BME 588Special Topics in Biomechanics

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Engineering
Subject: Biomedical Engineering

When it runs

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course deals with selected topics at the undergraduate level in biofluid mechanics, tissue mechanics, sports engineering, and rehabilitation engineering.

Prerequisites

Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
- Enrolled in H-Biomedical Engineering

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Reviewed on UW Flow

67% liked it38% easy38% useful

From 3 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

Personally did not find Computational Biomechanics useful but if you're interested in sports engineering YMMV. Professor is not really familiar with any of the software covered (OpenSim, 3D Slicer, FEBio) so don't expect to actually learn how to do anything unless you're prepared to self-teach. Assignments involve following YouTube tutorials with no direction from professor so you could literally learn this entire course on your own.

Feb 2022 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW Flow Remove this
This course was more work than I expected, but I got a much better understanding of material properties and biomaterial design. Prof Willett was an absolute champ for this 3 hour night class.

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