Biomaterials

BSE 613A
Instructor: Dr. Santosh K. Misra
Contact: Office: Lab. No. 2, Ground floor, BSBE Dept.
Tel: 2594013 (office), 2594024 (lab.), Email: skmisra@iitk.ac.in
Meeting times: Tues 8-9 am; Online platform: Zoom
Course material sharing: Voice over on ppt slides

Weightage for Grade:

Mid-Sem - 20%
End-Sem. - 20%
Project# - 20%
Assignments/Homework*, $ - 20%
Quick Evaluation plan’s$ - 10%
Attendance**, ♠ - 10%

[* Assignments/Homeworks are due by 5.00 pm on Monday of the next week; $ The weightage is tentative
and could be altered depending on the number of assignments conducted; ** for every interaction you miss
you lose 2 % i.e. if you miss 5 interactions you get no credit for attendance; ♠ If a student signs in for
another students (in his/her absence), both will get zero credit for attendance.
Final Grade: The final grade will be relative. Every evaluation will be done separately for BSE411A
and BSE613A.

Course Content:

Part I- Introduction to Materials Science: Bulk and surface properties of materials

Part II- Polymeric materials; synthesis, characterization, and fabrication methods
Inert, biodegradable, hydrogels, Natural, Genetically engineered and Bioactive
Part III- Ceramics and glasses; Metals; Surface modification techniques.
Part IV- Biocompatibility of Biomaterials: Protein structure, interaction of proteins with synthetic
material; characterization of cell material interactions; inflammatory responses; acute inflammation,
chronic inflammation, foreign body response, assessment of material performance.
Part V – Research paper discussion (2-4 papers)
Part VI – Group Project

Text Book: Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine, 2nd/3rd/4th Edition.

Author: B. D. Ratner. A. S. Hoffman, F. J. Schoen, and J. E. Lemons.

A note on plagiarism: Don’t take or passing off another person’s ideas or words as one’s own without crediting the source.
It is called plagiarism and it is a very serious offence. For this course specifically and in future as well you must refrain from
committing this crime. If you want to communicate someone else’s idea, translate (not copy or just alter a couple of words) it in
your own language and give reference to the source. If you are found plagiarizing you will get ‘0’ (zero) for that exam/part of the
grade.