Course Meeting Times
Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session
Prerequisites
6.013 Electromagnetics and Applications
2.005 Thermal-Fluids Engineering I
Description
This course covers the fundamental driving forces for transport—chemical gradients, electrical interactions, and fluid flow—as applied to the biology and biophysics of molecules, cells, and tissues.
Textbook
Required Textbook
Grodzinsky, Alan. Field, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems. Garland Science, 2011. ISBN: 9780815342120. [Preview with Google Books]
Supplementary Textbook
Truskey, George A., Fan Yuan, and David F. Katz. Transport Phenomena in Biological Bystems. Pearson, 2009. ISBN: 9780131569881.
Grading
| ACTIVITIES | PERCENTAGES |
|---|---|
| Quizzes (Two take-home quizzes) | 40% (20% each) |
| Assignments | 30% |
| Project (Term paper) | 30% |
Collaboration Policy
Homework assignments are essential for learning the course material, and a serious individual effort should be made to solve each problem. Students are encouraged to form interdisciplinary teams to discuss with other class members the underlying concepts and approaches. However, such discussions must stop short of jointly prepared solutions. That is, the work turned in must reflect one’s individual efforts.
