NE 488Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Subject
- Nanotechnology Engineering
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
The course provides an overview of the recent advances in medicine and nanotechnologies for development of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Strategies and technologies for designing, testing, and manufacturing of biomaterials and tissue-engineering products will be introduced. The biological and clinical applications will be discussed. The unmet medical needs, challenges in manufacturing, regulatory approval and commercialization for tissue engineering applications will also be discussed.
Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Must have completed the following:
- NE481 - Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (0.50)
- Students must be in level 3B or higher
- Enrolled in H-Biomedical Engineering, or H-Nanotechnology Engineering
- Must have completed the following:
Antirequisites
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Winter 2027 sections
| Section | Class | Enrolled | Meets |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | 4900 | 0 / 35 | MF 14:30–15:50 |
| LEC 701 | 1977 | 14 / 9999 | Online or by arrangement |
Reviewed on UW Flow
50% liked it38% easy75% useful
From 2 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Dense course covering various biomedical engineering topics. More physiology and tissue engineering-focused than NE 481, which was more pharmacology-focused. Useful if pursuing biomed-themed grad school or industry. Overall amount of deliverables was too high, with 6 quizzes, TE-themed slide, midterm, final exam, and research proposal project. Thankfully, Maud reduced the proposal project to either just a report or presentation, not both. Quizzes were easy ctrl-F format. Midterm and final were open book, but were all short/long answer that required knowledge synthesis and was not ctrl-F-able. Course was cross-listed with BME and CHE, so lots of students who expected an easier mark, but were…
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Winter 2022
NE 486/481 or any Biosensors related course 0 points, 3 comments
“Edit: Ahh I am not sure if they changed it or I overlooked it, but I can't take biosensors anyway as it is offered in Winter and not Fall :( thus only my question remains how you experienced NE 481 …”
u/emananoo_10_9: “NE 486 got dropped kinda by surprise this year. NE 466 ended up basically being a big biosensors paper review. NE 481 is very not biosensors, it’s more biomaterials, and the follow up NE 488 is on tissue engineering”
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