Course Catalog 2009-2010 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Minna Kellomäki

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1 : Thursday 10 - 12, K3108B Thursday 10 - 12, K3108B

Requirements

Passed assignments and exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

You will learn polymerization, structure, properties and degradation mechanisms of biodegradable polymers. You can compare the most common synthetic with natural based biodegradable polymers and you will know their special characteristics compared to other polymers. In addition, you will know special requirements of processing, sterilization and storage of biodegradable polymers. You will write a summary from the articles together with your team. You will discuss similarities and differences of the summaries with other teams.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Biodegradation mechanisms
2.	Synthetic biodegradable polymers: polymerization, structure, properties and degradation	Comparison of synthetic biodegradable polymers	Differences and similarities between synthetic and natural based biodegradable polymer groups
3.	Natural based biodegradable polymers: polymerization, structure, properties and degradation	Comparison of natural based biodegradable polymers	Differences and similarities between synthetic and natural based biodegradable polymer groups
4.	Processing, sterilization and storage of biodegradable polymers	Comparison of processing, sterilization and storage of sythetic biodegradable polymers and comparison of processing, sterilization and storage of natural based biodegradable polymers	Comparison of processing, sterilization and storage of synthetic and natural based biodegradable polymers
5.	Writing a summary from the articles as a teamwork	Critical comparison of articles	Gathering information from other than given references

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Other literature	Collection of articles						English

Prerequisites

Additional information about prerequisites
Polymer chemistry is recommendable. Either of the courses BIOM-1216 or BME-1156, BME-1166 and BME-1176 are mandatory.

Correspondence of content

Additional information

Course BIOM-1400 and BIOM-1406 will be the one course in years 2009-10 and 2010-11 due to visiting lecturer.

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Practical works Laboratory assignments	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	23.09.2009
Modifier	Juha Nousiainen