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MSE-4574: Biomaterials

Description: Materials for biomedical applications. Basic material types and properties, functional uses of materials in medical applications, and tissue response mechanisms. Integrated design issues of multicomponent material design in prosthetic devices for hard and soft tissues, orthopedics , cardiovascular, and drug delivery applications.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: MSE-2044 or MSE-2034

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: BMES-4574

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 14

Average GPA: 3.45 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 41.98%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Abby R Whittington202254.9%38.4%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.446
Brian J Love200752.2%45.0%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.443
Paul Gatenholm200840.0%60.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.341
Pamela Vandevord2015100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Yangsoo Kim202485.7%14.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.811
Dwomoh Staff Baah201822.3%39.0%33.4%5.6%0.0%0.0%2.691
Justin Saul200942.9%57.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.511

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