Handouts and supplementary reading materials will be added to this page
as they are available.
Date |
Reading Assignment |
Topic |
12 Jan |
BS: 1-11; 37(2.1); 133 (3.1); 165 (4.1); 215 (5.1);
243 (6.1); 283 (7.1); 389 (8.1) |
Introduction |
14 Jan |
BS: 11-21 |
Overview |
16 Jan |
BS: 11-21 |
Classes of Materials Used in Medicine |
oo |
oo |
oo |
19 Jan |
oo |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Holiday |
21 Jan |
BS: 50-64, 73-94 |
Polymeric Materials - Part I |
23 Jan |
BS: 94-105; 118-124 |
Polymeric Materials - Part II |
oo |
oo |
oo |
26 Jan |
BS: 165-173; J.M. Anderson
Annu.Rev.Mater.Res.2001.31:81110. |
Acute Wound Healing |
28 Jan |
BS: 193-200 |
Blood Clotting |
30 Jan |
Handout-see website for details |
Chronic Wound Healing and Foreign Body Response |
oo |
oo |
oo |
2 Feb |
BS: 21-37; Handout-see website for details |
Surface Properties of Biomaterials |
4 Feb |
BS:133-147; Handout-see website for details |
Surface Characterization |
6 Feb |
Handout-see website for details |
Surface & Protein Interactions |
oo |
oo |
oo |
9 Feb |
BS: 173-188 |
Inflammation: Part I |
11 Feb |
BS: 188-193; 243-272 |
Inflammation: Part II-Degradation of Implanted Materials |
13 Feb |
oo |
Exam I |
oo |
oo |
oo |
16 Feb
|
oo |
President's Day - Holiday |
18 Feb |
Handout-see website for details |
Device Regulation |
20 Feb
|
BS: 457-465 |
Device Development |
oo |
oo |
oo |
23 Feb |
BS: 205-215; 415-420 |
Sterilization and Related Infections |
25 Feb |
BS: 105-118 |
Biomaterials Testing |
27 Feb |
BS: 215-243 |
Surface Coatings |
oo |
oo |
oo |
1 Mar |
BS: 356-360; 360-371; Handout-see website for details |
Wound Dressings and Sutures |
3 Mar |
Handout-see website for details |
Elastomers |
5 Mar |
Handout-see website for details |
Intravenous Catheters |
oo |
oo |
oo |
8 Mar |
BS: 283-308 |
Applications in Cardiology |
10 Mar |
Handout-see website for details |
Hollow Fiber Membranes |
12 Mar |
oo |
Exam II |
oo |
oo |
oo |
15 Mar |
oo |
Spring Break |
17 Mar |
oo |
Spring Break |
19 Mar |
oo |
Spring Break |
oo |
oo |
oo |
22 Mar |
Handout-see website for details |
Applications in Nephrology |
24 Mar |
BS: 60-64; Handout-see website for details |
Hydrogels |
26 Mar |
BS: 335-346; Handout-see website for details |
Applications in Ophthalmology |
oo |
oo |
oo |
29 Mar |
BS: 37-50 |
Metals-Part I |
31 Mar |
Handout-see website for details |
Metals- Part II |
2 Apr |
BS: 335-346 |
Applications in Orthopedics |
oo |
oo |
oo |
5 Apr |
Handout-see website for details |
Ceramics and Bioglasses |
7 Apr |
BS: 319-328 |
Adhesives and Sealents |
9 Apr |
BS: 308-319 |
Applications in Dentistry |
oo |
oo |
oo |
12 Apr |
Handout-see website for details |
Degradable Materials-Part I |
14 Apr |
Handout-see website for details |
Degradable Materials-Part II |
16 Apr |
BS: 346-356 |
Project Presentations |
oo |
oo |
oo |
19 Apr |
oo |
Project Presenations |
21 Apr |
oo |
Project Presentations |
23 Apr |
oo |
Project Presentations |
oo |
oo |
oo |
26 Apr |
oo |
Exam III |