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MEEN41410

Academic Year 2025/2026

Tissue Engineering (MEEN41410)

Subject:
Mechanical Engineering
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Mechanical & Materials Eng
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Dimitrios Zevgolis
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This course is designed to be an introduction to the fascinating field of tissue engineering. Tissue engineering uses cells, biomaterials and suitable biochemical / biological factors to repair and regenerate injured or diseased tissues. As tissue engineering is a multi-disciplinary field, the course will give you a chance to combine what you have learnt in your engineering, biology and chemistry subjects. This course aims to teach the basics behind current and upcoming tissue engineering strategies.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of advanced techniques in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, focusing on the methodologies essential for analysing and harnessing the regenerative potential of tissue engineering products. The course will cover, among others, scaffold design and fabrication, molecular delivery, cellular delivery, in vitro organogenesis, etc. Attention will be given to the evaluation of advanced therapy medicinal products in vitro, in preclinical models and in clinical setting. Regulatory requirements and ethical aspects in the development cycle of tissue engineering medicines will be discussed.

This course is designed to facilitate discussion and in-class participation. One of the main goals is for students to examine experimental papers and develop their scientific inquiry. The classroom culture is structured to engage students in thinking like tissue engineers. Students will learn to identify research questions, ask critical questions and think skeptically about tissue engineering.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand the fundamental principles of tissue engineering.
2. Cultivate a mindset of scientific inquiry and scepticism, thinking critically about tissue engineering concepts and research questions.
3. Select appropriate building blocks (biomaterials, factors, cells) for the development of tissue engineered medicine for a specific clinical indication.
4. Appreciate regulatory requirements in the development of tissue engineered medicines.
5. Appreciate important ethical, equality, diversity and inclusion considerations in different areas of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
6. Appreciate innovation, commercialisation and clinical translation in tissue engineering.
7. Appreciate sustainability concepts (e.g. environmental impact, resource efficiency, circular economy, life-cycle cost) in tissue engineering.
8. Appreciate UN Sustainable Development Goals relevant to tissue engineering.
9. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the mathematics, sciences, data science, analytics and other technologies underpinning tissue engineering.
10. Appreciate and demonstrate knowledge of engineering management principles (e.g. ability to put together an appropriate experimental design for a tissue engineered medicine, taking into consideration relevant regulatory requirements, financial implications, sustainability considerations, ethical aspects, etc.)
11. Report scientific findings.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

96
Total

120

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Individual Journal Club
Individual Statistical Analysis
Group Presentation
Group Report

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
CHEN40040 - Animal Cell Culture Tech (FT)


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Individual statistics assignment Week 6 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
20
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Individual journal club Week 8 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
20
 No
Group Work Assignment: Group presentation Week 10 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
20
 No
Group Work Assignment: Group report Week 12 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
40
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback will be provided to the students via Brightspace and/or email and/or in-class after post-assessment.

Name Role
Assoc Professor Susan McDonnell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Dimitrios Zevgolis Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 13:00 - 14:50
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