Title of course: Biomedical Transport Phenomena

Course Location:  HILL 116

Course Index: 07469

Course Schedule:  Wednesdays, 9:50-11:10 AM;  Fridays, 1:10-2:30 PM

 

Instructor:

Professor Prabhas Moghe, Office: C-230 Engineering

Phone: 445-4951, Email: moghe@rci.rutgers.edu, Office hours: 2:00 Ð 3:30 PM, Tuesdays, or by Appointment

 

Prerequisites: Junior standing in Biomedical Engineering; Completion of Core BME Sophomore Courses

 

Course philosophy and description:  The transport of mass, energy and momentum is essential to the function of living systems.  This course provides an overview of the scope, aims, and methods of the subject of transport phenomena, with an emphasis on the transport of physical and chemical transport processes with applications toward the development of artificial organs and tissue engineering.  The course covers such topics as the body fluids, capillary solute transport, the physical and flow properties of blood and a basic review of the relevant momentum balances, tissue oxygen transport, and mass balances within biomedical devices.  The course emphasizes the treatment of diffusion, and trains students to solve mass transfer problems through the synthesis of shell balances and obtain mathematical solutions of differential equations to yield physical descriptions of transport processes.  Most examples are analytical in nature;  a few numerical problems are assigned that utilize the use of MATLAB or equivalent software.

 

Objectives:  To provide students with fundamental principles and applications of physics and engineering related to the transport of mass.  Specifically, students will learn:

á       To recognize diffusion based problems and formulate appropriate mathematical constructs for the solution of mass transport problems

á       To learn the approach for description and quantitation of diffusion through heterogeneous media such as those prevalent in physiologic systems

á       An introduction to the field of biorheology, with focus on the transport of blood and biological fluids.

á       To integrate the fundamentals of diffusive and membrane transport within technological problems applied to the fields of tissue engineering, bioartificial organs, drug delivery, and biotechnology.

 

Grading Policy: 

Homework (Work individually; Problems will be graded randomly): 20%

Class Participation (3 Quizzes, Attendance, Interaction): 30%

One Mid-term Test: 25%

One End-term Test: 25%

 

Textbooks:

Required:

R. Fournier, Basic Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering, Taylor and Francis, 1998

 

Supplementary (Not required):

Truskey, G.A., Yuan, F., and Katz, D.F., Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems, Pearson Prentice Hall Bioengineering, 2004

 

Teaching Assistant: Athanas Koynov

TA Email: akoynov@soemail.rutgers.edu

TA Office: C120 Engineering, Busch Campus
TA Office hours
: Mondays 5-6 PM;  Thursdays 2-3 PM (to be finalized)

 

Updated: June 11, 2004

Week

Date

Topic

Reading

1

Sep 1   W

Course Organization and Introduction

Ch. 1 Physical properties of the Body Fluids & Cell Membrane

1.1 Ð1.7

 

 

 

 

 

Sep 3     F

Cell Membrane and Ion Pumps

1.8-1.12

 

 

 

 

2

Sep 8   W

Ion Transport contd.; Numerical Examples

1.13

 

Sep 10    F

Ch. 1 contd. 

Ch. 2, Solute Transport in Biological Systems - Diffusion

2.1, 2.5

 

 

 

 

3

Sep 15   W

Diffusion, Continued;  Diffusive transport through heterogeneous media.

2.6

 

Sep 17   F

Heterogeneous diffusion, contd; Transport via Membranes

2.6, 2.8

 

 

 

 

4

Sep 22   W

Solute transport, continued;  Numerical Examples on diffusion and convection

2.8-2.12

 

 

Sep 24    F

Solute transport across the capillaries, contd.

Shell balances; Krogh Tissue Cylinder

2.12.2

 

 

 

 

5

Sep 29     W

Krogh Tissue Cylinder, continued. 

2.12.2

 

Oct 1     F

Solution approaches to the Krogh Problem 

2.12.2

 

 

 

 

6

Oct 6     W

Solute transport in a vascular bedÐ diffusion/convection

2.13

 

Oct 8     F

Numerical problems on Ch. 2; 

Momentum Transport Fundamentals

Ch. 3, Physical and Flow properties of blood.

3.1

 

 

 

 

7

Oct 13    W

Ch. 3 continued, Review

3.2-3.3

 

Oct 15   F

First Test

 

 

 

 

 

8

Oct 20    W

TA lecture/recitation

(IGERT Annual Symposium on Biointerfaces)

 

 

Oct 22    F

Ch. 3, contd. 

3.4-3.8

 

 

 

 

9

Oct 27  W

Ch 3., Marginal Zone Theory for Blood Flow and Rheology

3.9-3.12

 

Oct 29  F

Ch. 3, Mechanical Energy Balance Ð BernoulliÕs Equation

3.13-3.15

 

 

 

 

10

Nov. 3   W

Ch. 4, Oxygen Transport in Biological Systems

4.1-4.5

 

Nov. 5   F

Ch. 4, Oxygen Transport, contd.

4.6-4.7

 

 

 

 

11

Nov. 10   W

Ch. 4, Oxygen Transport in a Bioartificial Organ

4.8

 

Nov. 12  F

Ch. 6 Extracorporeal Devices - Hemodialysis

6.6.1 Ð 6.6.4

 

 

 

 

12

Nov. 17 W

Dialysis, continued;  Blood oxygenators

 

 

Nov. 19 F

Blood Oxygenator Design

6.7

 

 

 

 

13

Nov. 24   W

Blood Oxygenator, continued; Test Review (Fri Schedule)

6.6.5

 

Nov. 26  F

Thanksgiving Holiday

 

 

 

 

 

14

Dec. 1  W

Second Test Ð 9:30 AM Ð 11:10 AM

 

 

Dec. 3  F

Course and Performance Review