BIOL 137 - Bioengineering and Physiology: Mechanisms, Disease, and Medical Innovation

Semester Hours: 3

This course examines physiological systems and the pathologies that affect them, with a focus on cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, renal, and endocrine function. Engineering principles are applied to biomechanics, transport phenomena, heat transfer, biomaterials, biocontrol, and bioinstrumentation. Topics also include medical innovations such as artificial organs, drug delivery, neuroprosthetics, and tissue engineering. Students will complete an oral presentation and written report. Open to bioengineering, biology, and pre-medicine majors. (3 hours lecture.)

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Sophomore class standing or permission of instructor. Open to bioengineering, biology, and pre-medicine majors. May not be taken on Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.

Credit given for either BIOL 137, or ENGG 081. 

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Summer Session I 2026

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Fall 2026