Restrictions: Permission of the Fischell Department of Bioengineering.

Living materials possess unique features such as the ability to self-assemble, self-repair, and actively interact with their surroundings. Engineered living materials (ELMs) are inspired by naturally occurring living materials and use synthetic biology to introduce tailored non-natural properties, holding great potential to transform healthcare, agriculture, and even construction. This course will cover the major opportunities and challenges associated with designing and assembling ELMs.

Immunoengineering harnesses immunological functions to design treatments for various diseases including cancer. We will explore how engineering technologies have been used to study and modulate immune functions, techniques used in immunology and immune engineering, and new developments in the field. The course will largely focus on current literature in immune engineering topics.

Many medical technologies are not available in low and middle-income countries due to the cost, infrastructure, and medical expertise required to implement and sustain them. There is tremendous potential to increase access to health care through developing more affordable biomedical technologies, but effective design requires deep understanding of the problem. This course will introduce the human- centered design framework and how it can be applied to design new biomedical technologies to solve challenges in global health.