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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS BST 5011 ENGINEERED BIOMIMICRY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Biomedicine and Health Technologies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SINAN GÜVEN

Offered to

Biomedicine and Health Technologies

Course Objective

To gain a thorough understanding principles of biomimicing and its application in biomedical health sciences.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Familiarity with current technologies mimicking the nature 2   Understanding the principles of modelling 3   Identification of bioinspired biosensors 4   Learn about bioinspired biomaterial properties 5   Learn biomimicing biomaterial surfaces 6   Identify complex natural systems 7   Familiarity with bioengineering methods 8   Identify biomimicry methods 9   Develop skills for bioinspired nanotechnology 10   Presentation of research findings

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Biomimicry 2 Bioinspiration 3 Desinging biomimetic biomaterials - I 4 Desinging biomimetic biomaterials - II 5 Biomimetic cellular environments 6 Bioinspired biosensors - I 7 Bioinspired biosensors - II 8 Midterm 9 Biomimetic textiles 10 Biomimetic self organization - I 11 Biomimetic self organization - II 12 Biomedical device design 13 Biomimicing colour 14 Assignment Presentations - I 15 Assignment Presentations - II 16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Engineered Biomimicry, edited by Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Raúl Jose Martín-Palma, Elsevier, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-12-415995-2

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral presentation, literature search and discussion.

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

Theoretical knowledge will be evaluated by exam

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 5 70 Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Preparing assignments 2 25 50 Preparing presentations 1 15 15 Final 1 10 10 Midterm 1 5 5 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 227

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 LO.1 5 5 5 LO.2 5 5 LO.3 5 5 LO.4 5 5 LO.5 5 5 LO.6 5 5 LO.7 5 5 LO.8 LO.9 LO.10 5