This course introduces students to concepts of mechanics as they apply to human movement, particularly those pertaining to exercise, sport, and physical activity and to teach engineering skills needed to solve challenges in the biomaterials and tissue engineering area. The student should gain advanced knowledge and analysing skills on the mechanical and anatomical principles that govern human motion and develop the ability to link the structure of the human body with its function from a mechanical perspective. The course also introduces students to a spectrum of materials used in biomedical engineering, biological-biomaterials interactions, host responses, and materials evaluations.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
1. Describe motion with precise, well-defined mechanical and anatomical terminology.
2. Identify relationships between structure and function in tissues and the implications/importance of these relationships.
3. Evaluate and quantify linear and angular characteristics of human movements.
4. Evaluate the stresses and strains in biological tissues, given the loading conditions and material properties.
5. Analyse the forces at a skeletal joint for various static and dynamic human activities.
6. Analyse the structure, function and motion of the human body as well as evaluate basic principles of human skeletal muscle mechanics.
7. Concieve practical projects associated with biomedical engineering and human motion, and analyse how they achieve optimal biomaterial function and performance.
Professional
Skills Mapping:
Mapping
of Learning Outcomes to Assessment and Professional Competencies
Indicative Assessment
20% Problem sets at the end of each chapter
20% Course projects and Quizzes
60% Final examThe ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.
Workload
Lecture and Practice Hours: 3 hours per week for the whole semesterLab sessions: about 6 hours during the course
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
C. Ross Ethier & C.A. Simmons, Introductory Biomechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2007
J.B. Park, R.S. Lakes, Biomaterials: An Introduction, 3rd Edition, Springer, 2007
Majors
Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $3480 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $4638 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4068 | 15 Feb 2016 | 26 Feb 2016 | 31 Mar 2016 | 27 May 2016 | In Person | N/A |
