(Department) Biomedical Engineering (Division)
(Level and Major)
Course Title Micro & Nanoelectromechanical Systems
Number of Credits 3 Prerequisite
Course Description:
This course helps students learn about fabrication techniques and biomedical applications of MEMS
Course Topics:
- Introduction, Technology market
- Microfabrication techniques
- MEMS technology fundamentals
- Transport phenomena in micro-scale
- Fabrication techniques for biomicrofluidic devices
- Biomicrofluidic applications
- DNA separation on chip
- Protein separation on chip
- PCR-on-chip systems
- Lab-on-a-chip for pathogen detection
- chip-based drug delivery systems
- DNA sequencing on chip
- Microbiosensors
- BioMEMS technology future trend
- Microarrays
Reading Resources:
- Zahn J. D., Methods in Bioengineering: Biomicrofabrication and Biomicrofluidics, Artech House, 2009
- A. Folch, Introduction to BioMEMS, CRC Press, 2012.
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