BMEN6399 - Advanced Soft Tissue Mechanics

BMEN 6399 Advanced Soft Tissue Mechanics (3 semester credit hours) This course covers advanced topics in the biomechanics of soft tissues and biomaterial scaffolds. Concepts in nonlinear continuum mechanics will be presented and expanded to solve a variety of bioengineering problems. In each case, the basic anatomy and physiology of specific tissue types will be used to motivate the use of appropriate constitutive models. Relevant boundary value problems will be solved using analytical and numerical techniques. Special emphasis will be placed on the analysis and interpretation of data from complex biomechanical testing to show how experimental, theoretical, and computational methods can be integrated to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying mechanobiological processes of soft tissue remodeling. A working knowledge of linear algebra and multivariable calculus is a requirement for this class. Prerequisites: (MATH 2415 or MATH 2419) and BMEN 3399 or graduate standing. (3-0) T