principles of biomedical imaging X-ray CT, SPECT, PET, optical imaging, and MRI; emphasize emerging nanotechnologies and biomedical applications including nanomaterials, nanoengineering, nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems, nano-based imaging and theranostic systems, nanotoxicology, and translating nanomedicines into clinical investigation; and explore the process of drug development, from target identification to final drug registration, involving target selection, lead discovery using computer-based methods, combinatorial chemistry/high-throughput screening, safety evaluation, bioavailability, clinical trials, and the essentials of patent law.

CILO-1: Apply the concepts of mathematics, science, and engineering to answer biological questions. CILO-2: Recognize computational methods used in drug discovery. CILO-3: Describe the process of drug discovery and development. CILO-4: Evaluate professional and ethical responsibility. CILO-5: Develop techniques, skills, modern engineering tools for engineering practice. CILO-6: Identify and evaluate the challenges faced in each step of the drug discovery process.