COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NECMIYE FUNDA AK AZEM

Offered to

Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
M.Sc. Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Metallurgical and Material Engineering

Course Objective

The course is aimed at giving a broad outline of surface modification techniques which performed on biomaterials. The biological responses to biomaterials are largely controlled by their surface chemistry and structure. Therefore, the surface characteristics play a role in the functioning of biomaterial. Through the course, current applications of biomaterials will be evaluated to provide an understanding of material bulk and surface properties, degradation processes, various biological responses to the materials and the clinical context of their use. The course will also provide information about surface modification methods which has been widely used to improve the performance of biomaterials in a physiological environment. The objective of the course is to familiarize the student with the major modification techniques of the biomaterials and so that they will be able to make a decision for selecting appropriate methods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ratner, Buddy D., et al. Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine. 2nd ed. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780125824637.
2. Park, Joon and Lakes, Roderic S., Biomaterials, 3rd ed., Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-387-37879-4.
3. Hao, Liang and Lawrence, Jonathan, Laser Surface Treatment, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2005. ISBN: 13 978-0-470-01687-9.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures with presentations, mid-term and final exam, student presentations.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes will be assessed with mid-term and final exam, student presentations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asist. Prof. Dr. Funda Ak Azem
Dokuz Eylul University
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
Tinaztepe Campus Buca IZMIR
e-mail: funda.ak@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 10:30-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes