Engineering Extracellular Matrices

Covers ECM protein structure, function, and engineering for regenerative medicine.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Joshua Brockman: The course features fast-paced lecture content that demands students keep up, supported by practice problems and homework to aid understanding.

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Prerequisites

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B M E 430, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students (or PHM SCI 430 prior to Fall 2026)

    • BME 430
    • graduate/professional standing
    • member of Engineering Guest Students (or PHM SCI 430 prior to Fall 2026)
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BME 545

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  • Any of
    • BME 430
    • graduate/professional standing
    • member of Engineering Guest Students (or PHM SCI 430 prior to Fall 2026)

Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Joshua Brockman: Joshua Brockman is described as energetic, enthusiastic, and approachable, making class discussions fun. His fast-paced lectures require students to keep up, but practice problems and homework support understanding.

JOSHUA BROCKMAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of Joshua Brockman: Joshua Brockman's BME 545 is an energetic and enthusiastic course that students enjoy, though the fast-paced lectures require significant effort to keep up.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.57 GPA, 77.1% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.45 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.91 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=44 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Joshua Brockman: The course features fast-paced lecture content that demands students keep up, supported by practice problems and homework to aid understanding.

Historical reviews of Joshua Brockman: Students find the class fun and appreciate the instructor's approachable nature, which enhances class discussions.

Topics

  • Structure, function, and biophysical properties of ECM proteins.
  • Control and manipulation of ECM protein expression and distribution.
  • Engineering ECM for regenerative medicine.

Skills

  • Understanding how ECM protein manipulation impacts cell and tissue function.
  • Engineering ECM for regenerative medicine applications.

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1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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