BE 508 Biomedical Applications of Origami
Origami is a fascinating art form that occupies a unique niche at the intersection between art, biology and new ground breaking technologies that will revolutionize biomedical engineering. Origami has been successfully used to enhance technological developments in a number of areas including automobile safety (air bags), astronomy (foldable space telescope mirrors), and biomedical technology (stents). However, there are a host of other applications for origami in biomedical engineering that are currently being developed such as DNA origami, protein folding, and other processes that may be used to direct tissue and organ formation in tissue engineering applications. In this course, students will learn about origami design in biomedical engineering from a theoretical and practical viewpoint through fabricating bioactive paper, designing and constructing origami sculptures based on biological molecules (DNA, proteins) and tissue and organ systems, and exploring new avenues for origami in biomedical engineering.
Cross Listed Courses
BE 408 & BE 508