BIOE 5720 — Physical Bioengineering
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: M/ThBostonTraditional
Covers biopolymer conformations, cell membrane mechanics, chemical reaction kinetics and applications to polymerization and molecular motors, electric fields, and action potential propagation. Recent years have seen a tremendous growth in the use of ideas and methods from physical science and engineering to obtain a better understanding of biological phenomena and for applications of that understanding to societal needs, ranging from health to agriculture. Underlying these efforts are principles from statistical physics that establish the framework for this increasingly popular part of bioengineering.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 11 | 48 | 23% | 37.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 15 | 48 | 31% | 33.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 17 | 48 | 35% | 31.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 100% · T 0% · W 0% · Th 100% · F 0%
Common patterns: MR (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Herbert Levine (100% of students) · reviews
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Links
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