Introduction to Biofluid Mechanics

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: BIOMEDE 231 and (MATH 215 and MATH 216) or (MATH 285 and MATH 286). Minimum grade requirement of “C-” for enforced prerequisite. (4 credits) Introduces the fundamentals of biofluid dynamics and continuum mechanics, and covers the application of these principles to variety of biological flows. Fluid flow in physiology and biotechnology is investigated at a variety of scales, ranging from subcellular to whole body.