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...

Reflections on U.S.- Canada Relations" Allan Gotlieb, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. 1981-1989 Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes the distinguished Canadian diplomat Allan Gotlieb for a discussion of the U.S.-Canadian relationship. After tracing the essential features of their strategic partnership during the Cold War, Ambassador Gotlieb analyzes the changes in bilateral relations in the wake of 911 and the 2008 economic collapse. In the context of America's focus on homeland security, rising unemployment, and environmental degradation, he examines the impact of domestic politics for any effort to develop a new American and Canadian agenda. He concludes with a discussion of factors contributing to the successful navigation by Canada of the world wide financial crisis. http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/iis/Kreisler.html http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/ http://conversationswithhistory.typepad.com/conversations_with_histor/ ...

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