EVSC 3060

Biomechanics of Organisms

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Course Description

Pre-Requisite(s): MATH 1190 or MATH 1210 or MATH 1310 or APMA 1090
Discipline(s): Living Systems / Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Universe

This course explores interactions between biology and the fluid within which terrestrial organisms (air) and aquatic organisms (water) function. Topics covered include locomotion, heat exchange, diffusion and mass exchange, bio-acoustics, and bio-optics in the two different fluids, as well as living at the interface between air and water.