TUNG-WU LU
Course Information
Course title
Semester
Department
Instructor
Administrative Curriculum
Number
OPTIMIZATION IN BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING
102-2
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
TUNG-WU LU
548EM0910
Teaching Curriculum Number Biomed7054
Class
Credits
Full/Half Yr.
Required/Elective
Time
Remarks
Ceiba Web Server
Common Subjects Classroom Building Rm.208(共 208)
3
Half
Elective
Wednesday 234
The upper limit of the number of students:15
https://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1022Biomed7054_
Table of Core Capabilities and
Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
Many features of the form and function of the human body
suggest that the evolution of the human body is a process of
optimization of certain criteria. Based on this observation,
optimization techniques have played an important role in the
study of the body parts and the design and development of their
replacements, as well as relevant biomechanical systems. This
Course Description
course aims to provide a systematic introduction to the
optimization of biomechanical systems including the human
body. Apart from lectures, the students will work in groups to
finish a term project under the supervision of the lecturer. The
students will learn to convert statements of a physical problem to
a mathematical one, and then solve the problem using
optimization techniques covered in the class with the assistance
of a commercial software package. The interpretation of the
results of an optimization problem will also be emphasized.
Course Objective
Course Requirement
After the completion of the class, the students should have a
complete knowledge of the basic theory of optimization and its
relevant biomechanical applications.
No
Office Hours
1. Arora, J.S., Introduction to Optiumum Design, John Wiley &
Son Ltd, 1998. (textbook)
2. Mow, V.C. and Hayes, W.C. Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics,
References
2nd Edition, Lippincott-Raven, New York, 1997.
3. Haug, E.J. and Arora, J.S., Applied Optimal Design:
Mechanical and Structural Systems, John Wiley and Sons, New
York, 1979.
4. Pennycuick, C.J., Newton rules biology: a physical approach to
biological problems, Oxford University Press, 1992.