MTSE 4020 - Materials in Medicine

3 hours

Science and engineering of materials having medical applications. Provides students with an understanding of the challenges that materials (metals, polymers and ceramics) face/create during short- and long-term contact with mammalian physiology. Develops the student’s understanding of the relationships controlling acceptance or failure of a given material in the body. Exposes students to strategies used in current and future biomaterials.

Prerequisite(s): MTSE 3010, MTSE 3050.