Bioengineering Major Concentration - Biomechanics This track develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of classical and statistical mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales, from molecular to cellular to tissue or organ level. The students will gain insight and experience in the following topics:
(i) Molecular biomechanics: mechanics at the nanoscale; intermolecular forces and their origins; single molecules; thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; formation and dissolution of bonds- mechanochemistry; motion at the molecular and macromolecular level; experimental methods at the single molecule level – optical and magnetic traps, force spectroscopy, light scattering.
(ii) Cellular biomechanics:
Static and dynamic cell processes; cell adhesion, migration and aggregation; mechanics of biomembranes; the cytoskeleton and nucleus; microrheological properties and their implications; mechanotransduction; experimental methods – passive and active rheology, motility and adhesion assays.
(iii) Tissue biomechanics:
Elastic (time independent); viscoelastic and poroelastic (time-dependent) behavior of tissues; continuum and microstructural models; constitutive laws; mechanical and physicochemical properties of tissues; physical regulation of cellular metabolism; experimental methods – macroscopic rheology. |
| | | | Concentration #2 - Biomechanics | | | | Freshman Year | Fall | Spring | | Math 1A , 1B , Calculus | 4 | 4 | | Chemistry 1A or 4A General Chemistry | 4 | | | Chemistry 3A , 3AL , or Chem 112A , Organic Chemistry2 | | 5 | | Physics 7A , Physics for Scientists and Engineers | | 4 | | E 10 , Engineering Design and Analysis or BioE 10 | 3 | | | E 7 , Introduction to Applied Computing or CS 61A | | 4 | | Reading and Composition3 | 4 | | | Freshman Seminar: BioE 24 and/or BioE 25 4 | 1 | 1 | | Minimum Total Units | 16 | 18 | | | | | | Sophomore Year | Fall | Spring | | Math 53 -54 , Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Diff. Eqns. | 4 | 4 | | Physics 7B , Physics for Scientists and Engineers | 4 | | | Biology 1A & 1AL , General Biology | | 5 | | Chemistry 3B or Chem 112B , Organic Chemistry5 | 3 | | | Engineering/Biology Preparation : E45 | 3 | | | Engineering/Biology Preparation : BioE C105 , Chem 120B or ChemC130 / MCB C100A 6 | | 3 | | Electives: Humanities / Social Studies 3 | | 3 | | Minimum Total Units | 14 | 15 | | | | | | Junior Year | Fall | Spring | | Bioengineering Fundamentals : BioE 102 , BioE 104 7 | 4 | 4 | | Engineering Topic : ME 106 or BioE 101 8 | 3 | | | Technical Elective : Chem 135 or MCB 110 (biochemistry)9 | 3 | | | Technical Elective : Stat 134 or EE 126 (statistics)9 | | 3 | | Upper Division Biology Elective : MCB 130 (cell biology) or MCB 150 (immunology)10 | 4 | | BioE 100 or Humanities / Social Studies course with ethics content 3 | | 3 | | Electives: Humanities / Social Studies 3 | 4 | | | Minimum Total Units | 14 | 14 | | | | | | Senior Year | Fall | Spring | | Bioengineering Lab Course : BioE 115 or BioE 168L | 4 | | | Bioengineering Topics : BioE 112 and BioE C117 or BioE C119 | 4 | 4 | | Engineering Topic : BioE C118 or BioE 164 recommended8 | | 4 | | Technical Elective : IB 131 , IB 132 , and/or IB135 recommended9 | 4 | | | Senior Engineering Design Project or bioengineering research: BioE H194 or BioE196
| | 4 | | Electives: Humanities / Social Studies 3 | 3 | 3 | | Minimum Total Units | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | MINIMUM GRAND TOTAL UNITS | | 121 | See the Bioengineering Degree Requirements for course details
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