Fall. 3 credits without lab or 4 credits with lab.
Junior and senior of textiles, apparel design and management and others who
are interested in the scientific aspects of color and how to produce
and analyze color.
Biomaterials and Medical Devices for Human Body Repair (TXA 439):
Spring. 2 credits for S/U option and 3 credits for Letter grade option.
Junior and senior only; can be taken toward the fullfilment of Bioengineering
option in Engineering. This course integrates biology, chemistry, physics,
and engineering in the study of modern biomaterials and medical devices for
reconstructing or replacing injured, diseased, or aged human tissues and
organs. Topics include a brief introduction to the materials used in madicine
and their chemical, physical, mechanical, and biological properties;
basic wound healing phenomena and bone bioelectricity;
biological reactions to materials; medical devices used to repair wounds
and tissues/organs which include: vascular grafts, pace maker,
heart valves, hip/knee/finger joing prosthesis, bone cements, breast implants,
nerve regeneration devices, artificial kidney, intraocular lens, urological
implants for impotence and incontinence, electrical/magnetic devices for
healing fractured bones, cochlear implants as deaf-aids, and drug control/release
devices.
Chemistry of Textile Finishing and Dyeing (TXA 626):
3 credits. Spring of alternated year for first year graduate students.
Industrially important textile chemicals used for dyeing and enhancing fiber and fabric properties, such as durable press,flame retardants, antisoiling, water repellency will be studied. The emphasis will be on finishes and the correlation of the observed effect with chemical structure, end-use influences, interaction with fabric and fibers, sources and synthetic routes will be covered. If time permits, some unconventional use of dyes currently reported in the literatures will also be discussed.
Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering I, Module 3 Biomaterials (Engrg 605):
1 credit. Fall.
For first year graduate students in biomedical engineering.
The main objective of the biomaterials module is to provide students with an
effective background in a wide range of biomaterials that include
polymers, metals/alloys and ceramics and that are currently used in human
body repair. After student's completion of this module, they should have the
basic and some in-depth knowledge of what biomaterials are made of, how
biomaterials contribute to the saving of human lives, the criteria of
materials for biomedical use, biocompatibility, failure modes of
biomaterials, and the current R/D activities in biomaterials,
challenges that biomaterials are facing and future direction of R/D in
biomaterials.