Course Description
An investigation of the structural and mechanical properties of biological materials, the design processes impacting those properties, and modeling techniques used to understand how these engineering properties are dependent on the function and the form of the material.
Athena Title
Eng Prop Bio Matls
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Learning Objectives • understand the engineering properties of the complex composites of biological materials • understand how the assembly of weak constitutes are combined to increase biological material structural integrity • engage modeling techniques to understand changes in engineering properties due to the function of materials • the origins of the mechanical forces generated by and on biological systems
Topical Outline
1. Basic overview of engineering properties - Structural - Mechanical 2. Principles of the strength of materials - Phenomenological description - Molecular interpretation 3. Tensile Materials - Tensile materials - Rigid materials - Plant materials 4. Elements of structural systems and bioinspired designs 5. Eco-mechanics