This course will provide students with a detailed understanding of the structure and function of the tissues in the musculoskeletal system. Specific topics will include the kinematics, muscle forces and joint loads during human movement and the mechanics of the musculoskeletal connective tissues such as ligament, tendon, bone, cartilage and muscle. Special emphasis will be placed on the relationship between function and material properties of these tissues as revealed in the current scientific and engineering literature. A research paper that includes a computational analysis will be required as a term project. Prerequisite: Graduate Students Standing. (F;S)