组织工程(BME405)为学生提供了一个全面的概述到这个不断发展的领域的范围和潜力. 这门课讲的是自然的使用, synthetic and ceramic biomaterials as scaffolds in tissue engineering; scaffold function, mechanics and fabrication methods; cellular processes that contribute to tissue dynamics (e.g. 形态发生, regeneration and repair); cell sources, mechanobiology and the use of bioreactors as biomimetic environments; in vitro and in vivo tissue engineering strategies for bone, 软骨和皮肤再生; and ethical and regulatory issues in tissue engineering. 这门学科综合了生物医学工程的各个方面, 生物材料科学和生物学,并在这一不断发展的技术领域提供功能临床实例.