Introduction to Bioengineering 

Lecture Notes

This section contains an example set notes taken by a student in the Spring 2005 instance of this course. These notes are listed by the topics discussed in Spring 2005.

TOPICS

Bioengineering Science - Prof. Douglas Lauffenburger (PDF)

Biology Science - Prof. Paul Matsudaira

Chemistry Science - Prof. Angela Belcher (PDF)

Biological Engineering - Prof. Linda Griffith (PDF)

BioMechanical Engineering - Prof. Roger D. Kamm (PDF)

BioMEMS - Prof. Joel Voldman (PDF)

Bioengineering in Aero/Astro - Prof. Dava Newman

Bioengineering in Chemical Engineering - Prof. Patrick S. Doyle (PDF)

Bioengineering in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Prof. Martin Polz (PDF)

Bioengineering in Computer Science - Prof. David Gifford (PDF)

Biomaterial Sciences - Prof. Subra Suresh

Topics in Biological Engineering - Prof. Paul Matsudaira

Topics in Biological Engineering (cont.) - Prof. Paul Matsudaira

Assignments

A five page paper on a bioengineering problem is due by session 13.

Describe how bioengineering approaches and methods of discovery, measurement, analysis, or modeling have played on important role in either understanding a basic biological process or in the development of a particular technology.

Sample Student Work

A Suitable Replacement Heart (PDF) (Courtesy of Jiao Wang. Used with permission.)