Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
Life is very mechanical!
BE 205 Introduction to Biomechanics of Solids Jan.-May., 2016
Instructors: G. K. Ananthasuresh, Room 106, ME Building, suresh at mecheng.iisc.ernet.in
Lectures: Tu, Th: 02:00 pm - 03:30 pm;
Venue: MRDG classroom, Ground floor, Biological Sciences Building

For elastic mechanics part, we will follow:
J. D. Humphrey and S. L. Delange, An Introduction to Biomechanics: solids and Fluids, Analysis and Design, Springer, Berlin, 2004.
For the statistical mechanics part, we will follow:
J. Howard, Mechanics of Motor Proteins and the Cytoskeleton, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, MA, USA, 2001.

Reference books

1. C. Ross Ethier and Craig A. Simmons, Introductory Biomechanics: from Cells and Organisms, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
2. S. A. Berger, W. Goldsmith, and E. R. Lewis (Ed.), Introduction to Bioengineering, Chapter 1: Biomechanics of Solids, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996.
3. D. Boal, Mechanics of the Cell, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001.
4. P. Nelson, Biological Physics, W. H. Freeman & Company, 2007.