BIOE 3400: Biotransport Phenomena
Designation: | Required | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Description: | The quantitative description of momentum transport (viscous flow) and mass transport (convection and diffusion) in living systems. Application of engineering methods to model and quantify aspects of bioengineering systems. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Prerequisite: | MATH 2860 or 3820; BIOE 2100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Textbook: | Basic Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering R.L. Fournier Taylor & Francis |
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Objectives: | To apply mass and heat transport principles to biological systems To solve problems related to mass and heat transfer To use computational tools to solve problems |
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Topics: | Intro to Mathcad Physical Properties of the body fluids and the cell membrane, Chapter 1 Solute transport in biological systems, Chapter 2 Physical and flow properties of blood, Chapter 3 Oxygen transport in biological systems, Chapter 4 Pharmacokinetic analysis, Chapter 5 Extracorporeal devices, Chapter 6 |
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Schedule: | 3 - 50 minute lectures per week | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Contribution: | Engineering topics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prepared by: | Scott Molitor (scott.molitor@utoledo.edu) and Tammy Phares (tamara.phares@utoledo.edu). |