Integration of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermomechanics, and thermodynamics with reactor theory for core design. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and Mechanical Engineering 361E or the equivalent.

Introduction to soft tissues and soft tissue mechanics; continuum mechanics (kinematics, stress, balance laws and hyperelasticity); and nonlinear finite element analysis in soft tissue mechanics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Engineering Mechanics 388N and 397 (Topic: Soft Materials) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.