[Bioundgrd] Fwd: New undergraduate course BE.330 (Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological systems)

[Kathleen Long]

New Course in Spring 2005!

BE.330 / 6.023 / 2.793: Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems
(Undergraduate version of BE.430/6.561/2.795/10.539/HST.544)
Instructors: Jay Han (jyhan at mit.edu, BE/EECS) / Roger D. Kamm 
(rdkamm at mit.edu, BE/ME)

In this course, we will introduce the basic driving forces for 
electric current, fluid flow, and mass transport, and discuss their 
application to a variety of biological systems. Basic mathematical 
and engineering tools will be introduced, in the context of biology 
and physiology. We will also discuss various electrokinetic phenomena 
as an example of coupled nature of chemical-electro-mechanical 
driving forces. Applications include transport in biological tissues 
and across membranes, manipulation of cells and biomolecules, and 
microfluidics. 

The course consists of four subsections, shown as in the following.

Part I: Chemical Driving Forces
Conservation of Mass / Diffusion / Steady and Unsteady Diffusion / 
Diffusion with Chemical Reactions

Part II: Electrical Driving Forces
Maxwell's equations / Ion Transport / E and B field in biological 
systems / Electroquasistatics /
Poisson's and Laplace's equation

Part III: Mechanical Driving Forces
	Conservation of momentum / Inviscid and viscous flows / 
convective transport / Dimensional Analaysis

Part IV: Electrokinetics
Debye layer / Zeta potential / electroosmosis / electrophoresis / 
application of electrokinetics / dielectrophoresis / Debye layer 
repulsion forces / Scaling and Dimensionless numbers

Prerequisite: 6.021 or BE.320 or comparable preparation in transport 
with permission of instructor
Course format: 4-0-8 (12 unit, 3 lectures 10-11am MWF, 32-144, 1 
recitation on Tuesday 3-4pm)
* Eligible for Engineering Concentration credit for the Course 6 
(contact Jay Han for details)
* BME minor subject
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