Continuum mechanics of cells, tissues and organs. Statics and force balances; stress, strain and constitutive relations; equilibrium, universal solutions and inflation; finite deformation; nonlinear problems; finite element methods.
System dynamics and frequency-domain analysis in bioengineering systems. Topics include population models, predator-prey models, metabolic networks, biological oscillation, dynamics of infectious diseases.
Exposure to bioengineering research through attendance of graduate student seminars followed by faculty-mediated discussion. Writing seminar summaries, graduate student shadowing, articulating long-term goals, and planning an academic trajectory.