ME C117 Lecture 21 - Dr. Alan Pelton, Nitinol Device...
Bio Engineering/ME C117: Structural Aspects of Biomaterials - Professor Lisa Pruitt
This course provides an overview of medical devices, FDA regulatory issues, biocompatibility and sterilization technology. It examines biomechanical properties: isotropy/anisotropy, stiffness, bending stresses, contact stresses, multiaxial loading, plasticity, fatigue, fracture, wear, corrosion, design issues. Also covered: Orthopedics, Dental, Cardiovascular, and Soft Tissue Reconstruction.
Professor Pruitt's current research is focused on fatigue and fracture micromechanisms, cyclic damage zones, and evolution of structure due to cyclic loading and environment in advanced polymers and biomaterials; tribology of...
Day two of an international conference on Japanese Buddhism featuring a keynote lecture by Bernard Faure (Columbia University), ""Remapping Japanese Religion: The View from Medieval Japan,"" and a dialogue featuring Fumio Tamamuro (Meiji University) and Janine Sawada (Brown University), ""What is 'Kinsei/Early Modern' Buddhism?"" This conference was a part of the UC Berkeley Center for Japanese Studies' 50th Anniversary program of events (http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cjs/). Co-sponsored by: Center for Japanese Studies, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai/Numata Foundation, and Shinnyo-en Foundation.