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Graduate Degree Programs

Bioengineering (BIOE)

BIOE 401 Introduction to Bioengineering Research and Design (3) Challenges and constraints of bioengineering research and design. Emphasis on immunoresponse, tissue mechanics, biological transport phenomena, and biomaterials.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: BIOE 201, BIOE 303   Concurrent: BIOE 404

BIOE 402 Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements (3) Biomedical measurements, including consideration of techniques, equipment, and safety.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: MATH 250 orMATH 251;BIOE 301 orE E 210 orE E 212 orPHYS 402  

BIOE 403 Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory (1) Biomedical measurements laboratory including measurement of bioptentials, experiments in medical imaging techniques, and use of cardiovascular and pulmonary system instrumentation.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: Prerequisite or concurrent:BIOE 402  

BIOE 404 Data Analysis and Experiment Design (1) Statistical measures of data, and selection of experiment sample size to meet criteria.
Effective: Summer 2006
Prerequisite: BIOE 302   Concurrent: BIOE 401

BIOE 406 Medical Imaging (3) Physical principles and clinical applications of medical imaging methods.
Effective: Summer 2000
Prerequisite: PHYS 212  

BIOE 409 Biofluid Mechanics (3) The fundamental relations in fluid mechanics and their application to biofluids including steady/unsteady flows, diseased states, devices and biorheology.
Effective: Summer 2006
Prerequisite: MATH 230, MATH 251, BIOE 303  

BIOE 410 Biomedical Applications of Microfluidics (3) Study of fluid mechanics at small length scales. Low Reynolds number flow, electrokinetic flows, bioseparations in microfluidic devices.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: BIOE 303 orM E 320  

BIOE 413 Bioengineering Transport Phenomena (3) An integrated study of the fundamentals of mass transport processes with emphasis on the analysis of physiological systems.
Effective: Summer 2007
Prerequisite: BIOE 303, BIOE 313 orCHEM 450  

BIOE 419 Artificial Organs and Prosthetic Devices (3) Analysis of function and consideration of design concerns for biomedical implants, including prosthetic joints, electrical stimulators, and cardiovascular pumps.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: MATH 250 orMATH 251 . Prerequisite or concurrent:BIOL 141 orBIOL 472  

BIOE 423 Reaction Kinetics of Biological Systems (3) Chemical kinetics and reaction equilibria with applications to the analysis of physiological function and the design of synthetic organs.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: BIOL 141, BIOE 313 orCH E 210 . Prerequisite or concurrent:BIOE 413 orCH E 302 andCH E 413  

BIOE 440 Clinical Corelations (1) Engineering analysis applied to common disease states and therapies.
Effective: Summer 2000
Prerequisite: BIOE 402  

BIOE 443 (MATSE 403) Biomedical Materials (3) Describe properties of materials and composites and their in vivo interactions.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: MATSE 201  

BIOE 444 (IL) (MATSE 404) Surfaces and the Biological Response to Materials (3) Focus is on special properties of surface as an important causative and mediating agent in the biological response to materials.
Effective: Summer 2007
Prerequisite: CHEM 111, CHEM 113  

BIOE 445 Tissue Engineering: Concepts, Calculations and Applications (3) Introduction to interdisciplinary tissue engineering concepts, associated biochemical and biomechanical engineering calculations, and cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and other tissue application examples.
Effective: Spring 2011
Prerequisite: BIOE 201, BIOE 303  

BIOE 450W Bioengineering Senior Design (3) Application of engineering and physiological principles to design of artificial organs and life supportive devices.
Effective: Spring 2009
Prerequisite: BIOE 403, BIOE 440, ENGL 202C senior standing  

BIOE 490 Colloquium (1) Technical presentations related to research and industry concerns, and by students doing senior projects.
Effective: Summer 2000
Prerequisite: or concurrent:BIOE 450W  

BIOE 494H Honors Thesis (1-3 per semester/maximum of 6) Independent study research and design, leading towards honors thesis.
Effective: Spring 2013
Prerequisite: Permission of program.  

BIOE 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

BIOE 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

BIOE 497D Polymers in Bioengineering (3) A foundational course in biomedical polymer design, synthesis, charaterization, and processing with applications such as devices, therapeutics, and regenerative medicine.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
Prerequisite: CHEM 112, BIOE 201 orBIOL 230W orB M B 251  

BIOE 497G Drug Delivery (3) Engineering and life science topics critical in drug delivery system design, focusing on physiological barriers, transport and drug design.
Effective: Spring 2014 Ending: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
Prerequisite: BIOE 201 orBIOL 230W orB M B 251 andBIOE 413 orBIOE 444 orBIOE 443 orBIOE 445  

BIOE 497K Bioengineering Mechanics and Techniques Laboratory (3) Experimental laboratory that includes measurements related to biomechanical phenomena (e.g. tissue viscoelasticity and blood flow) and blood separation.
Effective: Spring 2014 Ending: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
Prerequisite: BIOE 201 andBIOE 303  

BIOE 499 Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2008
 

BIOE 501 (CH E 501) Bioengineering Transport Phenomena (3) Application of the equations of mass, energy, and momentum conservation to physiological phenomena and to the design of artificial organs.
Effective: Summer 1990
 

BIOE 503 (CH E 503) Fluid Mechanics of Bioengineering Systems (3) Cardiovascular system and blood flow, non-Newtonian fluid description, vessel flows, unsteady flows and wave motion, windkessel theory, transmission line theory.
Effective: Summer 1990 Ending: Fall 2013
 

BIOE 503 (CH E 503) Fluid Mechanics of Bioengineering Systems (3) Cardiovascular system and blood flow, non-Newtonian fluid description, vessel flows, unsteady flows and wave motion, windkessel theory, transmission line theory.
Effective: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
Prerequisite: BIOE 409 (equivalent to CH E 330 M E 320 or AERSP 308)  

BIOE 505 Bioengineering Mechanics (3) Passive and active mechanical properties of tissues, rheological materials, models of muscle contraction, pulmonary mechanics, forces in muscular- skeletal system.
Effective: Winter 1978
 

BIOE 506 Medical Imaging (3) Medical diagnostic imaging techniques, including generation and detection of ultrasound, x-ray, and nuclear radiation; instrumentation and biological effects.
Effective: Fall 1983
Prerequisite: PHYS 202  

BIOE 508 (MATSE 508) Biomedical Materials (3) Properties and methods of producing metallic, ceramic, and polymeric materials used for biomedical applications.
Effective: Spring 2003
 

BIOE 509 Mechanobiology (3) This course explores the molecular bases of cell mechanics and the role of mechanics in cell biology
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: BIOE 512 andBIOE 505  

BIOE 510 Biomedical Applications of Microelectromechanical Systems (BioMEMS) and Bionanotechnology (3) Introduction to BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology. Topics include: electromechanical and chemical biosensors, microfluidics microscale separations, and surface patterning for cellular engineering.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: E E 441, BIOE 201  

BIOE 512 Cell and Molecular Bioengineering (3) Graduate level cell and molecular biology course for engineers emphasizing molecular mechanisms.
Effective: Summer 2004
 

BIOE 513 Bioengineering Laboratory Techniques (3) Laboratory techniques in cell molecular biology, protein biochemistry and cell culture with an emphasis on engineering analysis and quantification.
Effective: Summer 2008
Prerequisite: BIOE 512  

BIOE 515 Cell Mechanics and Biophysics (3) Advanced topics and recent developments in cellular engineering; applications of engineering science to cell biology.
Effective: Spring 1997
Prerequisite: BIOE 505  

BIOE 517 (MATSE 507) Biomaterials Surface Science (3) Special properties of surfaces as an important causative and mediating agent in the biological response to materials.
Effective: Spring 2003
 

BIOE 519 Artificial Organs Design (3) Basic techniques and principles of a multidiscipline approach to artificial organs design.
Effective: Spring 1991
 

BIOE 520 Biophotonics (3) Physical and engineering underpinnning of different modalities of laser microscopy and spectroscopy in biophysics, biomedical engineering, and life science applications.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: BIOE 512  

BIOE 552 (I E 552) Mechanics of the Musculoskeletal System (3) Structure and biomechanics of bone, cartilage, and skeletal muscle; dynamics and control of musculoskeletal system models.
Effective: Summer 1998
Prerequisite: Consent of program. Prerequisite or concurrent:BIOL 472  

BIOE 553 (I E 553) Engineering of Human Work (3) Physics and physiology of humans at work; models of muscle strength, dynamic movements; neural control; physical work capacity; rest allocation.
Effective: Summer 1985
Prerequisite: BIOL 141 orBIOL 472  

BIOE 576 Bioengineering of the Cardiovascular System (3) Experimental and analytical studies of network branching patterns, regional blood flow, rheology and mechanics of blood cells and vessels.
Effective: Summer 1991
Prerequisite: BIOL 472  

BIOE 590 Bioengineering Colloquium (1-3) Continuing seminars which consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
Effective: Spring 1991
 

BIOE 591 Bioengineering Ethics and Professional Development (1) Problem solving methods in ethical decision making, best practices in research communication, and strategies for professional development.
Effective: Summer 2013
 

BIOE 596 Individual Studies (1-9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 1987
 

BIOE 597 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Spring 1987
 

BIOE 597D Mechanobiology (3) This course explores the molecular bases of cell mechanics and the role of mechanics in cell biology.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
 

BIOE 597F Applications of Soft Lithography in Bionanotechnology (3) Soft lithography techniques and applications in biological sciences with an emphasis on studies of mechanobiology, tissue engineering, and biochemical pathways.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
 

BIOE 597G Nanobiomaterials (3) An in-depth foundation in the synthesis, fabrication, properties, and applications of nanobiomaterials in tissue engineering, drug/gene delivery, cancer therapy, and bioimaging.
Effective: Spring 2014 Ending: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
 

BIOE 597I Bioengineering Ethics and Professional Development (1) Problem solving methods in ethical decision making, best practices in research communication, and strategies for professional development.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
 

BIOE 597K Regenerative Medicine (3) Foundation in regenerative medicine, the integration of cell biology with biomaterials and engineering to develop strategies for regeneration of tissues.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
Prerequisite: BIOE 512 ; prerequisite or concurrent:BIOE 445  

BIOE 599 Foreign Studies (1-2 per semester/maximum of 4) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Fall 2008
 

BIOE 600 Thesis Research (1-15) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

BIOE 601 Ph.D. Dissertation Full-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

BIOE 610 Thesis Research Off Campus (1-15) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

BIOE 611 Ph.D. Dissertation Part-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

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