Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Laboratory
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: Full Major status in Biomedical Engineering
Description
Meets with BIOEN 7170. Explores the use of biomolecules as new engineering materials, or as functional interfaces with conventional engineering materials. Topics include biomolecular synthesis, structure, and biological functions; protein design, methods to modify protein structure and function; applications of proteins as materials and as transducers; and goals and opportunities in biomolecular engineering. The course has an associated laboratory with exercise related to lecture topics.