2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Advanced Course of Nano-Bionics I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Toshiyuki Ikoma
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.C407
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The attitude that materials and biological sciences have supported medical treatments is of great importance. In order to achieve innovations useful to medicine, students must succeed in grasping these very different disciplines through "interfaces," sort out the elements of materials science and engineering, and understand development process of biomedical devices. Students deepen their understanding through group discussions that draw on specific examples such as regenerative medicine, nanomedicine, and diagnostic technology. Lecture topics include surfaces, interfaces, cells, receptors, nanoparticles, collagens, scaffolding, etc.
Course description and aims
The goal of this course is to understand the nano-bionics field combined with biological science and materials science, and to think about material factors in biomedical devices and regenerative medicine in the right way. This course aims to impart students with the fundamental knowledge of how to consider the interface of biological tissues and biomaterials, how to apply biomedical devices with different properties, and their basic regulations from an engineering point of view.
This course provides knowledge of the evolution of biomedical devices and builds the foundation of technology related with nanomedicine, regenerative medicine and diagnostics based on a materials science perspective.
Keywords
Biomaterial, Medical Device, Regenerative Medicine
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Necessary materials are distributed for each lecture. Students should briefly summarize the lecture contents and submit it, to gain a deeper understanding of the content from the previous lecture.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Histroy of Biomedical Devices | Material property in medical use |
| Class 2 | Cells | Relationship of biofunction and structure |
| Class 3 | Extracellular Matrix and biomimicry | Biomimicry |
| Class 4 | Interfacial interaction of materials and cells | Attachement of cells on materials |
| Class 5 | Tissue engineering A | Scaffolds |
| Class 6 | Tissue engineering B | Skin and cartilage tissue |
| Class 7 | Tissue engineering C | Ligament and decullularization |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Text book specified by the instructor
Reference books, course materials, etc.
David Williams "Essential Biomaterials Science" Cambridge University Press, Edited by B.D. Ratner, A.S. Hoffman, F.J. Schoen, J.E. Lemons, "Biomaterials Science An Introduction to Materials in Medicine", Academic Press., Toshiyuki Ikoma, Junzo Tanaka et al. Nanobio and Nanomedicine, Korona-sha
Evaluation methods and criteria
The comprehension about material’s factors in nanomedicine, regenerative medicine and diagnostics, and the attitude about biomedical devices based on material engineering are tested. Learning results are evaluated as the final examination rated at 70% and the group discussion at 30%.
Related courses
- MAT.C316 ： Biomaterials Science
- MAT.C204 ： Kinetics of Chemical Reaction (Ceramics course)
- MAT.C202 ： Crystal and Phonon
Prerequisites
No prerequisites