MLE4203
Polymeric Biomedical Materials
Assignment workload: 4 MCs
[Taken from MSE Dept Website]
Properties and processing of polymeric biomaterials; Biological responses to biomaterials and their evaluation. Biocompatibility issues; Biodegradable polymeric materials; Application of polymeric biomaterials in medicine will be discussed with emphasis on drug delivery systems and tissue engineering application.
Properties and processing of polymeric biomaterials; Biological responses to biomaterials and their evaluation. Biocompatibility issues; Biodegradable polymeric materials; Application of polymeric biomaterials in medicine will be discussed with emphasis on drug delivery systems and tissue engineering application.
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Taken in: Semester 2, AY18/19
Lecturers/tutors: Dr Loh Xian Jun (now Adjunct Associate Prof), TA – Lin Qianyu (PhD student)
Assignment workload: 4 MCs
Grading Breakdown: Literature review – 20%, Midterms – 20%, Finals – 60%
Pros:
Super easy to score – Everything that is coming out during finals will definitely get flagged during lectures and tutorials, so make sure to attend them all.
No bellcurve
Cons:
Need to read many literatures
Need to memorise
Not too applicable to industry applications
This is probably the last semester that this module will be offered, taught by Dr Loh Xian Jun. It was important to attend all lectures as he was very clear on the content that is important. Some content was very similar to level 3000 module on biomaterials mod (MLE3202), but also had focus on hydrogels, which is a detailed case study of one of the application of biomaterials. Tutorials were conducted whenever a few chapters were covered, and questions were set to allow practice for a few types of important questions. Assessment was largely memory-based, with a few calculation questions, but if you attend the lectures and tutorials attentively, it should be relatively easy to study for. Apart from mid-term and finals, there were also two literature review project (individual) – basically summarising the key points of each paper.
Expected grade/ Actual grade: A / A
Lecturers/tutors: Dr Loh Xian Jun (now Adjunct Associate Prof), TA – Lin Qianyu (PhD student)
Assignment workload: 4 MCs
Grading Breakdown: Literature review – 20%, Midterms – 20%, Finals – 60%
Pros:
Super easy to score – Everything that is coming out during finals will definitely get flagged during lectures and tutorials, so make sure to attend them all.
No bellcurve
Cons:
Need to read many literatures
Need to memorise
Not too applicable to industry applications
This is probably the last semester that this module will be offered, taught by Dr Loh Xian Jun. It was important to attend all lectures as he was very clear on the content that is important. Some content was very similar to level 3000 module on biomaterials mod (MLE3202), but also had focus on hydrogels, which is a detailed case study of one of the application of biomaterials. Tutorials were conducted whenever a few chapters were covered, and questions were set to allow practice for a few types of important questions. Assessment was largely memory-based, with a few calculation questions, but if you attend the lectures and tutorials attentively, it should be relatively easy to study for. Apart from mid-term and finals, there were also two literature review project (individual) – basically summarising the key points of each paper.
Expected grade/ Actual grade: A / A