BME 2511 Biomechanics and Transport (currently taught A-term)
This course is an introduction to the analysis of the musculoskeletal systems using principles of engineering mechanics. Basic principles of mechanics, stress, strain, and deformation in beams are presented and used to characterize the material properties of tissues such as skin, tendon, ligament, bone, and cartilage. Principles of biomechanics are also applied to the design of medical devices and bioengineered tissues. Topics include forces, moments of forces, free body diagrams, principal stresses, transverse shear stresses, and beam loading.

BME 3505 Biomechanics Laboratory
This laboratory-driven biomechanics course provides hands-on experience in characterizing the mechanical properties of hard and soft biological tissues. Students gain an in-depth understanding of the course material from personal observations and measurements on actual soft and hard tissues using industry-standard testing equipment. Challenge-based laboratory projects will be assigned which will require the students to independently determine and execute effective test methods at their own pace. Tissues tested may include blood vessels, cartilage, bone, tendons, skin, and muscle. (This course was offered as an "experimental" course and is now on the books as BME3504 starting B08).