2024 Fall

MECENG C178 01 - LEC 01

Formerly Mechanical Engineering 178

Designing for the Human Body

Grace D O'Connell

Aug 28, 2024 - Dec 13, 2024

Mo, We

10:00 am - 11:29 am

Jacobs Hall 310

Class #:32315

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Mechanical Engineering

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0

Enrolled: 31

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 31

Waitlist Max: 30

Open Reserved Seats:0

Also offered as: BIOENG C137

Hours & Workload

11 to 9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 to 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week.

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+ 1 Independent Study

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The course provides project-based learning experience in understanding product design, with a focus on the human body as a mechanical machine. Students will learn the design of external devices used to aid or protect the body. Topics will include forces acting on internal materials (e.g., muscles and total replacement devices), forces acting on external materials (e.g., prothetics and crash pads), design/analysis of devices aimed to improve or fix the human body, muscle adaptation, and soft tissue injury. Weekly laboratory projects will incorporate EMG sensing, force plate analysis, and interpretation of data collection (e.g., MATLAB analysis) to integrate course material to better understand contemporary design/analysis/problems.