Fall 2026

Advanced Tissue Mechanics

Covers solid mechanics applied to soft tissues, including large deformation strain analysis, stress computation, hyperelastic constitutive modeling, tissue growth/remodeling, and failure theories.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Colleen Witzenburg

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Lectures are small, with a median of 6 enrolled students in the recorded sections.

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(M E/​B M E 615,E M A 710, or 622 prior to Fall 2024) and graduate/professional standing

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BME/ME 715

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Fall 2026
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COLLEEN WITZENBURG is recorded teaching in Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction7 / 400
LEC 001Classroom Instruction4 / 400

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Student experience

the class

Central topics in solid mechanics applied to soft tissues, including analysis of strain in the setting of large deformations, computation of stress in multiple experimental loading configurations, constitutive modeling of biomaterials using hyperelastic strain-energy functions, modeling tissue growth and remodeling, and the main theories for soft tissue failure will be covered. Application of finite elasticity theory in practical laboratory situations, and key papers and concepts in soft tissue mechanics.

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Topics

  • Large deformation strain analysis, stress computation, hyperelastic strain-energy functions, tissue growth and remodeling, soft tissue failure theories.

Skills

  • Analyzing strain and stress in large deformations, constitutive modeling, and modeling tissue growth/remodeling.

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BME/ME 715 · Fall 2026

Advanced Tissue Mechanics

Recorded 2026-09-07
BME/ME 715 · Fall 2026

Advanced Tissue Mechanics

Recorded 2026-09-07
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