This course covers the breadth of drug delivery, from systemically delivered nanoparticles to local drug releasing systems. The course will consider the pharmaceutics of drugs and their disease target, and describe how to engineer drug delivery systems for these scenarios. Mathematical models, clinical examples, industry trends, and emerging research topics will be covered throughout the course.

This course introduces the fundamental physical principles and instrumentation of diagnostic ultrasound, including wave propagation, acoustic interactions, transducer design, imaging methods, beamforming, and Doppler flow measurements. The course examines the advantages and limitations of ultrasound relative to other imaging modalities and highlights both conventional and emerging technologies such as elastography, coded excitation, and acoustic radiation force imaging. Students will gain exposure to clinical applications, high-frequency and intracavity imaging, and safety considerations.

This course will introduce students to the design, properties, performance, and clinical relevance of materials used in orthopedic and dental applications. The course emphasizes the structure-function relationship of biomaterials, degradation mechanisms, biomechanical compatibility, tissue integration, and regulatory aspects, along with innovations in regenerative therapies and digital manufacturing.

This course will first provide an understanding of basic immunology and then transition to apply these fundamental principles to the design of immunoengineering solutions to biomedical disease challenges. Basic immunological principles that we will cover in the first part of the course include the cells of the immune system and their function, innate and adaptive responses, antigen presentation, T and B cell responses, and immunological memory.

This course is intended to serve as an introduction to bioimaging and its applications to medical fields. In this course, the fundamental physical principles behind the four primary medical imaging modalities (X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, and nuclear imaging) will be introduced. In addition, the underlying image reconstruction algorithms will be described. Introduction of each imaging modality will also include the clinical interpretation of images it produces.