Instructor(s)
Prof. Roger D. Kamm
Prof. Patrick Doyle
Maxine Jonas
(Teaching Assistant)
MIT Course Number
20.410J / 2.798J / 6.524J / 10.537
As Taught In
Spring 2003
Level
Graduate
Course Description
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- Assignments: problem sets (no solutions)
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- Exams (no solutions)
Course Description
This course develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include: structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels will also be investigated.
This course was originally co-developed by Professors Alan Grodzinsky, Roger Kamm, and L. Mahadevan.
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