Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
MTM-23-103	BIOMECHANIC	Elective	1	2	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

1. To teach interdisciplinary work. 2. To teach novel technologies, 3. To teach how to analyze a process or a part of system and to design a process or a system that will provide what is needed.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doktor Öğretim Üyesi Gökçen AKGÜN

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to apply engineering equipment and methods for problem solutions. Students will have experiences on novel industrial and medical application. Students will learn engineering characteristics of valid in bones, muscles and joints. Students will learn engineering principles effecting heart dynamics and blood circulation dynamics. Students will comprehend orthopedics and learn principles of ergonomic design.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Introduction to fundamentals of mechanical engineering, biological materials and system applications ; Analysis of linkages, tendons, bones, joints and all organelles of walking, physiology o f exercising, orthopedic surgery and sports medicine ; Introduction to biomechanical and transport processes in biological systems ; Biorheology, biosolid mechanics, muscle mechanics, mass transfer-momentum transfer, energy transfer ; Bone and joint loading by orthopedic biomedical approaches ; Analysis and fixation of broken and cracked tissues, implant friction, polishing and deformation processes ; Molecular, cellular and histoid biomechanics: Molecular fundamentals of tissue structure and macroscopic properties, chemical and electrical effects of mechanical properties, cellular mechanics, motion and adhesion, biomembranes, biomolecular mechanics and molecular motors, experimental methods for structural analysis on the molecular, cellular and histoid level ; Advanced mathematical developments in biomechanics ; Selected topics on heart dynamics, heart beat, blood circulation, microcirculation and muscle mechanics ; Biomechanics and biocontrol: Optimal strategies on human motion ; Control strategies for patients who have anti-robotic and neuroplastic system damage ; Rehabilitation engineering, assistance for handicapped, orthopedic renewal devices, spinal biomechanics and sports biomechanics.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction to fundamentals of mechanical engineering, biological materials and system applications
2	Analysis of linkages, tendons, bones, joints and all organelles of walking, physiology of exercising, orthopedic surgery and sports medicine
3	Introduction to biomechanical and transport processes in biological systems
4	Muscle mechanics
5	Bone and joint loading by orthopedic biomedical approaches
6	Engineering characteristics of bone and soft tissue
7	Analysis and fixation of broken and cracked tissues, implant friction, polishing and deformation processes
8	Midterm
9	Advanced mathematical developments in biomechanics.
10	Selected topics on heart dynamics, heart beat, blood circulation, microcirculation and muscle mechanics
11	Biomechanics and biocontrol: Optimal strategies on human motion
12	Rehabilitation engineering, assistance for handicapped, orthopedic renewal devices, spinal biomechanics
13	Rehabilitation engineering, assistance for handicapped, orthopedic renewal devices, spinal biomechanics
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