(Department) Biomedical Engineering (Division)
(Level and Major)
Course Title Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering
Number of Credits 3 Prerequisite
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to fabrication and characterization of tissue engineering scaffolds.
Course Topics:
- Introduction to tissue engineering, applications and history
- Definition of a suitable scaffold
- Biocompatible biopolymers
- Biocompatible synthetic polymers
- Bioceramics
- Scaffold fabrication techniques: Phase Separation, Emulsification/Freeze-drying, Solvent Casting & Particulate Leaching, Textile Technologies, Electrospinning
- CAD/CAM Techniques for scaffold fabrication
- Hydrogels and bioprinting
- Scaffold surface modification
- Scaffold biocompatibility evaluation
- Scaffold design for a specific patient
- Scaffold biodegradation mechanisms
- Scaffold degradation tests
- Effects of biodegradable implants on host tissue
Reading Resources:
- Robert Lanza, Robert Langer, Joseph P. Vacanti, Principles of Tissue Engineering, Elsevier, 2014
- Yoshito Ikada, Tissue engineering fundamentals and applications, Elsevier, 2006
- Peter X. Ma, Jennifer Elisseeff, Scaffolding In Tissue Engineering, CRC Press, 2006
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