Joint Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program

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Biofluids Biomechanics Track
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Facilities UNC-CH

• Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory - Department
  of Orthopaedics
• Cell and Cytomechanics Laboratories - Department
  of Orthopaedics
• Motion Analysis Laboratory - Human Movement
  Science Center Department of Allied Health
  Sciences
• Sports Medicine Research Laboratory - Department
  of Exercise and Sport Science

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Facilities NC State

• Ergonomics Laboratory - Industrial Engineering
• Rapid Prototyping Laboratory Industrial
  Engineering
• Computer Laboratory - Mechanical and Aerospace
  Engineering
• Adaptive Structures Lab - Mechanical and
  Aerospace Engineering
• IBM p690, IBM Blade Server - High Performance and
  Grid Computing

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Facilities NC State

• Cell Mechanics Laboratory Biomedical
  Engineering
• Tissue Mechanics Lab - Biomedical Engineering and
  Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• Tissue Engineering Lab - Biomedical Engineering
  and College of Textiles

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Track Faculty

• UNC-CH (9 Faculty)
• Banes, Dennis, Kusy, Lucas, Macdonald, Thompson,
  Weinhold, Yu, Zar
• NC State (16 Faculty)
• Abrams, Buckner, Comier, Grant, Haider,
  Harrysson, Kleinstreuer, Loboa, Lubkin, Mente,
  Mirka, Olufsen, Ramasubramanian, Roe, Seelecke,
  Stikeleather

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Track Graduates

• Since 1996 7 Students have graduated from
  UNC-CH in the biofluids/biomechanics area
• 2 PhD
• 5 Masters
• No Data is available from NC State

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Course Work
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Track Specific Class RequirementsBiofluids/Biomec
hanics

• Elasticity
• Fluid Mechanics
• Experimental Methods
• Computational Analysis

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• Elasticity
• MAE 541 Advanced Machine Design I
• Advanced treatment of stress analysis and
  mechanics of materials devoted to analytical
  methods of predicting the life of mechanical
  components. Development of governing differential
  equations of elasticity. Analyses of beams,
  stress concentrations, pressurized pipes,
  rotating disks and contact stresses. Usage of
  energy approach to elasticity problems also as
  well as a brief introduction to plastic failure
  criteria.

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• Fluid Mechanics
• MAE 550 Foundations Of Fluid Dynamics
• Review of basic thermodynamics pertinent to gas
  dynamics. Detailed development of general
  equations governing fluid motion in both
  differential and integral forms. Simplification
  of the equations to those for specialized flow
  regimes. Similarity parameters. Applications to
  simple problems in various flow regimes.
• OR
• PHYS 151 Fluid Dynamics
• The physical properties of fluids, kinematics,
  governing equations, viscous incompressible flow,
  vorticity dynamics, boundary layers, irrotational
  incompressible flow.

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• Experimental Methods
• MAE 517 Instrumentation in Sound and Vibration
  Engineering
• A presentation of measurement techniques and
  theory and operation of transducers and
  amplifiers. Introduction to signal analysis
  techniques such as power spectral density and
  correlation
• OR
• MAE 777 Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics
• Principles and practices of fluid dynamic
  measurement. Application of instruments and
  measuring techniques. One, two and three
  component thermal anemometry. Differential and
  unsteady pressures, LDV, Shadowgraph, Schlieren
  and interferometer techniques. Optimization and
  choice of instrument selection. Limitations of
  data acquisition and analysis. Limited hands-on
  experience.

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• Computational Analysis FEM/CFD
• MAE 533 Finite Element Analysis I
• Fundamental concepts of the finite element
  method for linear stress and deformation analysis
  of mechanical components. Development of truss,
  beam, frame, plane stress, plane strain,
  axisymmetric and solid elements. Isoparametric
  formulations. Introduction to structural
  dynamics. Practical modeling techniques and use
  of general-purpose codes for solving practical
  stress analysis problems.
• OR
• BMME 235 Finite Element Analysis
• The underlying principles associated with the
  finite element method are presented along with
  applications. Topics to be included are the
  development of the stiffness matrix, node
  numbering schemes, potential energy and the
  Rayleigh-Ritz method, and element selection.

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• OR
• MAE 560 Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat
  Transfer
• Introduction to integration of the governing
  partial differential equations of fluid flow and
  heat transfer by numerical finite difference and
  finite volume means. Methods for parabolic,
  hyper-bolic and elliptical equations and
  application to model equations. Error analysis
  and physical considerations.

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Required Courses

• Departmental Requirements
• Math and Statistics (9 hours)
• Life Sciences (6 hours)
• Department Specific (2 hours)
• Biofluids/Biomechanics Track Specific Courses
• Elasticity (3 hours)
• Fluid Mechanics (3 hours)
• Experimental Methods (3 hours)
• Computational Analysis (3 hours)
• Total 29 hours required courses for Masters

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Additional Requirements

• 3 hours thesis credit
• 3 hours graduate level course (700 level NCSU or
  200 level UNC-CH)
• Graduate Research Seminar (1 credit/semester)
• Total Credits Required 35 hours

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Other Courses - Masters

• UNC-CH
• BMME 102 Biomechanics
• BMME 222 Hemodynamics
• HMSC 291 Analysis of Human Motion
• HMSC 290 Advanced Kinesiology and Biomechanics
• HMSC 210 Muscle Mechanics and Electromyographic
  Kinesiology
• ORTH 220 Advanced Orthodontic Biomechanics

• NC State
• BME 541 Biomechanics
• BME/TE 467 Mechanics of Tissue and Implants
• MAE 501 Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics
• MAE 505 Heat Transfer Theory and Applications
• MAE 537 Mechanics of Composite Structures
• MAE 589D Mechanics of Smart Biomaterials
• MAE 589X Two-Phase Flow
• CHE 551 Biochemical Engineering
• IE 544 Occupational Biomechanics

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Other Courses - PhD

• NC State
• CHE 779 Diffusion in Polymers
• MAE 702 Statistical Thermodynamics
• MAE 707 Advanced Conductive Heat Transfer
• MAE 708 Advanced Convective Heat Transfer
• MAE 734 Finite Element Analysis II
• MAE 766 Computational Fluid Dynamics
• MAE 776 Turbulence
• CHE 715 Transport Phenomena I
• CHE 716 Transport Phenomena II
• IE 767 Upper Extremity Biomechanics
• IE 768 Spine Biomechanics

• UNC-CH
• BMME 220 Real-Time Computer Applications II
• PHYS 203 Classic Dynamics
• HMSC 200 Scientific Basis of Human Motion
• BIOL 155 Comparative Biomechanics

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These lists should not be considered exhaustive

• Students should be allowed to select classes that
  further their research objectives
• The student's thesis committee should have the
  leeway to determine if course requirements have
  been meet by previous work
• Appropriate life science, math, statistics, etc.
  should be allowed
• The student and thesis committee should be free
  to tailor the students course selection based on
  the students background and needs