Biomechanics: Analysis and Design

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• This course introduces, develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena related to tissue or organ levels. It is intended for upper level undergraduate students who have been exposed to vectors, differential equations, and undergraduate course(s) in physics and certain aspects of modern biology. Topics include: • Biosolid mechanics • Stress, strain, constitutive equation • Vector and tensor math • Equilibrium • Extension, torsion, bending, buckling • Material properties of tissues
• The students will develop insight, skills and tools in quantitative analysis of diverse biomechanical systems and topics, spanning various scales from cellular to tissue and organ levels. The course will equip the students with a deep understanding of principles of biomechanics. The intuitions gained in this course will help guide the analysis of design of biomedical devices and help the understanding of biological/medical phenomena in health and disease.

Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes