GENERAL SKILLS

G003 Knowledge in basic and technological subjects, which enable to learn new methods and theories, and provide versatility to adapt to new situations.



SOFT SKILLS

T001 Ability to solve problems with initiative, decision making, creativity and critical reasoning, respecting the principles of universal accessibility and design for all people.



SPECIFIC SKILLS

M03FM06 Knowledge of biomaterials, analysis of the effect of their structure and processing on the properties of these materials, and their biomedical application



LEARNING OUTCOMES

- RAG4 The graduate will be able to describe the most relevant fundamentals and techniques in the development of drugs, biomaterials and tissues.

- RAG13 The graduate will be able to identify the problems and needs of the health sciences that can be solved with technological solutions.

- RAT1 The graduate will be able to solve problems with initiative, decision making, creativity and critical reasoning.

LECTURES



Lesson 01 Introduction to Science and Engineering of Biomaterials

Lesson 02 Principles of chemistry

Lesson 03 Structure of metals

Lesson 04 Structure of ceramics

Lesson 05 Structure of polymers

Lesson 06 Structure of composites

Lesson 07 Properties of materials

Lesson 08 Processing

Lesson 09: Mechanical behavior of materials

Lesson 10 Biocompatibility

Lesson 11 Biodegradability and corrosion

Lesson 12 Biometals

Lesson 13 Bioceramics

Lesson 14 Polymeric biomaterials and Biopolymers

Lesson 15 Biocomposites



LABORATORY PRACTICES



1.- Structure-Property relationships (4 laboratory practices)

2.- Mechanical properties (3 laboratory practices)

3.- Processing of polymeric materials (3 laboratory practices)

Biomaterials is a subject of 6 credits. 3 credits correspond to lectures, 1.5 credits to classroom practices and 1.5 credits to laboratory practices.



The oral exposition of the aforementioned items will be imparted by the professor in classroom where the students are expected to take their own notes and ask questions when necessary. Students will have at their service support material at eGela. This support material will consist of a set of pdf files of the ppt slides that will be shown in classroom. These may include exposition of arguments, graphical and audiovisual material.



During the professor´s oral exposition, active participation of students will be encouraged with the aim of setting direct communication between the group of students and the lecturer. This will perform by means of short questions and or little problems proposed to be solved and ensure the necessary interaction so the students will be active following the behavioral thread of the expositions. Therefore, during lectures little breaks will be strategically planned for questions and discussion of concepts that are being elaborated and require additional explanations.



Talking about the classroom practices, they may include problems, tests and/or short questions that will be elaborated both individually and/or in small groups of 2-4 students. After a time for students to propose the way for solution of the task, the professor will conduct with the contributions of the group the resolution of the problem on the blackboard.



Finally, the laboratory practices will be carried out at the department available facilities. The first part of each laboratory practice will consist of a short presentation or reminder of the theoretical background seen previously in classroom during the lecture. This is considered necessary to conduct the practice. Once the theory has been reminded, the techniques of characterization and/or synthesis and/or processing of the materials will be introduced and the practices will be conducted in small groups of students.

The subject will be evaluated by means of continuous evaluation. The continuous evaluation of the subject will be carried out by means of:



-Deliverables: Six deliverables along the 2nd academic quarter in which the subject will be developed.



Three deliverables will correspond to classroom practices having a value of 25% of the final mark, whereas the other three deliverables will be set for evaluation of laboratory practices and will score another 25%.



The final exam will be written and will include a test, short questions and problems to be solved. The final exam will have a value of 50%.



In order to pass the subject, a grade of at least 5/10 has to be obtained by adding the aforementioned items.



RESIGNATION TO THE CONTINOUS EVALUATION



A student can resign to the continuous evaluation by writing to the lecturer of the course prior to week 9 of the semester.



Students who have resigned to the continuous evaluation will be evaluated by means of a final evaluation. This way, on the official day of the call, students will have to pass a written exam which will evaluate the 100% of the mark of the subject. The exam will include a test and short questions (theory) that will score 60%, and 2 problems that will score 40%.





RESIGNATION TO THE CALL



Not attending the exam on the official day of the call will imply the resignation to the call.

- Set of pdf files and/or notebook of the subject containing the slides presenting during the lectures.
- Set of problems of the subject.
- Guide for laboratory practices.

Basic bibliography

Books



-BIOMATERIALS. The intersection of Biology and Materials Science. Johanna S. Temenoff/ Antonios G. Mikos

-MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. AN INTRODUCTION. William D. Callister, Jr/David G. Rethwisch

In-depth bibliography

-ASHBY M. J., JONES D.R.H. "Engineering materials "vol. 1 y 2.
-Buddy D. Ratner, Allan S. Hoffman, Frederick J. Schoen and Jack E. Lemnos. “Biomaterials Science: An introduction to materials in Medicine”. Academic Press 2012.
-David Williams. “Essential Biomaterials Science”. Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Journals

- Biomaterials
- Acta Biomaterialia
- Journal of Materials Science. Materials in Medicine.
- Advanced Healthcare Materials.