COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUES IN BOTTOM UP TISSUE ENGINEERING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BST 6011 ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUES IN BOTTOM UP TISSUE ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 12

Offered By

Biomedicine and Health Technologies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SINAN GÜVEN

Offered to

Biomedicine and Health Technologies

Course Objective

To learn fundamental principles of bottom-up tissue engineering.
To understand and describe ssembly techniques in bottom-up tissue engineering.
To understand bottom-up tissue engineering for microfluidics, biosensors and nanotechnologies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand basic principles of assembly techniques in bottom-up tissue engineering
2   To learn nano and micro size building units for bottom-up tissue engineering
3   To learn basic cell-material interactions
4   To understand different assembly methods
5   To understand the role of bottom-up tissue engineering in biomedicine
6   To learn how to fabricate tissue and disease models
7   To be able to access, present and discuss topics in bioengineering

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to tissue engineering
2 Bottom-up tissue engineering
3 3D cell encapsulating systems
4 Biomacromolecules
5 Hydrogels
6 Cell sheets
7 Self assembly mechanisms
8 Guided assembly mechanisms
9 Directed assembly mechanisms
10 Midterm
11 Magnetic assembly methods
12 Acoustic assembly methods
13 Robotic assembly methods
14 Photolitography and molding techniques
15 Bioprinting
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Biofabrication: Micro- and Nano-fabrication, Printing, Patterning and Assemblies (Micro and Nano Technologies), Gabor Forgacs, Wei Sun (Editor), Elsevier, 2013

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, presentations and homeworks

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN *0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation of theoretical knowledge with exams

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sinan.guven@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 8 112
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 3 20 60
Preparing presentations 2 25 50
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 304

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.45555
LO.55555
LO.65555
LO.755555