Graduate course
MAE 209. Continuum Mechanics Applied to Medicine/Biology
(4) (Cross-listed
with BENG 209.) Introduction to the basic definitions of continuum
mechanics and their mathematical formulation at the graduate level with
applications to problems in medicine and biology. This course is intended
for students with little or no background in mechanics; it is an introduction
to the Biomechanics courses BENG 250 A-B in the Department of Bioengineering
and to Solid and Fluid Mechanics courses MAE 210A and MAE 231A in the
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. This course should
NOT be taken concurrently with MAE 210A or MAE 231A. Prerequisite:
consent of instructor.