Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 6.561J (Fall 2004) 
• Course Title:
• Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems (BE.430J) 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Biological Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Alan Grodzinsky
  Prof. Douglas Lauffenburger 
• Course Introduction:
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  20.430J / 2.795J / 6.561J / 10.539J / HST.544J Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems (BE.430J)
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2004

  
  
  

  
  
  

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  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course covers the following topics: conduction, diffusion, convection in electrolytes; fields in heterogeneous media; electrical double layers; Maxwell stress tensor and electrical forces in physiological systems; and fluid and solid continua: equations of motion useful for porous, hydrated biological tissues. Case studies considered include membrane transport; electrode interfaces; electrical, mechanical, and chemical transduction in tissues; electrophoretic and electroosmotic flows; diffusion/reaction; and ECG. The course also examines electromechanical and physicochemical interactions in biomaterials and cells; orthopaedic, cardiovascular, and other clinical examples.