ME464 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS
| Course Code: |
5690464 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
5.0 |
| Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Fundamentals of fluid. heat. and mass transport in biomedical systems; rheology of biological
fluids; modeling of fluid flow in circulation and tissues; bioheat transfer modeling;
thermoregulation. thermal injury. thermal therapy and cryopreservation; biological mass
transport modeling. transport coefficients of biomaterials. biochemical and particle-fluid-
structure interactions; applications in biomedical device design. drug delivery. and
mechanobiology.
