[ABET Description] This course introduces the fundamentals of biofluid dynamics and continuum mechanics, and covers the application of these principles to a variety of biological flows. Fluid flow in physiology and biotechnology is investigated at a variety of scales, ranging from subcellular to whole body.
BIOMEDE 479: Biotransport
Prerequisite: Math 216, BME 331, or permission of instructor.
Winter Term (4 credits)
[ABET Description] Fundamentals of mass and heat transport as they relate to living systems. Convection, diffusion, active transport, osmosis and conservation of momentum, mass and energy will be applied to cellular and organ level transport. Examples from circulatory, respiratory, renal and ocular physiology will be examined.
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