<p>Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, seven hours. Broad overview of most recent advances in bioinspired materials and biomaterials, covering natural materials, biomimicry, and bioinspired artificial materials, with emphasis on synthesis, processing, hierarchical design, and assembly from nano- to macro-scale, properties and characterizations, and real-life applications. Letter grading.</p>

Materials Science and Engineering

Known as the birthplace of the Internet and where countless other cutting-edge technologies took their first steps, the school is consistently ranked among the top 10 public engineering schools in the U.S.

Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Materials engineering is concerned with the design, fabrication, and optimal selection of engineering materials that must simultaneously fulfill dimensional, property, quality control, and economic requirements.

General Catalog

Bioinspired Materials

MATSCI253

4 units