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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-2034 or MSE-2044

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: BMES-4574

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 3

Average GPA: 3.71 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 55.50%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Yangsoo Kim202485.7%14.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.811
Abby R Whittington202271.1%23.4%5.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.672

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2020Spring 2022Spring 2024Term050% W