BIOMATERIALS

Level : undergraduate
Status : elective
Number of credits : 5
Semester : VII
Teaching methods : 30 hours of lectures + 15 hours of supervised problem classes + 30 hours of seminars in other centres and laboratories, pre-exam by the end of semestre.
Approximately 75 hours of personal study and exercise (3 hours per week during semestre, and approximately 30 hours of preparation during exam term).
 
Professor : dr Dejan Raković
Assistant : dr Miloš Vujisić
ms Koviljka Stanković
 
Prerequisites : Fundamentals of Physics 1
Fundamentals of Physics 2
Principles of Biomedical Engineering
Fundamentals of Biophysics
Material Science
Biomechanics
Further extension : Neural Prothesis
Modeling of biophysical systems
 
Assessment methods : Exam - Two hour examination - two problems/theoretical questions to be solved (30% in total), plus 70 multiple choice questions to be answered (1% each). Regular presence at seminars replaces 10% of the exam. To pass the course, a mark of at least 50% must be achieved.
Pre-exam - Replaces 100% of the exam.
 
Literature :
1. Group of authors, Biomaterials, D.Raković, D.Uskoković, eds., Institute of Technical Sciences SASA & MRS Serbia, Belgrade, 2010, in Serbian.
2. B.D.Ratner, A.S.Hoffman, F.J.Schoen, J.E.Lemons, ets.: Biomaterials Science, Elsevier, 2004.
3. CD with Ppt-presentations and additional literature.