spring 11 - e14 - applied mechanics: statics
e14 - statics ellen kuhl,
charbel eid,
julianne gould, spring 2011 |
syllabus
day | date | topic | chapter | problems | |||||||
day | date | topic | chapter | problems | w01 | force week | ch 1/2 | ||||
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mon | mar | 28 | what's statics? | 1.1-1.5 | |||||||
wed | mar | 30 | what's a force? | 2.1-2.4 | |||||||
fri | apr | 01 | what's a force resultant? | 2.5-2.9 | |||||||
thu | jan | 13 | biopolymers I - energy, tension, bending | n04 | s04 | ||||||
thu | jan | 13 | homework I - biopolymers, directed stem cell differentiation | h01 | m04 | ||||||
tue | jan | 18 | biopolymers II - entropy, FJC and WLC model | n05 | s05 | ||||||
thu | jan | 20 | biopolymers III - polymerization kinetics in amoeba | n06 | s06 m06 | ||||||
tue | jan | 25 | cytoskeletal mechanics I - fiber bundle model for filopodia | n07 | s07 m07 | ||||||
thu | jan | 27 | cytoskeletal mechanics II - network model for red blood cells | n08 | s08 | ||||||
thu | jan | 27 | homework II - cytoskeleton, cell mechanics challenges | h02 | m10 | ||||||
tue | feb | 01 | cytoskeletal mechanics III - tensegrity model for generic eukaryotic cells | n09 | s09 m09 | ||||||
thu | feb | 03 | biomembranes I - micropipette aspiration in white blood cells and cartilage cells | n10 | s10 | ||||||
tue | feb | 08 | biomembranes II - lipid bilayer, soap bubble, cell membrane | n11 | s11 | ||||||
thu | feb | 10 | biomembranes III - energy, tension, shear, bending | n12 | s12 | ||||||
tue | feb | 15 | mechanotransduction I - inter- and intracellular signaling, bone cells | n13 | s13 | ||||||
tue | feb | 15 | homework III - micropipette aspiration, final project | h03 | m12 | ||||||
thu | feb | 17 | summary and midterm preparation | n14 | s14 | ||||||
tue | feb | 22 | midterm | ||||||||
thu | feb | 24 | mechanotransduction II - electrophysiology in nerve cells | n16 | s16 | ||||||
tue | mar | 01 | mechanotransduction III - excitation contraction in skeletal muscle and heart cells | n17 | s17 | ||||||
thu | mar | 03 | mechanics of the cell - the inner life | n18 | l01 l02 | ||||||
tue | mar | 08 | final projects - oral presentations I | p02 | |||||||
thu | mar | 10 | final projects - oral presentations II | ||||||||
fri | mar | 11 | final projects - written projects due | p01 |