Pharmaceuticals: Lab Guide

In this lab, students will learn about the process of drug delivery in the body. By applying fundamentals of transport via diffusion across membranes and pharmaceutical drug encapsulation, students will design a small-scale staged release drug delivery system. Students will assess how effectively they can utilize various materials to encase differently colored tablets in water to stage their release of color in an order predetermined by the student.

Lab Intro Videos

Get our engineer’s introduction to the lab topic and learn more about the lab activity.

If you've completed the lab intro, you can find additional optional lab extensions beginning at timecode 27:01.

Lab Day Keynote

Every Engineering Tomorrow Lab Day event ends with an inspiring keynote from an engineering expert. Watch this one from the latest Pharmaceuticals Lab Day.

Liangliang Hao

Assistant Professor
Boston University