TRANSPORT PHENOMENA FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

BME534

Course Code: BME534
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

To have knowledge on fundamental principles of momentum heat and mass transport
To understand mathematical equations to set up and solve transport problems in medical devices, living systems and other therapeutic or diagnostic applications,
To have knowledge on transport phenomena in synthetic membranes,
To have ability fluid mechanics based problem solving in case of drug transport/ carrier systems, biochemical analyzers, blood flow systems

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

Momentum Convection and Applications; Mass Convection and Applications; Energy and Heat Conversions; Membrane Convection Mechanisms Mass transports in polymer / composite systems, Thiele Modulus; Molecular diffusion in gel systems Design and development of drug delivery systems - pharmacokinetic model Design and development of drug delivery systems - drug targeting and control Transport-based problems and mathematical modeling in medical devices Mathematical modeling of transport in living systems, remedial or diagnostic systems Fluid mechanics based applications and problem solutions in sample cases such as biochemical analyzers, blood flow Example case - I: selection and identification Case study- II: solution and modeling

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Principles of Momentum Transfer and Applications
2^nd Week	Principles of Mass Transfer and Applications
3^rd Week	Conservation of Energy and Heat Balances
4^th Week	Types of Membrane Seperation Processes
5^th Week	Mass transport in a polymeric support structure and composite sphere systems with catalytics or biocatalytics, thiele modulus
6^th Week	Moleculer diffusion in gels
7^th Week	Midterm
8^th Week	Development and design of drug delivery systems- pharmacokinetic models
9^th Week	Development and design of drug delivery systems- drug delivery targeted, controlled, and localized etc
10^th Week	Applying the mathematical equations to set up and solve transport problems in medical devices,
11^th Week	Applying the mathematical equations to set up and solve transport problems in living systems and other therapeutic or diagnostic applications
12^th Week	Fluid mechanics based applications and problem solving, in biochemical analyzers (viscometer etc) or blood flow systems.
13^th Week	Case study work- I: selection
14^th Week	Case study work- II: solving

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X	X	X
K2				X
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8