Change in Semester offering BME 583

 

 

TO:         The Engineering Faculty

FROM:   Department of Biomedical Engineering

RE:          Permanent Dual Level Course Number

 

            The Department of Biomedical Engineering has approved the following course change.  This action is now submitted to the Engineering Faculty with a recommendation for approval. 

 

From:

BME 583 Biomaterials  Sem. 2. Class 3, cr. 3.  (Offered in alternate years.) Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor required

            Course discusses principles of biomaterial design, synthesis, and evaluation for various tissues/organs of the body including orthopaedic/dental, cardiovascular, kidney, liver, lung, skin, nerve, and brain.  Topics include fundamentals of materials science and engineering integrated into biology for the better regeneration of tissue.

 

To:

BME 583 Biomaterials  Sem. 1. Class 3, cr. 3.  (Offered in alternate years.) Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor required

            Course discusses principles of biomaterial design, synthesis, and evaluation for various tissues/organs of the body including orthopaedic/dental, cardiovascular, kidney, liver, lung, skin, nerve, and brain.  Topics include fundamentals of materials science and engineering integrated into biology for the better regeneration of tissue.

 

Reason:  Biomedical Engineering is beginning to offer undergraduate courses and due to the distribution of the teaching load we request a change of semester for the course offering.

 

 

 

 

 

George R. Wodicka

Professor and Head

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

 

 

Biomaterials

 

Supporting Documentation:

 

Course Instructor:  Tom Webster

 

Offered:  fall semester (even years)

 

Credit: 3

 

Course Objective:

To integrate materials science and engineering concepts with biology to educate students how to design successful biomaterials.

 

 

3. SYLLABUS:

 

                        Topics                                                              No. of Lectures

 

            Introduction to course                                                   1         

            Structure of solids                                                         3

                        Atomic bonding, crystal structure, imperfections

            Characterization of materials                                         4

                        Mechanical properties, stress-strain behavior

                        Viscoelasticity, thermal properties, phase diagrams

                        Strengthening mechanisms, surface properties                           

                        Metallic implant materials                                              3

            Ceramic implant materials                                             3

            Polymeric implant materials                                           4

                        Composites as biomaterials                                           2

                        Structure-property relationships in biology                     3

Proteins, polysaccharides, mineralized tissue: bone/dentin

                        Organ Transplants                                                        3

                        Tissue response to biomaterials                         7

Normal wound healing process, body response to implants

Cell response to biomaterials                                         8

                        Protein mediated cell adhesion                         

Student Presentations                                                    3

           

                                                                                    Total                44

 

4. SUGGESTED REFERENCE AND/OR TEXTBOOKS:

 

1.      Park JB and Lakes RS: Biomaterials an Introduction. Plenum Press, New York, 1992.

2.   Ratner BD, Hoffman AS, Schoen FJ, Lemons JE: Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine. Academic Press, New York, 1996.

3.   Hudson JB: Surface Science. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, 1992.

4.   Simon SR: Orthopaedic Basic Science. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, IL, 1994.    

5.      Fung YC: Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1993.

6.   Guyton  AC and Hall JE: Textbook of Medical Physiology. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1996.

 

 

5. DOCUMENTATION ON PREVIOUS COURSE OFFERINGS: