Overview
This unit is an introduction to the use and usefulness of biomaterials. It introduces the materials science of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites, and the engineering principles behind biomaterial design. The medical and environmental applications of biomaterials, such as biomedical engineering, bioactive polymers and antifouling biofilms, will be discussed.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: CHEM11041 Chemistry for the Life Sciences or CHEM11042 Fundamentals of Chemistry
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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The assessments for this unit, involved group work and self-directed study/research. Both of these skills are essential to produce career ready graduates, and as such are graduate attributes CQUniversity promotes. The unit coordinator would note that in an effort to ensure that students efforts are properly reflected in their grade for the group work assessment - a precentage of the marks awarded was determined by the students themselves via peer assessment/review. A greater effort will be made to emphasise this information to students in future offerings.
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Students felt that the residential school was of great benefit and highlighted the efforts of the support staff tthroughout.
The Chemistry team will continue to their efforts to ensure a good learning experience for the students.
- Describe the various types of biomaterials and the principles of biomaterial design and development.
- Discuss strategies to solve significant problems in health and the environment using the principles of biomaterial science.
- Discuss the responses of living tissues to implanted biomaterials.
- Evaluate the use and usefulness of biomaterials and devices constructed with biomaterials.
- Assess the compatibility of biomaterials in health and environmental disciplines and apply the appropriate compatability requirements to real world applications.
Potential RACI accreditation of the unit - currently in discussion with the RACI.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 15% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 25% | |||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 10% | |||||
| 4 - Examination - 50% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 15% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 25% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 10% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Examination - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
An Introduction to Biomaterials
Edition: 2 (2012)
Authors: Jeffrey O. Hollinger
CRC Press
Boca Raton Boca Raton , Florida , US
ISBN: 978-1-4398-1256-3
Binding: eBook
Additional Textbook Information
Please be aware that the ebook is available to students via the CQUniversity library and does not need to be purchased.
However, multiple user access is limited, so if you would prefer your own copy, you can purchase one at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Vancouver
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
a.power@cqu.edu.au
s.chandra@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to Biomaterials
- History
- Potential
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Biomaterials Surfaces: Physics
- Surface properties and cell adhesion
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Students should be preparing for Assessment 1 - Planing investigative experiment
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Biomaterials Surfaces: Chemistry
- Chemisorption on metals and oxides
- Aqueous corrosion of metals
- Polymer
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Biomaterials Surfaces: Bio-chemistry
- Protein interaction
- Cell-surface interaction
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Ensure your complete list of consumables (chemicals), glassware (with size and number required) and instrumentation required for the investigative experiment associated with assessment 1 is provided to academic and technical staff by 3 pm AEST, Friday August 9th 2019.
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Surface modification of Biomaterials
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Residential School
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Residential School - Rockhampton 3rd - 5th September 2019 inclusive
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Biosensors
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Biomaterials for medical applications
- Drug Delivery
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- Tissue generation
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Biomaterials for medical applications
- Medical devices
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Biomaterials for environmental applications
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1 Practical Assessment
Advanced scientific projects and research are invariably subject to much scrutiny. Other scientists in the field will be looking at your work and will expect that the data has been rigorously analysed. Rigorous analysis requires careful experimental design.
Prior to undertaking research, you need to consider and anticipate the types of observations you'll be making, the likely outcomes, and how you can evaluate your data to differentiate statistically between outcomes. Failure to do so will most likely result in the experiment(s) not providing informative data, which is poor science and a waste of resources.
In this assessment, you will work in groups (self-allocated or assigned at the beginning of the term, in week 2) to develop an experiment linked with a biomaterial related challenge (listed on the Moodle site) and design an experiment(s) to address that challenge. You will prepare an investigative/experimental proposal and conduct the experiment(s) during the residential school.
The first step to this inquiry-based practical is the identification of a biomaterial related challenge that can be evaluated through measurement. The challenge topics should have the following attributes:
- Relevant to the Australian context
- It should be able to be completed within the three day residential school.
The equipment and resources proposed for the exercise must be available in the laboratory. To ensure this, please liaise with the academic and technical staff associated with CHEM13080, via Moodle as you develop your proposal. Ensure your complete list of consumables (chemicals), glassware (with size and number required) and instrumentation required is provided to academic and technical at the latest by 3 pm AEST, Friday August 9th 2019.
Your experimental proposal must also be submitted prior to residential school. The proposal should contain the typical elements of scientific writing including:
- brief background to the issue,
- presentation the of research idea,
- scientific methodology and approach to investigating the problem,
- anticipated outcomes/findings and
- potential impacts
- Students’ individual practical skill set (assessed during the residential school).
1. Equipment and consumables list must be submitted via Moodle by 3 PM August 9th 2019. 2. Proposal to be submitted via Moodle by 11:55 PM AEST 16th August 2019 3. The experiment will be conducted as part of the residential school between September 3rd - 5th 2019
Feedback will be delivered via Moodle
General Guidelines
- The proposal should be coherent, have flow and there should be no typographical errors.
- Text should be word-processed, with appropriate layout and use of headings/sub-headings.
- Tables and figures to illustrate specific aspects may be included with titles and acknowledgement where necessary.
- Figures and tables should be correctly labelled.
- All material sourced externally must be cited in the correct format.
- The references should be listed at the end of the assessment.
- Please avoid images with very large file sizes as this will make your manuscript too large to upload/download.
The assessment task must be completed and submitted by the due date and time. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after this date and there will be no supplementary exam or assessment offered should you come close to passing the unit but do not meet the criteria for a Pass grade for the overall unit.
Marking Criteria
Detailed marking criteria will be available on the unit Moodle site, and will be based on the following:
- Clarity of objectives and focus of the work (25%)
- Validity of experimental design (50%)
- Use of literature (25%)
- Discuss strategies to solve significant problems in health and the environment using the principles of biomaterial science.
- Evaluate the use and usefulness of biomaterials and devices constructed with biomaterials.
- Assess the compatibility of biomaterials in health and environmental disciplines and apply the appropriate compatability requirements to real world applications.
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Team Work
2 Written Assessment
Students will report the findings from their investigative exercise (assessment 1) in the form of a scientific manuscript. The manuscript should be in the format of either the journal Biomaterials Science or the Journal of Chemical education. The formatting and author guidelines can be found on the individual journal's websites. Adherence to these guidelines is a part of the Assessment Criteria for this exercise.
Please Note: This is a group submission.
Week 9 Friday (20 Sept 2019) 11:55 pm AEST
Week 12 Monday (7 Oct 2019)
Feedback will be delivered via Moodle
A full assessment rubrics will be available on the unit Moodle site, using the following criteria:
- The manuscript should be coherent, have flow and all material sourced externally must be cited in the correct format.
- Text should be word-processed, with appropriate layout and use of headings/sub-headings. Tables and figures to illustrate specific aspects may be included with titles and acknowledgement where necessary.
- Please avoid images with very large file sizes as this will make your essay too large to upload/download.
- Data should be clearly presented, e.g. numerical data must be tabulated.
- Figures and tables should be correctly labelled.
- There should be no typographical errors
General marking criteria
- Abstract (5 %)
- Literature review (25 %)
- Results presentation and analysis (20 %)
- Discussion (30 %)
- Conclusion (10 %)
- Presentation adherence to Biomaterials Science or Journal of Chemical Education guidelines (10 %)
- Discuss strategies to solve significant problems in health and the environment using the principles of biomaterial science.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
Critical analysis of a real world biomaterial, currently being applied in medicine, the environment or agriculture
Report writing is a key benchmark of the scientific endeavour applying the principles of knowledge value, the accuracy of interpretation and succinct, timely communication of findings. In this assessment, you will be tasked with reporting your critique on a real world biomaterial currently used in either the medical, environmental or agricultural field.
The biomaterial will be provided to you by the unit coordinator during the residential school.
You will need to scrutinise the product supplied:
- How is the product packaged?
- Was there any labelling?
- Is there an expiry date – why?
- Will sterilisation of the material or packaging affect the make-up of the material?
- How does the biomaterial or device function?
- Are there any FDA classifications?
- Give comment on whether newer products have been released and why?
Products may include:
- Oral Health dental materials
- Veterinary sutures
- CIDR device for cattle
- Biomaterials used in paramedicine
Week 10 Friday (27 Sept 2019) 11:55 pm AEST
Week 12 Wednesday (9 Oct 2019)
Feedback will be delivered via Moodle
General Guidelines
- Text should be word-processed, with appropriate layout and use of headings/sub-headings. Tables and figures to illustrate specific aspects may be included with titles and acknowledgement where necessary.
- Please avoid images with very large file sizes as this will make your report too large to upload/download.
- Any references should be listed at the end of the assessment.
- The assessment task must be completed and submitted by the due date and time. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after this date and there will be no supplementary exam or assessment offered should you come close to passing the unit but do not meet the criteria for a Pass grade for the overall unit.
Marking Criteria
- The report should be coherent, have flow and all material sourced externally must be cited in the correct format.
- Data should be clearly presented, e.g. numerical data must be tabulated.
- Figures and tables should be correctly labelled.
- There should be no typographical errors.
- Describe the various types of biomaterials and the principles of biomaterial design and development.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
Examination
Calculator - all non-communicable calculators, including scientific, programmable and graphics calculators are authorised
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