MAE 4650

MAE 4650

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

The transport of energy, mass, and momentum is essential to the function of living systems. Changes in these processes often underlie pathological conditions. This course covers the understanding and analysis of micro-macroscopic fluid flow phenomena within the human body and the relation between fluid flow and physiological processes. The topics covered in this course span from cellular level to organs under healthy and diseased conditions.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ENGRD 2020 and MAE 3230 or equivalents, or permission of instructor.

Outcomes
  • Introduce and practice the use of the fundamental engineering principles and mathematical basis of fluid mechanics in human body.
  • Enable the students to identify the fluid flow and transport in human body, and to formulate the governing conservation equations, and solve basic engineering biofluidic problems.
  • Understand and correctly identify modeling assumptions used to solve various biofluidic problems.
  • Enable the students to analyze if Biofluid mechanics a cause or an outcome of a disease and where the analysis might involve approximations and empirical approaches; for example, arterial flows and boundary layer flows.
  • Encourage students to formulate an ordered approach to problem solving towards designing an alternative system to circumvent disease.
  • Integrate and interpret biological data and mechanical engineering concepts.

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MAE 4651MAE 5650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12489 MAE 4650   LEC 001

    • TR Olin Hall 245
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Singh, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person