Microscale
Biotechnlogy
Laboratory
Engineering Health from the Bottom Up
Director: Dr. Palanippan Sethu
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Courses
Introduces students to techniques used in tissue and molecular Biology laboratories including cell and tissue culture, cell assays, cell and tissue imaging techniques, sterilization techniques, capillary electrophoresis and western blotting.
BE 505
Tissue & Molecular Biology Techniques Laboratory
Survey of the field of bioengineering and introduction to art/practice of bioengineering, through a series of creative, hands-on design and reverse engineering activities. Includes problem definition/solving, decision making and team skill building.
BE 101
Introduction to Bioengineering
Provide students with introductory materials for various interdisciplinary fields in biomechanics. The topics include orthopaedic biomechanics, musculoskeletal biomechanics and cardiovascular biomechanics.
BE 460
Biomechaics of Tissues and Organs
Cardiovascular Dynamics
Review basic cardiovascular physiology. Application of basic engineering principles, including electrical and mechanical analog models to describe cardiovascular function and data acquisition and analysis techniques to develop medical devices and instrumentation.
BE 611
BE 681
Provides students with an overview of microfluidics and device design considerations,introduce commonly used fabrication techniques to accomplish design, fabrication and validation of a device for an application in cell or molecular biology.
Biomedical Microfluidics
Introduction to the mechanical behavior of biological tissues and systems. Methods for the analysis of rigid body and deformational mechanics applied to biological tissues including bone, muscle, and connective tissues.
BE 360
Introductory Biomechanics