TISSUE MECHANICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: M E 306 or E M A 303 , or graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Mathematically and conceptually define stress and strain tensors Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Calculate stress given a deformation and a constitutive relationship Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe key features of tissue mechanics Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe structure-function relationships for biological tissues Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Summarize and present current biomechanical knowledge on a specific tissue Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Mathematically and conceptually define stress and strain tensors Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Calculate stress given a deformation and a constitutive relationship Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe key features of tissue mechanics Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe structure-function relationships for biological tissues Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Summarize and present current biomechanical knowledge on a specific tissue Audience: Graduate