Biomaterials: Engineering Principles and Design Consideration

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This course will provide the student with an overview of the techniques used to evaluate and design with materials used in biomedicine in the context of reconstructing, repairing, replacing or augmenting diseased or injured tissue or organs in the human body. | Prerequisites: Calculus I, Calculus II and Ordinary Differential Equations. Course objective: 1. Introduce the concepts of CAD/FEA used with the design of non-orthopedic devices that interface to the neurologic and cardiovascular systems. 2. To present the various classes of biomaterials such as metals, ceramics, man-made polymers and those derived from nature. 3. To simulate and identify the pertinent interactions between materials and composites with living tissue and their durability. 4. To give specific examples for the design of an artificial organ, i.e. artificial heart.