Implant Biomechanics Lecture series

Dr. Harvey Borovetz,  Distinguished Professor,  Swanson School of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, is team teaching Implant Biomechanics virtually at Ort Braude University in Israel.  He and his colleagues have generously offered to allow Pitt SSOE students to attend their Pitt spring semester lectures.  The details are outlined below.  Please note the time difference for these live lectures. 

 

SSOE students please sign up here to attend these lectures.  A link to each lecture will be provided about 24 hours prior to the lecture to each student who has signed up.   You do not need to attend all three lectures but are welcome at any lecture in the series.

 

All lectures take place on Thursdays, 5:50AM EST – 7:50AM EST (12:50-14:50 Israeli time)

 

**all lectures days/times are subject to change.  Please continue to refer to this website for details***

 

 

Thursday March 11, 2021: Opening lecture: Implants & Properties of COVID and transmission of the virus

Dr. Orit Braun, Prof. Harvey Borovetz, Dr. Seema Biswas

 

Thursday, March 18, 2021: Engineering our way out of the COVID pandemic – Problems with existing masks: the range of masks 

Dr. Seema Biswas

 

Thursday, April 8, 2021: Orthopedic Implants; Off-setting maximal protection against comfort in real-world conditions

Prof. Alexander Lerner, Dr. Seema Biswas