Course Listing

3 unit(s)
A presentation of recent contributions made to the fields of molecular and cell biology by the use of physical approaches. In particular, the following topics are discussed: physical properties of biomolecules, protein folding, molecular motors, cell motion and cell adhesion. Emphasis on the critical evaluation of current research literature.
Three lectures; one term
Prerequisite(s): One of CHEM 2R03, CHEMBIO 2P03, ISCI 2A18 A/B, MATLS 2B03, PHYSICS 2H04; or registration in Honours Mathematics and Physics (B.Sc) or an Honours Medical and Biological Physics (B.Sc.) program. BIOPHYS 3S03 is recommended.
Antirequisite(s): PHYSICS 4S03
Cross-list(s): BIOCHEM 4S03

An overview of important synthetic and natural polymers with emphasis on polymer structure, the chemistry of polymer formation. An introduction to polymer characterization, recycling and sustainability.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): One of CHEM 2E03, 2OA3, 2OB3, CHEMBIO 2OA3, 2OB3, or permission of the instructor.

Applications of chemical engineering principles to biological systems and medical problems including examples from hemodynamics, blood oxygenation, artificial kidney systems, controlled drug release, biosensors and biomaterials.

Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): One of CHEM ENG 2O04 (or 3O04), ENG PHYS 3O03, ENG PHYS 3O04 or MECH ENG 3O04
Cross-list: BIOMED 6T03

An introduction to the basic principles of polymer processing, stressing the development of models. Rheology of polymers, extrusion, moulding, films, fibres, and mixing. Reactive processing.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): One of CHEMENG 3A04 (or 2A04), MATLS 3E04 or MECHENG 3R03; and CHEMENG 2O04 (or 3O04) or MECHENG 3O04

3 unit(s)
An introduction to the chemistry of implantable biomaterials (metals, ceramics, plastics, elastomers) and the methods used to characterize their physical properties. The wound healing response following insult by an implanted foreign body will be examined, in order to understand the need to control synthetic biomedical interfaces. The regulatory approval process will also be discussed.
Three lectures; one term
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1AA3 (or ISCI 1A24 A/B); and BIOLOGY 2B03 (or ISCI 2A18 A/B) or registration in an Honours Chemical Biology program; and one of CHEM 2E03, 2OB3, 2OD3, CHEMBIO 2OB3, 2OD3; or permission of the instructor
Cross-list(s): LIFESCI 3BM3
May be offered in alternate years. Offered in 2019-2020.

3 unit(s)
Kinetics of cellular processes, microbial processes and enzyme reactions including those of immobilized cells and enzymes. Cell culturing. Bioreactor design. Bioprocess development including downstream processing.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV or above of any Chemical Engineering program or the Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences (IBEHS) Program; or permission of the Department

3 unit(s)
Review of multivariate statistics. Acquiring, interpreting and processing large data sets. Introduction to dimensional reduction techniques such as principal component analysis (PCA) and projection of latent structures (PLS). Introduction to data clustering methods. Chemical and materials engineering applications.
Three lectures; one term
Prerequisite(s): One of COMMERCE 2QA3, STATS 3Y03, MATLS 3J03 or HTHSCI 2A03 or permission of the department

4 unit(s)
Generation and nature of bioelectric potentials; electrodes and other transducers; principles of instrumentation; electrical safety; neuromuscular and cardiovascular instrumentation; ultrasonics and other medical imaging.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; first term
Prerequisite(s): One of ELECENG 3EJ4, ENGINEER 3N03 or PHYSICS 3B06; and registration in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering Level IV, or permission of the department.
Antirequisite(s): IBEHS 4F04

4 unit(s)
Physical principles of medical image acquisition and formation; post-processing for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy; comparisons to other medical imaging modalities.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; second term
Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 2FH3 or 2FH4, ELECENG 3TP4 or 3TP3; and registration in Level IV Electrical and Biomedical Engineering or Level IV and above in the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program or permission of the department.
Antirequisite(s): ELECENG 4BF3

This course gives an in-depth investigation of advanced semiconductor devices, with a focus on novel materials. The course will cover aspects of fabrication, operation and design for modern semiconductor devices, highlighting traditional, nanoscale and excitonic/organic device physics.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): ENGPHYS 3F03 or 3F04; and credit or registration in one of ENG PHYS 3PN3, 3PN4 or 4E03; or MATLS 3Q03, 4Q03

A review of photovoltaic devices including solar cell operation, characterization, manufacturing, economics and current and next generation technologies.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): One of ELECENG 2EI5, MATLS 3Q03 or ENGPHYS 3BA3

This course will provide students an opportunity for formal recognition of the design-based experiential learning conducted within the atmosphere of technically-oriented McMaster Engineering teams. Arrangements for participation in this course must be made with the faculty supervisor in the Spring semester prior to enrolment.
One lecture (three hours); term 1 and 2
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level 3 or above in the Faculty of Engineering

Electronic properties of semiconductors: non-equilibrium carrier conditions; steady state and non-steady state; p-n junctions; Schottky diodes; bipolar junction transistors. Detailed coverage of a range of diodes including photodiodes, solar cells, light emitting diodes, zener diodes, and avalanche diodes.
Three lectures, one lab (three hours each); second term
Prerequisite(s): ENGPHYS 3F03 or MATLS 3Q03, or credit or registration in ENGPHYS 3F03
Antirequisite(s): ENG PHYS 3PN3, 4E03

3 unit(s)
This course covers the basic principles of light interaction with biological systems and specific biomedical applications of photonics such as optical light microscopy, endoscopic imaging, spectroscopy in clinical diagnosis, flow cytometry, micro-optical sensors, etc.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in a Faculty of Engineering, or Science, or Health Science Program, or the Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences (IBEHS) Program.

3 unit(s)
Gaseous systems. Phase rule. Systems with gas phase and pure condensed
phases. Ellingham diagram. Predominance diagrams. Systems with gas phase
and condensed solutions. Pourbaix diagrams.
Two lectures, two tutorials, one lab (one and a half hours); first term
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 2D03; and Registration in Level II or above in Materials Engineering
Antirequisite(s): MATLS 3C04

Offered jointly by the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. Processing methods for a wide range of materials, including metals, ceramics and plastics. The analytical basis for understanding and optimizing materials processes. Exercises in mathematical modelling and the use of software packages to optimize processes.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 3M03 or MECHENG 3A03 or registration in Level IV or above in Civil Engineering.

3 unit(s)
Fundamental properties of materials used in electronic applications, operation
of devices and fabrication methods of electronic circuits and packaging. Includes
description of dielectric, magnetic and optoelectronic properties.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): One of MATLS 2Q04, ENG PHYS 2QM3; or permission of the department
Anti-requisite(s): ENG PHYS 3PN4

3 unit(s)
Introduction to biomaterials. Includes material-tissue interactions, techniques for biomaterials testing, and characterization. Applications of biomaterials and the clinical context of their use will be introduced.
Three lectures; one term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering; or Registration in Level IV or above in the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Theory and practice of iron making. New processes for reduced energy consumption
and pollution. Thermodynamics and kinetics of steelmaking. Steel refining.
Casting, including new near net shape technologies. Specialty steelmaking.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering; or permission of the department
Co-requisite(s): MATLS 3F03
Offered on an irregular rotation basis

3 unit(s)
Thermodynamics, electrochemistry, electrified interface, electrode potential,
Faraday’s Law, Butler-Volmer equation, activation polarization, concentration
polarization, mixed potential theory, passivity, rate measurement techniques,
galvanic corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, intergranular corrosion, materials
selection, cathodic protection, anodic protection, inhibitors/biocides.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III above in Materials Engineering; or permission of the department
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Synthesis routes for nanomaterials, bottom-up and top-down approaches, green
chemistry methods, properties of materials: carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles,
quantum dots. Environmental and health impact of nanomaterials.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering, Engineering Physics or Chemistry; or permission of the department

3 unit(s)
Interaction of electrons and photons with matter. Imaging methods with electron
microscopy, scanning probe techniques, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and
X-ray absorption analysis with high spatial resolution.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Physics or Honours Chemistry; or permission of the department.
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Deposition and fabrication techniques, surfaces, growth mechanisms, epitaxy, kinetic
effects in thin films, defects and properties of thin films. Materials for packaging.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above of Materials Engineering; or permission of the department
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

6 unit(s)
Individual experimental research problem with a selected supervisor. A written
and oral report is required in the first term. The thesis is defended orally. Nine
unscheduled hours each week, both terms.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV or above in Materials Engineering and a GPA of at least 8.0

3 unit(s)
Materials and chemical engineering applications of machine learning with topics in: Bias, neural networks, deep learning and learning theory. Classification, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, generative networks, reinforcement learning.
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 3J03
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Microscopic insight to the structure of functional materials used in photovoltaics, light generation, piezoelectronics and origin of their properties from atomic-scale simulations.
One lecture (one hour) and One lecture (two hours); second term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering or Engineering Physics; or permission of the department
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Applications of heat transfer, mass transfer, and fluid flow conservation equations to industrial materials processes in metals and polymers; scaling analysis; finite element analysis.
Two lectures (three hours), one tutorial (one hour); first term
Prerequisite(s): Two of CHEM ENG 2O04, CHEMENG 3A04, MATLS 3E04; or permission of the department
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Structure of amorphous and crystalline polymeric materials; mechanical, electrical
and optical properties, and their modification through processing.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above of Materials Engineering; or permission of the department
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Sensors and sensing materials for big data and artificial intelligence systems. Discussion of the theory, design and fabrication of chemical, thermal, electrical, magnetic and optical sensors.
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 2Q04 or ENG PHYS 3PN4
Offered on an irregular rotation basis

3 unit(s)
Intrinsic properties of matrix materials and fibres; mechanics and thermodynamics
of interfaces; mechanical properties and fabrication of engineering composites.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 3M03 or permission from the department
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

3 unit(s)
Advanced applications of biomaterials including nanobiomaterials, drug delivery, regenerative medicine, microfluidics, biosensing, immunomodulatory materials.
Three lectures; one term
Prerequisite(s): MATLS 4B03 and registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering; or Registration in Level IV or above in the Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program
Offered on an irregular rotation basis.

A general introduction, encompassing the wide field of activities from iron and steel making through casting, rolling, forging, to cold forming, metal cutting, welding, bonding, electrical machining, surface treatment, mechanical handling, assembly, cleaning, packaging.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in any Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Materials Science and Engineering program, or, registration in Level III or IV of the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program.
Cross-list(s): MANTECH 3MF3
This course is administered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

4 unit(s)
An introductory course in numerical analysis covering such topics as numerical differentiation, integration, curve-fitting and the solution of differential equations and systems of linear and non-linear equations.
Four lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in any Mechanical Engineering program

3 unit(s)
Application of mechanical engineering principles to biomechanics problems including cellular biomechanics, hemodynamics, circulatory system, respiratory system, muscles and movement and skeletal biomechanics.
Three lectures, one tutorial; first term
Prerequisite(s): MECHENG 2Q04 or 2QA4, 3A03, and3O04; or permission of the department
Antirequisite(s): IBEHS 4B03

3 unit(s)
Introduction to experimental and computational biomechanics including biomechanical testing concepts and application of finite element methods in simulations of biomechanical structures/systems.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): MECHENG 4BB3, IBEHS 4B03; or permission of the Department

3 unit(s)
Introduction, microfabrication and micromachining fundamentals, scaling effects, mechanics and transduction at microscale, actuation and sensing methods - Electrostatic, piezoelectric, thermal, electromagnetic, resonant, tunneling and microfluidic techniques. Capacitative sensors, resonators, lab on chip devices, microfluidic devices, micromirrors, assembly techniques for MEMS, microsystem packaging.
Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV or above of any Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Physics or Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (IBEHS) program or permission of the Department

3 unit(s)
Computational Methods for Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer covering: concepts of modelling and numerical analysis, governing equations of thermo-fluid problems, finite difference discretization methods. Use of commercial computational software for solving thermo-fluid problems.
Three lectures, one tutorial (one and one-half hours); second term
Prerequisite(s): MECHENG 3O04 or 4S03, and MECHENG 3F04 or ENGPHYS 2CE4, or permission of the Department

3 unit(s)
Introduction to nanotechnology, nanomaterials, nanotechnology in living systems, nanotechnology in biomedical devices, nanobiomaterials, characterization of biomaterials, nano-coatings, nano-biofunctional interfaces, biosensing and diagnostics, organs-on-chips.
Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of Engineering and IBEHS or permission of Department.

3 units
Theory of the finite element method, element derivation, solution procedures. Applications to static and dynamic mechanical systems using a finite element package.
Three lectures, one tutorial; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV or above of any Mechanical Engineering program
Antirequisite(s): MECHENG 4TR3

3 unit(3)
ntroduction to SAS; linear regression model; least squares method; model fitting and diagnostics; influential analysis; model building; one-way and two-way ANOVA; applications.
Three lectures, one lab; one term
Prerequisite(s): ARTSSCI 2R03 or STATS 2MB3