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Biomechanics curriculum

Biomechanics

Quarter Course Cr. Title
Autumn ME 511 3 Biological Frameworks for Engineers [Syllabus]
Autumn ME 586 3 Biology Inspired Robot Control [Syllabus]
Autumn BIOEN 326 3 Solid and Gel Biomechanics [Syllabus]
Autumn BIOL 427 5 Comparative Biomechanics [Course website]
Autumn ME 537 3 Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics [Course website]
Winter ME 527 4 Musculoskeletal Biomechanics [Course website]
Winter (even) ME 599R / BIOEN 520 4 Musculoskeletal Biomechanics [Course website]
Winter (odd) ME 599 3 Biomechanics of Movement [Syllabus]
Winter ME 599 3 Analysis and Modeling of Cell Mechanics [Course website]
Spring ME 445 / BIOEN 440 4 Introduction to Biomechanics
Spring ME 598 1 Biomechanics Seminar

Medical Applications

Quarter Course Cr. Title
Autumn ME 514 3 Engineering Innovation in Medicine [Engineering Innovation in Health website]
Autumn BIOEN 590 3 Engineering Materials for Biomedical Applications
Autumn BIOEN 586 3 Tissue Engineering
Autumn BIOEN 504 4 Introduction to Technology Commercialization
Winter ME 598 3 Engineering Innovation in Medicine
Winter BIOEN 420 4 Medical Imaging
Winter BIOEN 599 3 Cardiac Bioengineering [Syllabus]
Winter BIOEN 455 4 BioMEMS
Winter ME 599E 3 Micro/Nano Biosensors
Winter BIOEN 599 3 Vascular Engineering
Spring ME 598 3 Engineering Innovation in Medicine
Spring BIOEN 599 3 Engineering Cell Biology
Spring BIOEN 585 4 Computational Bioengineering

Rehabilitation & Biology

Quarter Course Cr. Title
Autumn REHAB 541 1 Gross Anatomy Laboratory - Extremities
Autumn REHAB 544 4 Functional Anatomy for Rehabilitation of the Extremities
Winter REHAB 542 1 Gross Anatomy Laboratory - Spine
Winter REHAB 545 3 Functional Anatomy for Rehabilitation of the Spine

Neural Control

Quarter Course Cr. Title
Autumn NEURO 554 1 Motor Learning: Cellular and Network Mechanisms
Autumn BIOEN 498 / EE 400 3 Neural Engineering
Winter CSE 529 3 Neural Control of Movement

Other Recommended Courses

Quarter Course Cr. Title
Autumn ME 556 3 Experimental Stress Analysis I [Course Website]
Autumn BIOST 517 4 Applied Biostatistics I [Course Website]
Autumn ME 473 4 Instrumentation [Syllabus]
Autumn ME 478 4 Finite Element Analysis [Course Website]
Autumn ME 551 3 Elasticity I [Course Website]
Autumn ME 599 3 Fundamentals of Autonomous Robotic Systems 
Autumn BIOEN 498 3 Bioengineering Statistics
Winter ME 557 3 Experimental Stress Analysis II
Winter BIOST 518 4 Applied Biostatistics II [Syllabus]
Winter EE 543 4 Models of Robotic Manipulation
Winter ME 552 3 Elasticity II
Spring ME 478 4 Finite Element Analysis [Course Website]
Spring EE 544 4 Advanced Robotic Manipulation

Sample Schedule*

 
Required courses   
 
Courses that fulfill computational and numerical analysis requirement
Course no. Quarter Credits
ME 564 AUT Yr 1 3
ME 537 AUT Yr 1 3
ME 514 AUT Yr 1 4
Or ME 538 AUT Yr 1 3
Total credits 10 or 11
Course no. Quarter Credits
ME 565 WIN Yr 1 3
ME 574 WIN Yr 1 3
ME 527 WIN Yr 1 4
ME 512 WIN Yr 1 3
Total credits 10
Course no. Quarter Credits
Or ME 535 SPR Yr 1 3
ME 445 SPR Yr 1 3
ME 537 (odd)
(Cardiovascular Fluid)
SPR Yr 1 3
ME 478 SPR Yr 1 4
ME 598
or ME 600
SPR Yr 1 variable
Total credits 11
Course no. Quarter Credits
ME 537 (even)
(Topics in Fluid Mech)
AUT Yr 2 3
Elective course AUT Yr 2 3
Elective course AUT Yr 2 3
ME 598
or ME 600
AUT Yr 2 variable
Total credits 11
Grand total 42

* May be adjusted based on student's selection of concentrations and elective courses.

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