Instructors:  Charles H. Turner, Ph.D.;  Ramana M. Pidaparti, Ph.D.

1. Course Description:  This course will cover traditional structural
optimization methods as they are applied computationally.  The focus will
be on newer biological growth-based algorithms that have proven efficient
for producing optimum shapes of solid and truss structures.

2.  Objective:  To provide students with a basic understanding
computational structural optimization and its applications.  

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