Linköping, Sweden
Nanotechnology – Sustainability Challenges and Social Impact
When:
27 June - 26 July 2025
Credits:
7.5 EC
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Engineering
When:
17 August - 22 August 2025
School:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology Summer School
Institution:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
City:
Stockholm
Country:
Sweden
Language:
English
Credits:
2.0 EC
Fee:
270 EUR
The course introduces and applies state-of-the-art tools in the continuum mechanical analysis of hard and soft biological tissues. Regardless of numerous scientific meetings report the latest research results, they fail to communicate the basics of tissue biomechanics. This course therefore provides attendees with a broad foundation towards the mechanical description of biological tissues, allowing to address individual scientific endeavors more effectively. The course is designed for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with a good background in bioengineering and solid mechanics. It integrates physical principles, numerical approaches, and experimental concepts towards the characterization of biological tissues. The program’s holistic approach is unique in the analysis of biological tissues.
Faculty
David Marlevi, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Gerard A. Ateshian, Columbia University, US
Hanna Isaksson, Lund University, Sweden
Marco Viceconti, University of Bologna, Italy
Svein Kleiven, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
T.Christian Gasser, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
tba
Laboratory Instructors
Marta Alloisio, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Lectures (24 hours)
Continuum biomechanics and FEM (Gasser)
Constitutive modelling (Ateshian)
Clinical imaging modalities (Marlevi)
Bone tissue (Viceconti)
Ligament/tendon/articular cartilage (Isaksson)
Cardiovascular tissue (Gasser)
Brain (Kleiven)
tba
Ask the experts sessions (7 hours)
Hands-on laboratory (8 hours; in groups of at most 12 students)
In-vitro experimental tissue characterization including DIC measurements
Linear and non-linear FEM modelling
Social program
Boat tour through Stockholm archipelago (August 17th)
Guided tour through the Nobel Prize Museum
Guided tour through KTH main campus
Dinner (August 21nd)
Pub night (August 22rd)
Registration fees (excluding tax)
Lectures: 270€ (before May 1st, 2025) | 320€ (after May 1st, 2025)
Hands-on laboratory: 190€ (before May 1st, 2025) | 240€ (after May 1st, 2025)
Dinner: 90€
T.Christian Gasser
The course is designed for master students, PhD students and post-doctoral students having a decent background in mechanical engineering and solid mechanics
This course helps to develop a solid foundation towards the analysis of biological tissues. It integrates experimental tissue characterization with computational biomechanics and presents a state-of-the-art overview of possibilities and limitations of tissue biomechanics.
When:
17 August - 22 August 2025
School:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology Summer School
Institution:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Language:
English
Credits:
2.0 EC
Fee:
270 EUR, Lectures
Fee:
190 EUR, Hands-on laboratory in groups of max. 10 students
Linköping, Sweden
When:
27 June - 26 July 2025
Credits:
7.5 EC
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Linköping, Sweden
When:
27 June - 26 July 2025
Credits:
7.5 EC
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, France
When:
23 June - 18 July 2025
Credits:
10 EC
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