Instructor:  Charles H. Turner, Ph.D.

1. Course Description:  The majority of the discussion will be directed
toward mechanical design of organisms with emphasis upon the mechanics of
the musculoskeletal system.  Selected topics include biomechanics of
osteoporosis, tissue engineering, prosthesis design and biomaterials to
emphasize the unique biological criteria which must be considered in
biomechanical engineering design.

2.  Objective:  To provide students with an understanding of how organisms
optimize structures to adapt to the mechanical demands of their
environment.  

3.  Level:  This course is designed for advance undergraduate and master's
level students.  Graduate students will be expected to write a term paper.

4.  Prerequisite:  ME 272 - Mechanics of Materials

5.  Required Text:  Biomechanics of the Musculo-skeletal System by Nigg and
Herzog, Wiley, 1994.

1)  Introduction
2)  Solid Mechanics
3)  Solid Mechanics (con't)
4)  Basic functional anatomy
5)  Fatigue life of bone and stress fractures in bone.
6)  Failure of materials
7)  Fall biomechanics
8)  Trabecular bone and natural design
9)  Soft tissue mechanics
10)  Tendons and ligaments
11)  Joint mechanics
12)  Articular cartilage
13)  Muscle physiology
14)  Muscle physiology (con't)
15)  Muscle biomechanics
16)  Scaling and adaptation
17)  Adaptation of bones
18)  Orthopaedic injury
19)  Orthopaedic implants
20)  Orthopaedic implant design
21)  Videotape of hip & knee surgery
22)  Orthopaedics of the spine
23)  Analysis of human motion
24)  Analysis of human motion (con't)
25)  Analysis of human motion (con't)

For further information regarding the Biomedical Engineering Program at Purdue University contact the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Office at (317) 494-5730 bmeprogram@ecn.purdue.edu