MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

EECS Spring 1997 Catalogue Supplement

6.095 Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics

MW 1-2:30, 1-273
Prof. Alan Grodzinsky, 38-377, x4969
Prof. L. Mahadevan, 1-310, x9379
Prof. Roger Kamm, 3-260, x5330
Prereq.: 7.012, 18.03, permission of instructor
3-0-9

Develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales. Topics include: structure of tissues and the molecular basis for macroscopic properties; chemical and electrical effects on mechanical behavior; cell mechanics, motility and adhesion; biomembranes; biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors. Experimental methods for probing structures at the tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. Satisfies one of the core Biomedical Engineering requirements for the minor in Biomedical Engineering.

Same subject as 2.993.