Bioengineering Principles

(2 Credits)

This introductory course is designed to give students a glimpse of a broad selection of bioengineering topics that are currently underway in the field of biomechanics, biomaterials, bioimaging, and bioinstrumentation as well as in mechanobiology and biophysics. Students will become familiar with bioengineering applications in the various areas and see how engineering principles can be applied to solve a variety of biological and biomedical problems. This course will also give students perspectives about the possibilities of working as bioengineers in academia and industry. This course is recommended for sophomore-level students.