Bio Engineering/ME C117: Structural Aspects of Biomaterials - Professor Lisa Pruitt This course provides an overview of medical devices, FDA regulatory issues, biocompatibility and sterilization technology. It examines biomechanical properties: isotropy/anisotropy, stiffness, bending stresses, contact stresses, multiaxial loading, plasticity, fatigue, fracture, wear, corrosion, design issues. Also covered: Orthopedics, Dental, Cardiovascular, and Soft Tissue Reconstruction. Professor Pruitt's current research is focused on fatigue and fracture micromechanisms, cyclic damage zones, and evolution of structure due to cyclic loading and environment in advanced polymers and biomaterials; tribology of...

Reflection on Roundtables & Themes for the Day featuring Cynthia Gordon da Cruz (UC Berkeley), Jennifer Pigza (Saint Mary's College of California), Beth Osnes (University of Colorado), Pat Steenland (UC Berkeley), Evan Bissell (UC Berkeley), Sean Burns (UC Berkeley), Karen Andrade (UC Berkeley Science Shop), Jeffrey Anderson (Seattle University), Catalina Garzon (Pacific Institute), and Hector Gutierrez (Community Health Councils, INC)