| Week | Date | Topic | Assignment |
| 1- | Tu. 5 Sept. | Introduction. Whole body, organ biomechanics. | 'Lab' 1. Read graph guide. Assg't 1 |
| 1- | Th. 7 Sept. | Forces and moments. Arm curl. Joint forces. Anatomy. | Read web notes on anatomy |
| 2- | Tu. 12 Sept. | Design of tools. Walking and running. Scaling. Anatomy. | Read web notes, scaling of walking. Assg't 2. |
| 2- | Th. 14 Sept. | Energy, power, running. Scaling. Run up hill. | -- |
| 3- | Tu. 19 Sept. | Jumping. Scaling of jump height. Holding of breath. | Lab 2,3, 1081 Natatorium. this week; Assg't 3. |
| 3- | Th. 21 Sept. | Jumping. Scaling of metabolic rate. Anatomic terms. | Read Chapter 2, stress, strain, constitutive. |
| 4- | Tu. 26 Sept. | Lab: signal / noise ratio. Graphics software. Stress, strain. Tissue. | Lab 2,3, 1081 Natatorium this week. Study Chapter 2, stress, strain, constitutive. Assg't 4. |
| 4- | Th. 28 Sept. | Stress, strain. Transformation of components. | Read Chapter 3 (3.1-3.5) |
| 5- | Tu. 3 Oct. | Stress and strain. Review for quiz. | Read Chapter 4, extension and torsion. Review for quiz. Study Chapter 3 (3.1 to 3.5) equilibrium; stretching and pressurization. |
| 5- | Th. 5 Oct. | Quiz I | Study Chapter 4, extension and torsion. Decompress from the quiz. |
| 6- | Tu. 10 Oct. | Review of quiz. Tension and torsion. Discuss lab. | Assg't 5 |
| 6- | Th. 12 Oct. | Stress and strain. Discuss lab. | Read Chapter 5, omit 5.6. |
| 7- | Tu. 17 Oct. | Stress vs. strain. Bone strain. | Study Chapter 5, omit 5.6. Assg't 6. |
| 7- | Th. 19 Oct. | Stress analysis: tension, compression, pressurization. | Read web notes, bone structure. |
| 8- | Tu. 24 Oct. | Stress analysis: torsion. Tissue mechanics. | Lab 4 1313 Engineering Hall., Assg't 7. |
| 8- | Th. 26 Oct. | Stress analysis:bending. Implant analysis. Lab discussion. | Lab this week. |
| 9- | Tu. 31 Oct. | Stress, strain, bending deformation. | Assg't 8. |
| 9- | Th. 2 Nov. | Stress, strain, deformation. | ~ |
| 10- | Tu. 7 Nov. | Stress, strain, deformation. | Lab 5, 1313 EH, this week. Assg't 9. |
| 10- | Th. 9 Nov. | Role of Poisson's ratio. Anisotropy. Waves. Ultrasound. | Study bending. Read web notes on waves. |
| 11- | Tu. 14 Nov. | Review; Study old quiz. |
Read web notes, waves for Lab 6; this is not on Quiz II.
Lab 6, this week. Room 2043 ECB. |
| 11- | Th. 16 Nov. | Quiz II | Decompress from the quiz. |
| 12- | Tu. 21 Nov. | Review | - |
| 12- | Th. 23 Nov. | Thanksgiving | ~~~ |
| 13- | Tu. 28 Nov. | Deformation of tissue | Survey Chapter 6, nonlinearity. Study 6.5, residual stress. Assg't 10. |
| 13- | Th. 30 Nov. | Tissue structure and properties | Read web notes bone structure. Read Chapter 11, coupled fields. Study 11.4, viscoelasticity. |
| 14- | Tu. 5 Dec. | Tissue structure and properties | Study web notes on tissue viscoelasticity. |
| 14- | Th. 7 Dec. | Tissue structure and properties | Study web notes on bone structure; section 11.4. |
| 15- | Tu. 12 Dec. | Tissue viscoelasticity. Adaptation and remodeling. | Study web notes on adaptation. Read section 1.6, mechano-transduction |
| 15- | Th. 14 Dec. | Review for final quiz. | Review |
| Quiz | Go | Final quiz 2 hours, M, 18 Dec., 2:45 PM Room 1106 ME | Comprehensive. Recent material emphasized. |