BE/ME 550 Tissue Engineering (currently offered Fall term, odd years)
This biomaterials course focuses on the selection, processing, testing, and performance of materials used in biomedical applications with special emphasis upon tissue engineering. Topics include: material selection and processing, mechanisms and kinetics of material degradation, cell-matrix interactions and interfaces; effect of construct architecture on tissue growth; and transport through engineered tissues. Examples of engineering tissues for replacing cartilage, bone, tendons, ligaments, skin, and liver will be presented. (Prerequisite: A first course in biomaterials equivalent to BE/ME 4814 and a basic understanding of cell biology and physiology. Admission of undergraduate students requires the permission of the instructor.).

BE/ME 552 Tissue Mechanics (currently offered Fall term, even years)
This biomechanics course focuses on advanced techniques for the characterization of the structure and function of hard and soft tissues and their relationship to physiological processes. Applications include tissue injury, wound healing, the effect of pathological conditions upon tissue properties, and design of medical devices and prostheses.  The mechanics of cartilage, bone, tendons, ligaments, muscle, skin, blood vessels, myocardium, heart valves and other tissues will be discussed.
(Prerequisites: continuum mechanics or biomechanics equivalent to ME 3501 or BE/ME 4504. Tensor notation will be used.)