This course introduces the basic driving forces for electric current, fluid flow, and mass transport, plus their application to a variety of biological systems.

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This course includes
Hours of videos

416 years, 7 months

Units & Quizzes

15

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Certificate of Completion

Basic mathematical and engineering tools will be introduced, in the context of biology and physiology. Various electrokinetic phenomena are also considered as an example of coupled nature of chemical-electro-mechanical driving forces. Applications include transport in biological tissues and across membranes, manipulation of cells and biomolecules, and microfluidics

Course Currilcum

    • Introduction to the course Unlimited
    • Field 1: Introduction to EM theory Unlimited
    • Field 2: Maxwell’s equations Unlimited
    • Field 3: EM field for biosystems Unlimited
    • Field 4: EM field in aqueous media Unlimited
    • Field 5 Debye layer Unlimited
    • Field 6: Quasielectrostatics 2 Unlimited
    • Field 7: Laplace’s equation 1 Unlimited
    • Field 8: Laplace’s equation 2 Unlimited
    • Field 9: Laplace’s equation 3 Unlimited
    • EK2: Electroosmosis 1 Unlimited
    • EK3: Electroosmosis 2 Unlimited
    • EK5: Electrophoresis 2 Unlimited
    • EK6: Dielectrophoresis Unlimited
    • EK7: DLVO Unlimited