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TRANSPORT PHENOMENA FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS BME534 - 3 + 0 10

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITMaster's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) To have knowledge on fundamental principles of momentum heat and mass transport
2) To understand mathematical equations to set up and solve transport problems in medical devices, living systems and other therapeutic or diagnostic applications,
3) To have knowledge on transport phenomena in synthetic membranes,
4) To have ability fluid mechanics based problem solving in case of drug transport/ carrier systems, biochemical analyzers, blood flow systems
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONMomentum Convection and Applications; Mass Convection and Applications; Energy and Heat Conversions; Membrane Convection Mechanisms Mass transports in polymer / composite systems, Thiele Modulus; Molecular diffusion in gel systems Design and development of drug delivery systems - pharmacokinetic model Design and development of drug delivery systems - drug targeting and control Transport-based problems and mathematical modeling in medical devices Mathematical modeling of transport in living systems, remedial or diagnostic systems Fluid mechanics based applications and problem solutions in sample cases such as biochemical analyzers, blood flow Example case - I: selection and identification Case study- II: solution and modeling
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Principles of Momentum Transfer and Applications
2nd Week Principles of Mass Transfer and Applications
3rd Week Conservation of Energy and Heat Balances
4th Week Types of Membrane Seperation Processes
5th Week Mass transport in a polymeric support structure and composite sphere systems with catalytics or biocatalytics, thiele modulus
6th Week Moleculer diffusion in gels
7th Week Midterm
8th Week Development and design of drug delivery systems- pharmacokinetic models
9th Week Development and design of drug delivery systems- drug delivery targeted, controlled, and localized etc
10th Week Applying the mathematical equations to set up and solve transport problems in medical devices,
11th Week Applying the mathematical equations to set up and solve transport problems in living systems and other therapeutic or diagnostic applications
12th Week Fluid mechanics based applications and problem solving, in biochemical analyzers (viscometer etc) or blood flow systems.
13th Week Case study work- I: selection
14th Week Case study work- II: solving
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGBasic Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering, Ronald L. Fournier, 2012, CRC Press ISBN-13: 978-1439826706
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Problem Solving,Presentation,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term135
Project120
Attendance15
Total(%)60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)40
Total(%)100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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