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Biomechanics curriculum

Biomechanics

QuarterCourseCr.Title
Autumn ME 511 3 Biological Frameworks for Engineers [Syllabus]
Winter (odd) ME 5123Biomechanics of Movement [Syllabus
Winter (even)ME 527/BIOEN 5204Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
AutumnME 537 3Topics in Fluid Mechanics [Course website]
Spring ME 5763 Mechanobiology
AutumnME 586 3 Biology Inspired Robot Control [Syllabus]
AutumnBIOEN 326* 3 Solid and Gel Biomechanics [Syllabus]
AutumnBIOL 427 5 Comparative Biomechanics [Course website]
WinterME 599 3 Analysis and Modeling of Cell Mechanics [Course website]
WinterME 5993Mechanics of Biomaterials
SpringME 445 / BIOEN 440 4Introduction to Biomechanics
SpringME 519 1Biomechanics Seminar
*300-level courses do not count toward Graduate School degree requirements. Please use this list as a guiding reference only.

Medical Applications

QuarterCourseCr.Title
Autumn BIOEN 590 3Engineering Materials for Biomedical Applications
Autumn BIOEN 586 3Tissue Engineering
Autumn BIOEN 504 4Introduction to Technology Commercialization
Winter BIOEN 420 4Medical Imaging
Winter BIOEN 599 3Cardiac Bioengineering [Syllabus]
Winter BIOEN 455 4Biomicrofluidics
Winter ME 599 3Micro/Nano Biosensors
Winter BIOEN 599 3Vascular Engineering
Spring BIOEN 599 3Engineering Cell Biology
Spring BIOEN 585 4Computational Bioengineering

Rehabilitation & Biology

QuarterCourseCr.Title
Autumn REHAB 541 1Functional Skills I: Rehabilitation Procedures
Autumn REHAB 544 4Functional Anatomy for Rehabilitation of the Extremities
Winter REHAB 542 1Functional Skills II: Rehabilitation Procedures
Winter REHAB 545 3Functional Anatomy for Rehabilitation of the Spine

Neural Control

QuarterCourseCr.Title
Autumn NEURO 554 1Motor Learning: Cellular and Network Mechanisms
Autumn BIOEN 498 / EE 400 3Neural Engineering
Winter CSE 528 3Computational Neuroscience

Other Recommended Courses

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

Access to 400-level ME courses is subject to space availability. Please review the undergraduate course registration policy here.

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.QuarterCredits
Or ME 535SPR Yr 13
ME 445SPR Yr 13
ME 537 (odd)
(Cardiovascular Fluid)
SPR Yr 13
ME 576SPR Yr 13
ME 598
or ME 600
SPR Yr 1variable
Total credits11
Course no.QuarterCredits
ME 537 (even)
(Topics in Fluid Mech)
AUT Yr 23
Elective courseAUT Yr 23
Elective courseAUT Yr 23
ME 598
or ME 600
AUT Yr 2variable
Total credits11
Grand total42

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

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