2025 Fall MECENG C178 01 LEC 01

2025 Fall

MECENG C178 01 - LEC 01

Formerly Mechanical Engineering 178

Designing for the Human Body

Grace D O'Connell

Aug 27, 2025 - Dec 12, 2025
Tu, Th
09:30 am - 10:59 am
Class #:30341
Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Mechanical Engineering

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0
Enrolled: 40
Waitlisted: 15
Capacity: 40
Waitlist Max: 20
No Reserved Seats

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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Course Catalog Description

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.

Rules & Requirements

Credit Restrictions

There will be no credit given for MEC ENG C178 / BIO ENG C137 after taking MEC ENG 178.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Reserved Seats

Reserved Seating For This Term

Current Enrollment

No Reserved Seats

Textbooks & Materials

See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.

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