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Prerequisites
ME 241 Fluid Mechanics (or equivalent), EA-1,2,3Description
The course deals with the foundational aspects of Bio-MEMS, viz., their design/analysis, microfabrication and biological relevance.
Hours of class per week: 2 hrs 40 mins
Homework and Final Project
List of topics:
- Inertial microfluidics
- Single cell sorting, e.g., in stem cell assays
- Lumped modeling of microfluidic flows
- Cell transfection from bulk to nanoscale
- Transient, lumped modeling of nanoscale electroporation
- Microfabrication and Nanofabrication
- Surface engineering, e.g., surface functionalization, protein patterning
- Integration of Bio-MEMS with label-free detection and molecular profiling, biosensors, plasmonic sensors
- BioMEMS for disease modeling and drug screening
Textbook:
Introduction to BioMEMS by Albert Folch, CRC Press, 2012 (recommended). Class materials will be provided as needed