BIOENG 2055 - BIOMEDICAL FLUIDS MECHANICS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Biomedical Fluid Mechanics is an upper-level undergraduate / graduate course designed to study how momentum (i.e. fluid flow) principles arise and are applied in the biological, physiological, and medical sciences. The course is not exhaustive but focuses instead on several specific systems in which 1) the application of fluid mechanics enhances understanding of the underlying biomedical process; and/or 2) the biomedical process itself teaches an important and sometimes novel fluid mechanical principal. The principal means of analyzing biofluid mechanics in this course will be through the application of differential mass and momentum balances. These principles will be applied only after the student has gained a qualitative understanding of the biomedical process and they will take the student to a quantitative understanding. The course will primarily study principles of fluid mechanics in the cardiovascular system, respiratory system, and in several medical devices in which fluid mechanics plays an important role in relevant design principles. Students will have the opportunity to select topics relative to fluid mechanics that may be relevant to their research projects.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad Letter Grade

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