Structural Aspects of Biomaterials: Overview
Posted by: Ray in Education, Measurement Basics, Organizations, Resource, WebsiteBio Engineering/ME C117: Structural Aspects of Biomaterials - Professor Lisa Pruitt, University of California at Berkeley.
This is an 82 minute overview of the entire course that spans 25 video segments on YouTube. If you wish to view the entire set of courses or download them, go to the YouTube site to obtain them.
This course provides an overview of medical devices, FDA regulatory issues, biocompatibility and sterilization technology. It examines biomechanical properties: isotropy/anisotropy, stiffness, bending stresses, contact stresses, multiaxial loading, plasticity, fatigue, fracture, wear, corrosion, design issues.
Also covered: Orthopedics, Dental, Cardiovascular, and Soft Tissue Reconstruction
There are more videos from UC Berkeley on YouTube, in fact they have their own section both on YouTube and Google Video as part of the unique arrangements that Google and the University have made.
The University of California at Berkeley is one of the pioneers in distribution of educational materials over the Web in the forms of both videos and podcasts. The latter are listed on and freely downloaded from Apple’s iTunes website.
Although primarily intended for students to review or supplement actual classroom experience, they are open to the public for enrichment and learning.
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