CES EduPack: Bio Engineering Edition
The CES EduPack Bio Engineering Edition provides the features and functionality included in the Standard Edition, except for the Eco Audit Tool, with the addition of a unique reference data source for natural materials and man-made bio materials.
Bio Materials Database
This database is an enhanced version of the Level 1 & 2 Materials & Processes Database, including additional materials descriptions and detailed properties for:
- The basic structural building blocks of nature—proteins, polysaccharides, and minerals
- Soft tissue—artery and vein, muscle, tendon, ligament, cartilage, skin, hair, hoof, horn, and tortoise shell
- Mineralized tissue—dentine and enamel, bone, antler, shell, and coral
- Woods and wood-like materials
- Natural fibers—mammalian, insect, arachnid, stem, leaf, and seed
- Man-made bio materials—metals, polymers, ceramics, and glasses
Applications
The edition enables:
- Retrieval of the properties of natural and man-made materials
- The construction of material property charts for natural materials
- Exploration of the ways in which the basic structural building blocks of the natural world (minerals, polysaccharides and proteins) combine to give the great diversity found in bio-materials
- Comparisons of the properties of natural and man-made materials, revealing their comparative efficiencies
- Substitution studies exploring the potential for one to substitute for another, suggesting where man-made materials might best be used for implants and organ replacement
- Bio-mimicry: designing man-made composites and structures that mimic those of the natural world
Courses:
Bio, Medical Engineering
Databases:
Levels 1&2 Bio Materials + Elements
Books & Resources:
Textbook: Materials or Materials and Design
White Paper: The CES EduPack Database of Natural and Man-Made Materials