Teaching

Undergraduate Courses

MAE/BME 4640 (Orthopaedic Tissue Mechanics): Spring 2024

Application of mechanics and materials principles to orthopaedic tissues. Physiology of bone, cartilage, ligament, and tendon and the relationship of these properties to their mechanical function. Mechanical behavior of skeletal tissues. Functional adaptation of these tissues to their mechanical environment. Tissue engineering of replacement structures.

MAE 2020 (Statics and Mechanics of Solids): Fall 2017, Fall 2018
Covers principles of statics, force systems, and equilibrium in solid structures. Topics include: free body diagrams in two and three dimensions; frames; mechanics of deformable solids; stress and strain; axial force; shear force, bending moment, and torsion in bars and beams; thermal stress; pressure vessles; statically indeterminate problems; buckling and yielding.

Graduate Courses

MAE/BME 5640 (Orthopaedic Tissue Mechanics; co-taught with 4640): Spring 2024

Application of mechanics and materials principles to orthopaedic tissues. Physiology of bone, cartilage, ligament, and tendon and the relationship of these properties to their mechanical function. Mechanical behavior of skeletal tissues. Functional adaptation of these tissues to their mechanical environment. Tissue engineering of replacement structures.

MAE 6670 (Soft Tissue Biomechanics II: Soft Tissue Biomechanics II: Viscoelasticity and Phasic Theory): Fall 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023
Application of mechanics and materials principles to orthopaedic soft tissues. Mechanical properties of cartilage, tendon, and ligaments; applied viscoelasticity theory for cartilage, tendon, and ligament; cartilage, tendon, and ligament biology; tendon and ligament wound healing; osteoarthritis.