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BME 303Bio-continuum Mechanics

3 credits · Biomedical Engineering · Penn State

Mechanical properties of fluids and solids with applications to tissue mechanics and vascular system. BME 303 Bio-continuum Mechanics (3) The course serves as an introduction to continuum mechanics for students of biomedical engineering providing a foundation for studies in fluid and solid mechanics, material sciences, and other applications of science and engineering to the biomedical field. It will provide an introduction to concepts of solid and fluid mechanics, analysis in the context of mechanical properties of biological tissues, physiological models and measurement systems. For success in the course, students will draw from their prerequisite background in calculus, physics, statics, strength of materials, vector analysis, and elementary differential equations.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “( BIOL 141 or BIOL 240W ) and [ EMCH 210 or ( EMCH 211 and EMCH 213 )] and [ MATH 230 or ( MATH 231 and MATH 232 )] and MATH 251”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Fall (1 program).

Required in (1)

  • Biomedical Engineering, B.S.
What it opens up

Courses that list BME 303 as a prerequisite (2)

  • BME 410 Biomedical Applications of Microfluidics
  • BME 429 Biomedical Mechanics and Techniques Laboratory