BE 426 Biomedical Transfer Processes
The purpose of the course is to provide the fundamentals of transport processes in the human body and principles of design of artificial kidney and heart-lung devices. Among topics covered are mass balances and physiological variables of the human body; physical and rheological properties of blood; dynamics of the circulatory system; heat production and transfer; modeling the body as biological membranes, especially the human kidneys. Artificial kidney devices; human lungs and artificial heart-lung devices, blood pumping devices.
Cross Listed Courses
BE 426 & BE 526
Prerequisite
Open to Biomedical Engineering undergraduate students