BME 430: Biological Interactions with Materials

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430 BIological Interactions with Materials (3 credits) Available Spring 2000. This course addresses the range of materials currently being utilized for various biomedical applications, the biological systems governing biomaterial applications, analytical techniques pertinent to miomaterial evaluation, and selected major medical applications in which biomaterials play an important role. Prerequisites: 1 year of general biology or 2 semesters of zoology, 1 semester of organic chemistry, or instructor's consent.

Course Prerequisite(s)

See catalog description above.

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

General biology and chemistry (material science) knowledge.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine (eds. BD Ratner, AS Hoffman, FJ Schoen, JE Lemons), Academic Press, 1996.

Course objectives

To cooperate and integrate biological sciences and engineering principles.
To apply knowledge base to clinical needs.
To reflect problems by using interdisciplinary apporaches.
To challege new paradigm of learning multidisciplinary subject matters.

Topics covered

Proteins, cells, tissues
Coagulation, inflammation, immunology, toxicity, infection
Metals, ceramics, composites
Polymers, hydrogels, bioresorbables
Natural materials, auto/allo/xeno-grafts, surface modification
Biological and Material characterization
Tissue Engineering, cardiovascular, orthopedic, durg delivery biomaterials

Class/laboratory schedule

3 lectures/discussions per week.
2-4 laboratory demonstrations.

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component

This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, but does not provide design experience.

The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.

economic, ethical, societal, health and safety, and manufacturability.

Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes

This course serves students in a variety of engineering majors. The information below describes how the course contributes to the college's educational objectives.

Requires to earn BS in BME. Provides an introduction to advanced biomaterial-related fields (i.e., tissue engineering, drug delivery). Recommended for PhD qualifier exam in BME. Recommended by other engineering and life sciences department as a part of engineering, materials, or biology requirements in BS.

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Homework (1/6)
Hour exams (4/6)
Final exam (1/6)

Person(s) who prepared this description

Weiyuan John Kao

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Date last modified: 25-Jul-2007
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