Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems (BE.430J)
Lecture Notes
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TOPICS |
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L1 |
Introduction/Summary |
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I. Chemical Subsystem |
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L2 |
Continuity of Chemical Species, Flux, Reaction Rates, Boundary Conditions |
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L3 |
Diffusion |
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L4 |
Example Problems: Separation of Variables Method |
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L5 |
Example Problems: Separation of Variables Method (cont.) |
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L6 |
Diffusion/Reaction (cont. from Lecture L3) |
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L7 |
Diffusion/Reaction (cont.) |
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II. Electrical Subsystem |
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L8 |
IGF + E-field and Transport |
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L9 |
Define Potential, Conservation of Charge |
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L10 |
Laplacian Solutions via Separation of Variables |
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L11 |
Charge Relaxation |
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L12 |
Donnan Equilibrium in Tissues, Gels, Polyelectrolyte Networks |
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L13 |
Charge Group Ionization and Electro-diffusion Reaction in Molecular Networks |
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III. Cellular Applications |
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L14 |
Experimental Methods |
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L15 |
Ligand Binding to Cell Receptors |
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L16 |
Diffusion in Heterogeneous Media |
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III. Mechanical Subsystem; Electromechanical Case Studies |
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L17 |
Conservation of Mass and Momentum in Fluids |
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L18 |
Newtonian, Fully Developed Low Reynold's Number Flows |
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L19 |
Capillary Electroosmosis-Electrophoresis in MEMs and Microfluidics |
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L20 |
Streaming Potentials |
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IV. Mechanical, Electrical and Physicochemical Interactions: Integrative Case Studies |
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L21 |
Convective Solute Transport |
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L22 |
Hindered Transport in Membranes and Tissues |
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L23 |
Coupled Fluid and Electrical Shear Stresses: Cell/Molecular Electrophoresis |
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L24 |
Convective and Charge Relaxation Effects in Double Layers: Electrokinetics |
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L25 |
DLVO Theory - Double Layer Repulsion and Molecular Interactions (Proteins, DNA, GAGs) |
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L26 |
Tissue/Molecular Swelling Stresses: Donnan (Macro) vs. Poisson Boltzmann (Nano) |
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Recitations
SES # |
TOPICS |
R1 |
Molecular Transport and Mass Transport (PDF) |
R2 |
Linear Operator Theory and Eigenfunction Expansion (PDF) |
R3 |
Green's Functions (PDF) |
R4 |
Electro-Quasi-Statics (EQS) (PDF) |
R5 |
Electrochemical Subsystem (PDF) |
R6 |
Urinary Tract Infection Problem (PDF) |
Assignments
ASSIGNMENTS |
SOLUTIONS |
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Homework 2 (PDF) |
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Homework 3 (PDF) |
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Homework 4 (PDF) |
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Homework 5 (PDF) |
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Homework 6 (PDF) |
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Homework 7 (PDF) |
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Exams
Final Exam (PDF)
Midterm Assignment (PDF)
Study Materials
Solving Linear Ordinary Differential Equations (PDF)