Numerical Modeling in Biomedical Engineering brings together the integrative set of computational problem solving tools important to biomedical engineers. Through the use of comprehensive homework exercises, relevant examples and extensive case studies, this book integrates principles and techniques of numerical analysis. Covering biomechanical phenomena and physiologic, cell and molecular systems, this is an essential tool for students and all those studying biomedical transport, biomedical thermodynamics & kinetics and biomechanics.
- Emphasizes modeling as an essential step in developing good numerical solutions
- Provides applications to BME problems over a large range of system scales - molecular level to physiology-systems level
- Teaches modern computational tools such as Matlab and Simulink, and utilizes actual data sets from sources such as Physiolink (sponsored by the National Institute of Health)
- Appendices on Matlab and Simulink provide stand-along tutorials for getting up and running with these standard engineering tools. The Simulink tutorial includes a walk-through using PHYSBE, a model of the circulatory system available as a free download from the Mathworks website.
New to this edition:
- Additional examples across the spectrum of biomedical engineering – biomechanics, biomaterials, and transport phenomenon
- Additional exercises in each chapter, including coverage of new application areas
- Updated for recent releases of Matlab and Simulink
- Includes new data sets from public health organizations like NIH
Section I: Fundamentals of Computational Analysis and Modeling Biosystems; Section II: Steady State Biosystems: Linear and Non-linear Models; Section III: Dynamic Biosystems Modeled with Ordinary or Partial Differential Equations; Section IV: Computational Packages of Physiology Models and Case Studies.
Dr. Dunn joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2008 as Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education and full Professor in the School of Engineering. Dunns experience includes developing university-wide initiatives in such areas as packaging engineering, water resource management, and homeland security. He also has extensive experience building academic programs, including overseeing the countrys first engineering-based clinical training program in prosthetics and orthotics. Dunn has mentored 14 Ph.D. students, 23 M.S. students, and many undergraduate students. These students have come from biomedical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, computer science, mathematics, dentistry, as well as the M.D./Ph.D. program. The author of three books and 150 papers on different subjects including digital subtraction radiography, Dunn is a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Applied Packaging Research and has served as an editor and officer of several journals and professional organizations. Alkis Constantinides was Emeritus Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University, with nearly forty years of academic and industrial experience. He was the author of the textbook Applied Numerical Methods with Personal Computers and the co-author of the textbook Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers with MATLAB Applications. Prabhas Moghe is Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers University. In addition, he holds graduate faculty appointment in the Graduate Program in Cell and Developmental Biology at Rutgers/UMDNJ. He has served as Undergraduate Program Director in Biomedical Engineering and currently directs the NSF IGERT Program on Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces at Rutgers. A Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and several teaching awards at Rutgers, Dr. Moghe has an active research program in the areas of cellular bioengineering; micro- and nano-systems bioengineering; and cell-interactive biomaterials.
