IBEHS 4Y03
APPLICATIONS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE
2027
Topics
- Chemical engineering
- Biological systems
- Medical problems
- Examples from engineered biomaterials
- Biomaterial-induced host body response
- Tissue engineering
- 3D bioprinting
- Controlled drug delivery
- Microfluidic systems
Readings
- D. Williams, “Essential Biomaterials Science” (2014)
- S. Ramakrishna, “Biomaterials: a nano approach” (2010)
- J. Park, R.S. Lakes, “Biomaterials: an Introduction” (2007) – available as an e-book
- J. Enderle, S. Blanchard, J. Bronzino “Introduction to Biomedical Engineering” (2005).
- B.D. Ratner, “Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine”, 2nd Ed. (2004) – particularly useful for biological response to materials section
- L. Di Silvio (ed.), “Cellular Response to Biomaterials” (2009)
- J.D. Bronzino (ed.), “The Biomedical Engineering Handbook” (1995)
- R. Baker, “Controlled Release of Biologically Active Agents” (1987)
- W. Mark Saltzmann, “Drug Delivery: Engineering Principles for Drug Therapy” (2001)
- D.A. Lauffenburger and J.J. Linderman, “Receptors: Models for Binding, Trafficking and Signaling” (1993).
- D.O. Cooney, “Biomedical Engineering Principles” (1976)
- T.E. Creighton, “Proteins: Structure and Function” (1992)
- A.L. Shrier and T.G. Kaufmann (eds.), “Mass Transfer in Biological Systems” CEP Symposium Series No. 99 (1970)
- R.C. Seagrave, “Biomedical Applications of Heat and Mass Transfer” (1971)
- C.W. Patrick, A.G. Mikos, L.V. McIntire (eds) “Frontiers in Tissue Engineering” (1998)
- R.P. Lanza, R. Langer and W.L. Chick (eds) “Principles of Tissue Engineering” (1997)
- The outline states that no single textbook covers the course.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Campus Store reading list ↗Winter 2026
- Course outline / syllabus ↗2027