Biomechanics for Engineers

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In this course, students acquire the basic tools used to analyze the human body as a mechanical system with examples from the tissue level to the whole-body level. Relevant concepts introduced in previous mechanics courses (e.g., BME 230 ) will be advanced and applied in BME-specific contexts. Topics include the following: joint kinematics and kinetics; linked segment modeling; tissue stresses and strains; and biomechanics related to injury/disease as well as treatments. Emphasis will be placed on how to effectively find, read, interpret, and synthesize the information presented in scholarly research articles to write a literature review and propose a research study.