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The aim of the course is to provide an interdisciplinary knowledge base to engineers in the so-called "white economy", with specific reference to the role of mechanics in biological and biophysical processes, such as growth and tumor metastasis. These scientific topics, internationally collected under the name Mechanobiology, are already disclosed in courses (or even entire degree courses) at internationally most prestigious universities, such as Cambridge or Stanford. The short-medium term perspectives that inspire the course seem important (https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2018-01-31/dalla-filiera-salute-... -driver-Economy-Italian-092136.shtml? uuid = AEiYqurD & refresh_ce = 1).
The setting of the course is borrowed from a course held at the University of Cambridge. The approach, sometimes descriptive, is accompanied by simple quantitative models. It is believed that the course can be of interest also for non-engineer students, for example in the field of medical biotechnology.