Informações principais
Sobre o conteúdo
Living cells have unique functions that can be harnessed by engineers to tackle human problems in energy, water, food, and health.
Historically living cells were considered too difficult to predictably engineer because of their complexity, vulnerability, and continuous change in state. The elucidation of the design principles that underlie cell function along with increasing numbers of examples of hybrid cell based devices are slowly erasing that notion.
In this class you will be learn about these established and emerging cellular design principles and begin to view cells as machines. This knowledge can also then be applied to non-living devices that mimic and communicate with cells. You will also be introduced to current and emerging living/non-living biohybrid devices such as biohybrid robots and neural implants.
Programa de estudos
- How fundamental engineering principles apply to living cells.
- What engineering principles can tells us about how cells function.
- Established and emerging, equations, models, and design curves that can be used to tune, re-engineer, or build new cells.
- A framework for measuring and controlling cells as microdevices.
- An introduction to emerging biohybrid devices.
Instrutores
- Jenna Rickus
- James Nolan
Criador do conteúdo
A Universidade de Purdue é uma universidade pública localizada em West Lafayette, no condado de Tippecanoe, Indiana, EUA.
Foi fundada em 6 de maio de 1869 e em 2012 tinha mais de 39 000 estudantes. É conhecida como o "Berço dos Astronautas" por ter formado vinte e dois futuros astronautas, incluindo Neil Armstrong e Eugene Cernan. Muitos dos CEOs das 500 empresas da Forbes também se formaram na Universidade de Purdue.
Plataforma
EdX est une plateforme d'apprentissage en ligne (dite FLOT ou MOOC). Elle héberge et met gratuitement à disposition des cours en ligne de niveau universitaire à travers le monde entier. Elle mène également des recherches sur l'apprentissage en ligne et la façon dont les utilisateurs utilisent celle-ci. Elle est à but non lucratif et la plateforme utilise un logiciel open source.
EdX a été fondée par le Massachusetts Institute of Technology et par l'université Harvard en mai 2012. En 2014, environ 50 écoles, associations et organisations internationales offrent ou projettent d'offrir des cours sur EdX. En juillet 2014, elle avait plus de 2,5 millions d'utilisateurs suivant plus de 200 cours en ligne.
Les deux universités américaines qui financent la plateforme ont investi 60 millions USD dans son développement. La plateforme France Université Numérique utilise la technologie openedX, supportée par Google.
